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Raise Your Glass to Rosé

Raise Your Glass to Rosé

Two wine styles bucking the general downward trend in wine consumption in Australia are rosé and sparkling wine. Check out this graph from Wine Australia.  So how appropriate that last week I not only...

Raise Your Glass to Rosé

Two wine styles bucking the general downward trend in wine consumption in Australia are rosé and sparkling wine. Check out this graph from Wine Australia.  So how appropriate that last week I not only...

Gigondas Gem

Gigondas Gem

The magnificent Rhône region of France follows the Rhône River from Vienne in the north, to Avignon in the south. Separated by about 60km, the region is divided into two sub-regions, the...

Gigondas Gem

The magnificent Rhône region of France follows the Rhône River from Vienne in the north, to Avignon in the south. Separated by about 60km, the region is divided into two sub-regions, the...

A Gris to Disagrigio

A Gris to Disagrigio

You say Pinot Gris, I say Pinot Grigio...  Pinot grigio and pinot gris are of course the same variety, the difference between them simply being the style in which the resulting wine is...

A Gris to Disagrigio

You say Pinot Gris, I say Pinot Grigio...  Pinot grigio and pinot gris are of course the same variety, the difference between them simply being the style in which the resulting wine is...

St Damien's Day

St Damien's Day

The magnificent Rhône region of France follows the Rhône River from Vienne in the north, to Avignon in the south. Separated by about 60km, the region is divided into two sub-regions, the...

St Damien's Day

The magnificent Rhône region of France follows the Rhône River from Vienne in the north, to Avignon in the south. Separated by about 60km, the region is divided into two sub-regions, the...

Pinot Gris to Please

Pinot Gris to Please

A friend of mine was walking in the Dolomites last week and, as you do, posted stunning pictures beneath the Tre Cime di Lavaredo, or The Three Peaks of Lavaredo,...

Pinot Gris to Please

A friend of mine was walking in the Dolomites last week and, as you do, posted stunning pictures beneath the Tre Cime di Lavaredo, or The Three Peaks of Lavaredo,...

Cirillo Selection

Cirillo Selection

I had the pleasure of tasting with winemaker Marco Cirillo earlier this year, just after he'd returned from the Vinous Icons 2024 event in New York. Marco and his father...

Cirillo Selection

I had the pleasure of tasting with winemaker Marco Cirillo earlier this year, just after he'd returned from the Vinous Icons 2024 event in New York. Marco and his father...