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Hot Off The Hobbs - Big Reds of Barossa

In the early 1990s Greg & Allison Hobbs had a dream of moving from Adelaide, finding a vineyard of their own and making wine. Fortune favours the brave - something...

Sampling Soave

I love this quote by Englishman Charles G. Bode in his 1956 book 'Wines of Italy.’ He writes of Soave; “it tastes as a very clear, sunny sky might taste...

Beaujolais Gets Serious

With the seasons finally turning, it must be time to tuck into some delicious reds. Dare I suggest some Beaujolais? This might seem an outlandish suggestion, given that the wine...

Ribera Revealed - Spanish First Growth

In the last 20 years an unlikely contender has emerged to challenge Rioja as the leading red wine region of Spain. Ribera del Duero stands in stark contrast to the...

A Simple Pleasure

The south of France is the perfect spot to discover uncomplicated, good value wine and I have a cracker from the Languedoc that I think you’ll like. Le Paradou Grenache...

Splendid Spanish Whites

Albariño is Spain's most famous white wine. Its heartland is Galicia in northwest Spain, although you’ll find it too across the border in the Vinho Verde region of Portugal, where...