This post has been on my to-do list for a number of months now. Pisco came onto my radar earlier this year when I heard Australia’s very first Australian-Made Pisco was being released. Yes, it was/is a bit of a controversy. But hell, my palate loves it and I’m not shy about a bit of…
A lot of people are probably not familiar with the delicious vino that Durif turns into. So I thought it was about time I put together some info on this grape variety for you so that when you next come across a bottle of Durif wine you will know what it is, and you probably…
There’s no doubt that UnWined is one of my favourite wine and food festivals of the year. 2017 marks the 7th year this annual event has been held. And it keeps getting better and better. We’ve made it 6 out of the 7 years – so you can probably say I’m a bit of a…
You may have seen on my social media channels last night that I attended the Wine Show of WA Gala Dinner where they announced the 2017 Trophy Winners. This followed the Top 50 Tasting I attended a week ago where I tried some of the highest awarded wines of the show (and some of the…
Mr. Spittoon and I spent a year living in Bang Saen, Thailand. Which is probably why I looove my Thai food and I find wine matching very interesting with the various range of Thai dishes you can get. When Anja from Canny Grapes invited me along to the ‘Aromatics & Thai Wine Dinner’ at Itsara…
Every wine tells a story. For Schild Estate from the Barossa Valley, their wines tell the story of their family. They are the largest independently owned winery in South Australia with two priorities; family and making darn good wine.
On the weekend I attended a Vertical Chenin Blanc tasting at John Kosovich Wines here in the Swan Valley and it really got me thinking about this white wine grape variety. As winemaker, Arch Kosovich, said – it was probably one of the only/first vertical tastings of Chenin Blanc in Australia. I really enjoyed the…
This is the second installment from my recent special guest blogger – my Dad. He is currently travelling in Myanmar (formerly Burma) with my Mum and family friends. If you haven’t already check out his first post on Monte di Vino Lodge and here’s a bit about the Aythaya Vineyard tour they went on….
Today on the blog we have a very special guest – my Dad! Currently my parents and family friends are travelling in Myanmar (formerly Burma) and guess what? There are vineyards there! I am so glad my Dad wanted to write a guest post for us as surely this has to be one of those…