Some of you may not know that I’m a Kiwi – and one with itchy travelling feet apparently! When growing up, I spent most of my younger years in the Northland region of New Zealand. Northland is at the very top of the North Island of New Zealand and as they say is ‘subtropical’. Nowhere…
Australia, New Zealand and everyone worldwide – we have a serious problem! Feb 18th is the National Drink Wine day in the USA – but what about the rest of us? In 2016 I decided to put my foot down and said that from here on out, February 18th every year is Global Drink Wine Day!…
It’s that time of year again! The 2016 wines are starting to make their way from vine to bottle and I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling pretty good about 2016! Vintage is possibly one of the busiest times of the year for winemakers and winery workers – there is so much going on…
Unfortunately I was out of the country over the Sunset Wine weekend this year so fellow wino, Ralph headed along with his wine squad to check it out. The weather may have been a bit up and down, but that didn’t stop the dedicated wine lovers out there like Ralph! A big thanks to CMS events…
A year ago Mr. Spittoon and I made our first trip down to the Great Southern wine region. We spent a long weekend in Denmark and loved it! To us the region reminded us of New Zealand with the rolling hills, coastline and of course because of all the green. If we could we’d be…
I finally have had a moment to finish this blog post as we actually visited Edwards Wines in Margaret River last year and what a beautiful spot it is! It was our first stop on our way back to Perth on the Sunday morning and we showed up eagerly at the cellar door just as…
Western Australia has to be one of Australia’s top wine travel destinations. We have 9 regions throughout the state and WA’s oldest wine region, the Swan Valley, is a mere 25 minute drive from the Perth CBD. We literally have wine at our fingertips and the best thing is that the wine industry in WA…
After a pretty mild winter and a warm Spring it’s no surprise that the Swan Valley have already began picking their grapes for the 2016 Swan Valley wines. In fact it’s the earliest wine harvest in the region in the past 20 years and it is most likely one of the earliest in Australia this year.
It’s the season of wine and food indulgence. If you’re anything like me, then you’re currently wondering how those extra 3kgs managed to wrangle their way onto your body over a 2 week period. Oh no wait, I know exactly how it got there – just check out my Instagram page for that. My Christmas…