Galafrey Wines – Great Southern’s Dry Grown Vineyard
Galafrey is a family-run winery in the Great Southern’s Mt Barker sub-region. One thing that really sets this vineyard apart from the rest is the fact it’s ‘dry grown’.
Hot Wine Beverage Ideas To Cure Winter Blues (excl. Mulled Wine)
Image via Pink Teapot Press on Etsy So summer was all about rosé, frosé and white wine to help cool down from the hot Australian and New Zealand summer. As the weather cools and the ugg boots come out, it’s time to start thinking about our winter wine choices. As soon as you hear ‘hot wine’…
Gilberts Wines & Their Devilish Great Southern Tipples
As you have no doubt seen on the blog and my social media channels, Mr. Spittoon and I headed south a few weeks ago for Taste Great Southern. We left our home in the Swan Valley first thing Friday morning and perfectly timed our trip so we’d rock up at the first cellar door at…
Lunch at Albany’s Garrison with 3 Drops Wine & Colin Fassnidge
The five-hour drive from Perth to Albany was worth it for this 5 hour amazing long lunch last weekend. The wine was the hook (3 Drops Wine & Olive Oil – you can never go wrong with these tipples!), followed by food by My Kitchen Rules judge and chef Colin Fassnidge and then the absolutely…
Albany Wine & Food Festival – IGA Taste Great Southern
If you’re ever looking for a laid back wine and food festival, then make sure Albany’s Wine and Food festival is on the list. Not only does it take place in one of the most beautiful parts of WA but it’s an awesome opportunity to taste wine, beer, cider food and more from a number…
Chocolate Chilli Pork Company BYO Degustation in Guildford
Is there a better way to celebrate a birthday than with great wine, food and company? I don’t think so! Last night, we got together with a great bunch of people to celebrate a fellow friend’s birthday. His lovely wife organised the surprise party at the Chocolate Chilli Pork Company along the main strip in…
Introducing the Brown Brothers ‘Patricia’ Wine Range
I would dear say nearly everyone wino in Australia and probably New Zealand too has heard of the wine brand – Brown Brothers. If you haven’t, then you’ve been living under a rock. However, you may not have come across the uber luxe and special range of Brown Brothers wines called, ‘Patricia’.
Preservative Free Wine Guide (And Where You Can Buy It)
It’s so hard to know what’s going to be good or better for you, alongside what’s just hype or a buzzword when it comes to healthy living. When you hear the term ‘preservative free wine’ – what do you think? For me, I immediately think it must be better for me – the more natural a…
The Fabulous New Windy Creek Winery Cellar Door – Swan Valley
Don’t you love being in the right place at the right time? Well thank-fully for me, some good friends just so happened to stumble across the official opening of the newly renovated Windy Creek Estate cellar door in the Swan Valley on Sunday 19th of March 2017 and sent me a message to let me know.