The rumour isn’t true! I don’t simply visit wineries, drink wine and blog all day. It may happen someday when I win lotto and I can simply indulge in my passions without the weight of having to be an adult and pay bills, but for the moment the reality is that I do have a…
Xanadu Winery is based in WA’s Margaret River region and they are celebrating their 40th anniversary this year. As part of the celebrations, they’ll be serving up their special White Wine Sangria at the Urban Orchard Pop-Up Bar at the Perth Food Truck Rumble on Sunday 26th March. To help celebrate such a milestone for Xanadu Winery and the…
We’ve all no doubt had a few cheeky sangria’s at some point in our lives. But have you had a ‘white wine sangria’? If you haven’t, then it’s essential you try one stat. And if you already have, well I have a white wine sangria recipe for you that will put all other white wine sangria’s…
Recently Mr. Spittoon and I were out and about in the Swan Valley (surprise, surprise) and were absolutely famished. We had no plans of where to go for lunch but thought we should try somewhere new. We were on Great Northern Highway so we thought Houghton Winery would be a great spot. I’ve only ate at…
What a year 2017 has been so far for Western Australia. If you’re not aware we have had a very cool summer with plenty of rain. So much rain in fact that some of the vineyards in the Swan Valley have literally been drowning. Unfortunately Sittella is one of those vineyards which has lost some…
When you have the chance to mingle with a winemaker or passionate wine industry person – do it! Recently the lovely Foni invited me down to Mayfair Lane in West Perth to their Meet the Winemaker event with Bert Salomon. Bert owns and manages Salomon Undhof in Austria and Salomon Estate in South Australia (Finniss…
A beach wine festival suits Perth down to a tee. When you throw in an amazing sunset, food, beer, gin and more – well you can’t really go wrong! Yesterday I attended Sunset Wine down at Brighton Reserve in Scarborough. I haven’t been to this festival since the debut of Sunset Wine in 2014 –…
My life feels complete! Recently the lovely team from Cool Clutch sent me a couple of their ‘wine handbags’ over to take a look and wow! I wish I had one of these years ago! All I could think about was how useful these bags are for a wine-lover like myself for all those picnics, days…
Are you looking for a wine appreciation course and/or one-off educational wine tasting classes in Perth? Well I have the thing for you! The School of Wine conducts both public and private classes. It’s run by two wine-loving gals – Sadie Holmes and Suz Fisher and I recently attended one of their classes…