Tantalizing wines and seductive food… I have been in Perth, Western Australia, coming up to 8 months now and I still feel the city’s best feature is its close proximity to the wine region of the Swan Valley. The Swan Valley is the second closest wine region to a capital city in the world – being…
Sandalford is the oldest and largest privately owned winery in Western Australia and for that reason I had put off visiting them. I had thoughts of it being over-priced, overly touristy and completely commercialised. I was 100% wrong on all accounts. Having started out in the 1840’s, Sandalford now has 40 hectares in their Swan…
After 15 years of selling off their grapes to commercial wineries, the Tyler’s thought it was about time they started producing wine of their own. In preparation of owning and running a vineyard they have brought up triplets who are now 11 years old – geeeze I bet once you have accomplished this feat then…
An easy day-trip out of Perth is the first inland settled town in Western Australia – York. The cute country town in amongst the green rolling hills is a mere 100km from Perth city. It was my first visit to York since moving to WA and I was pleasantly surprised to see signs throughout the…
I love keeping track of all the wines I have tasted. I have decided to make an extra effort and make sure I write a tasting note for every single one I taste so I can share it with all of you. Every couple of weeks I will do a post like this one to…
With a Celtic logo and a very Irish sounding name, I was sure Carilley Estate was going to be owned by an Irish family. The Estate is located at the upper end of the Swan Valley on the banks of the Susannah Brook. Wine barrels are set amongst the lush gardens and immediately I can…
I like the whole package. The complete food, wine and good company package. If you can manage to get these 3 together in a room then you’re onto a good thing. On a recent trip out to Jarrah Ridge Wines in the Swan Valley I found that they too liked the whole package. Our commonality…
I too was afraid of hostels before I set out on my epic European adventure. Losing your hostel virginity can be a scary thing with images of unclean, scruffy looters sleeping in the bed above you. I would of rather opted for a budget hotel over a hostel until I found out from trusty sources…
Wine tasting in a shed. I like it. When you think about it, wine is all about farming anyway. Gumboots, tractors, and getting your hands dirty. It is the wine snob at the end of the day that likes to glamour it up. I have to admit Lancaster Wines are modern and funky yet down…