Below you can read about what I have been drinking lately. I love to write my wine tasting notes however you’ll notice that I don’t give wines points or ratings as I strongly believe in personal taste.
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 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…
Yes you read that right! This Chardonnay has been aged in terracotta clay aka Amphora-Aged Wine. This wine-making technique has been around for thousands of years (in fact I read something in Wine Enthusiast Magazine that said about 6,000 years ago there’s evidence of this technique being used in Georgia). Terracotta is seen as a…
Novinophobia = The fear of running out of wine. When you have a wine subscription like what the lovely wino’s at Good Pair Days offer, then you most definitely don’t need to worry about running out of wine 😉 I have been an affiliate partner of Good Pair Days for a number of years now…
Hello new release 2020 Grenache from our friends at O’Leary Walker! A big thank you to Jack, Luke and the O’Leary Walker team for sending this sample our way. We enjoyed it one balmy evening recently on the deck as the sun set. Pure bliss! This is the third release from O’Leary Walker’s Seasonal Release…
If you are a regular reader of this blog, then you know I absolutely adore my Chardonnay. I was kindly sent these sample bottles from the lovely folk at Patina and Define Wine Marketing & Communications – thank you very much. Patina are based in New South Wales in the Orange wine region which is…
I wouldn’t normally think about having an aged SBS (Sauvignon Blanc Semillon). This one here from Hollydene Estate is from the 2015 vintage, so 6 years old currently! And you know what? You’d never guess it from the taste! Well there are a couple of hints but it’s still so fresh and juicy. A big…
I love an informative back label. While I know there is so much information on the web these days, it’s also nice having great information right there on the wine bottle. I love this back label on this sample bottle of 2015 Barossa Valley Shiraz which I was was kindly sent from Terranu Wines because…