Recently I was lucky enough to drink Louis Roederer’s Cristal Champagne for the very first time. Mr. Spittoon sourced a bottle of the 2004 vintage through our local bottle shop, Chateau Guildford Cellarbrations for a very special occasion. I have always wanted to try the yellow/orange cellophane clad bottle of approximately 55% Pinot Noir and 45%…
I reckon Quentin Tarantino would be rather impressed with the Lucky Chan’s wine list in Northbridge. Why am I bringing Quentin into this you ask? Well it’s not hard to see that Lucky Chan’s, Perth’s first crowd-funded restaurant, has a strong Kill Bill theme to the skinny, tall venue which spans over 3 levels.
As most of you are aware, I recently teamed up with the good folk from Explore Tours Perth to run a ‘Travelling Corkscrew Wine Appreciation Tour’ of the Swan Valley. After literally weeks of anticipation and planning it finally took place on Saturday October 3rd (yes grand final day) and boy what a day it…
It may just be me, but when the ‘Optiwiner’ nano-aerator showed up in my letterbox I suddenly began to envision drinking wine with Ironman or even better, Oliver Queen aka the Arrow (swoon!). Perhaps I watch too many superhero movies and telly programs where ‘nanotechnology’ is mentioned. More to the point, it was safe to say…
As most of you know, I have just moved into a new house. We are still painting and well, everything is still a shambles 6 weeks down the track (it seems to be never-ending! Thank goodness for wine when you’re building a house right). I am currently toying with ideas of what to do with my wine…
“A decanter is a vessel that is used to hold the decantation of a liquid (such as wine) which may contain sediment” – that’s what good old Wikipedia thinks anyway. To me, well it’s the new drinking hole less than 10 minutes walk from my office (yes I have a day job – something has to pay…
I had heard rumours about a hole-in-the-wall Pinot Noir only cellar door in the Perth Hills (Bickley Valley to be exact) a couple of times since moving to Perth. It was during the annual Bickley Harvest Festival that I finally had the chance to visit the Pinot obsessed Ashley Estate. And boy was it an experience!
Wohoo! I’m excited as UnWined is at the end of October and it is one of my favourite wino events of the year. I went to the festival in 2012, 2013 and 2014 and I have to admit the line-up for 2015 is looking pretty spectacular with over 40 wineries exhibiting alongside a range of street…
For some wine drinkers, you get to a point where you want to know more about what’s in your glass. You seek out special bottles, you spend more money than you probably should on wine and there’s no such thing as too many wine memes. You’ve been bitten by the wine bug. You’ve officially shifted…