Do you make New Years Resolutions? I like the idea of them as long as they are realistic… and involve wine! In 2013 I had a moment of craziness and decided to aim to taste 365 different wines in 2013. I’m proud to say I did it, learnt a lot (I’m especially good at curing…
The Qantas Wine Awards are Western Australia’s most prestigious wine show which has been running since 1978. I was completely blown away to be invited along by the lovely team at Evans & Tate to the Awards Dinner at the Hyatt Regency in Perth. The night was full of glitter and glam as the winners of…
Waters Edge Estate in the Swan Valley closing down 30th June 2013.. I was planning on writing a series of posts aimed at public transport goers keen to experience the Swan Valley. Butttttt… The first one I choose to go to, and the closest winery within walking distance from Guildford train station (2.5kms) is closing…
100 wines tasted in 2013 so far!! I’ve made it to 100!! Yes, that’s right, so far this year I have tried at least 100 different wines in my adventure to taste 365 wines in 365 days. This is no doubt the best New Years resolution I have ever taken on and I have to…
So here I am day after day working in one of the most elite duty-free wine & spirit shops in the world – it’s a hard life for a 25year old Kiwi girl to handle. At any time I can go and caress a bottle of 1947 Petrus or Cheval Blanc, or why not snuggle…
The Nouveau wine movement began over 100 years ago in France’s Beaujolais region (just south of where the beautiful Pinot’s and Chardonnay’s from Burgundy are grown). The easy-drinking, quick maturing wine was initially made by winemakers to celebrate the end of harvest with their employees. The result is Beaujolais Nouveau – released the 3rd Thursday of…
A wine list in a restaurant can only say so much, and recently I have noticed they don’t seem to say the things which I actually want to know about the wine. Also the last thing I want to do on a date / lovely dinner is sit there and ask fifty billion questions to…
We are used to woman changing their names due to walking up the aisle but what does it mean when a winery goes ahead and changes their name; does it mean they now answer to someone else and we wont see them as much? Or does it mean we now have to spend double the…
Having recently been engulfed by a ton of Bordeaux 2004 and trying a fair few as well I figured I may as well share my views on this ‘classic Bordeaux’ vintage or otherly known as the ‘last affordable Bordeaux vintage’. It wasn’t classed as one of those fantastic vintages like the 2005 and 2009’s and…