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Pooley Please

Pooley Please

Tassie pinot is really enjoying its moment in the sun and one of my favourites has to be Pooley Wines. Pooley was established in 1985 by Denis and Margaret Pooley when they planted a...

Pooley Please

Tassie pinot is really enjoying its moment in the sun and one of my favourites has to be Pooley Wines. Pooley was established in 1985 by Denis and Margaret Pooley when they planted a...

Release The Rieslingfreak!

Release The Rieslingfreak!

I’ve been a fan of John Hughes, aka The Riesling Freak, since we attended Roseworthy together back in the 90s. Since then, John’s transformed his passion for riesling into one...

Release The Rieslingfreak!

I’ve been a fan of John Hughes, aka The Riesling Freak, since we attended Roseworthy together back in the 90s. Since then, John’s transformed his passion for riesling into one...

Spring Cleaning

It’s a case of do as I say, not as I do… I can’t tell you how many people I’ve advised over the years to drink up their cellar or...

Spring Cleaning

It’s a case of do as I say, not as I do… I can’t tell you how many people I’ve advised over the years to drink up their cellar or...

Get Ready To Rosé

Get Ready To Rosé

Sarah Eliott on Terra Sancta Estate in Bannockburn Central Otago NZ, with her soil health technicians, known as “The Ladies”.  The rosé revolution rolls on. Just to give you an...

Get Ready To Rosé

Sarah Eliott on Terra Sancta Estate in Bannockburn Central Otago NZ, with her soil health technicians, known as “The Ladies”.  The rosé revolution rolls on. Just to give you an...

Rapt in Wrattonbully

Rapt in Wrattonbully

Some people think of cabernet franc as weedy and thin, but in the right place and the right hands it’s neither of these. You’ll find solid cab franc in Bordeaux, especially in the appellation...

Rapt in Wrattonbully

Some people think of cabernet franc as weedy and thin, but in the right place and the right hands it’s neither of these. You’ll find solid cab franc in Bordeaux, especially in the appellation...

French Finds

French Finds

I’ll take a guess and say you haven’t heard of Costières de Nîmes? I hadn’t until a few years ago. This wine region sits between the towns of Nîmes and Arles,...

French Finds

I’ll take a guess and say you haven’t heard of Costières de Nîmes? I hadn’t until a few years ago. This wine region sits between the towns of Nîmes and Arles,...