I am writing this on the night of Malbec World Day 2021 (17th April) as I am in the midst of an amazing wine journey through Argentina’s Malbec’s thanks to the lovely folks from Sol y Vino who kindly sent me four of their wines to sample. Sol y Vino is a wine importer and…
Our wines represent decades of experience, blending the fruit of our heirloom vineyards with the finest traditions of artisan winemaking – dandelionvineyards.com.au Firstly, a big thank you to Dandelion Vineyards in South Australia for sending us the below wines to try. We absolutely loved our tasting journey through the wines and getting to know this…
Did you know Malbec is celebrated on the 17th of April every year? Yep it’s officially Malbec World Day! I was kindly sent this sample from the follks at Terranu Wines in South Australia (thank you!) to sample. I was trying to hold off until we had some blue cheese in the house (the recommended…
Happy Malbec World Day everyone! If you’re not aware, the 17th of April every year is Malbec World Day. It signifies the day in 1853 that President Domingo Faustino Sarmiento of Argentina officially made it his mission to transform Argentina’s wine industry. He did this by asking French soil expert, Michel Aimé Pouget, to introduce new wine…
Happy International Tannat Day! Every year on the 14th of April, wine lovers around the world fill their glasses up with Tannat to toast this delicious red wine grape. It’s Uruguay’s champion grape and it’s also grown here in Australia! In my latest Good Pair Days wine subscription box (which I kindly received as a…
Recently I came across a lentil spaghetti bolognese recipe and oh my it’s delicious and it is so darn easy to make. Which is a win, win in my books! Oh and it goes pretty nicely with Cabernet Sauvignon too 😉 A big thank you to the team at Terranu Wines who kindly sent us…
I have been following Popsy & JJ on Instagram for a little while now. Recently the ‘JJ’ part of Popsy & JJ aka Jonathon ‘JJ’ Curry, reached out to me for a collaboration and I was more than excited to get to know more about these guys and their online European wine shop here in…
I don’t know what it’s like where you are, however where Mr Spittoon and I live, it’s starting to get cold and winter is definitely on the way. One of, if not my favourite thing on a cold night, is getting all rugged up in bed and sipping red wine. Due to how our current…
Are you. a Fiano lover like me? Then you need to try out this beauty stat! It’s made by a female winemaker – Marnie Roberts in the Clare Valley (SA) and it’s utterly delicious! During the making of this wine it has a bit of skin contact and a bit of time in barrel which…