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.
Seriously this here makes me so happy. Cheese and wine – can you really go wrong? Rosé Champagne is incredibly food friendly and my favourite match would have to be cheese and charcuterie. We picked up this Champagne Taittinger Prestige Rosé NV for $80 and I would most definitely buy it again. It’s absolutely delicious. The beautiful…
Anyone else enjoy wine tasting in the bath? Saturday nights for me look like this. And you know what, I’m totally cool with it. Wine, books and bubble baths. It’s even better when the wine in question is a Chardonnay. I received this Terranu Wines 2017 Chardonnay from Adelaide Hills as a sample (thank you!)….
Sauv Blanc Saturday’s, that sounds like it’s an official thing right 😉 I kindly received this 2020 Heirloom Vineyards Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc to taste recently (thank you!). This Sauvy sits at 11.2% so it’s not overly high in alcohol, it’s also not your typical fruit bomb that most of us immediately think of when we hear the…
Tasted: 19 February 2021 In the glass it’s a plum red shade. Red fruits, herbs and leather/tobacco notes rise up from the glass. While in the mouth it’s bright acidity worked really well with the tomato based dish. It’s fruit forward, juicy, smooth and über drinkable. This wine was sent to me as a sample, I…
Did you know that ‘Fidium’ means ‘attuned’? And in the case of this 2019 Moss Brothers Margaret River Wines Fidium Cabernet Sauvignon which I kindly received as a sample (thank you!!) it’s that the Moss Brothers winemakers are attuned with the vineyard and its “cycles, its idiosyncrasies, its aspect and of course its full terroir profile.” And…
You won’t find many 2020 Mudgee wines on shelves. Unfortunately if you’re not aware, there were terrible bushfires around Australia over the 2019-20 summer. In fact many winemakers did not produce any wine at all and it was most probably one of, if not the most, challenging vintages in the region’s wine growing history. Robert…
I love a good bbq feast and one of my favourite red wines to match with barbecued food is Tempranillo. A big thank you to Heirloom Vineyards for this sample of their 2019 Adelaide Hills Tempranillo. We popped it in the decanter to further open up and soften. I made some cheesy, garlic cauliflower patties…
Pinot noir and chocolate? Let me let you in on a little secret.. Pinot is a fantastic match for white chocolate. Go on give it a taste and let me know what you think 😉 A big thank you to Koonara Wines for sending over this little sample of their Cape Banks 2016 Mount Gambier…
When you dress like the wine bottle 😉 Yes I’m in my pyjamas… don’t judge. It’s my most favourite #winetastingoutfit (yes apparently that’s a popular hashtag). Thank you Dandelion Vineyards for this sample bottle of your 2019 Damsel of the Barossa Merlot from you guessed it, South Australia’s Barossa Valley. The grapes come from 35 year old vines (what a…