I have to admit when this brochure popped into my inbox yesterday I immediately wanted to book tickets for EVERYTHING!! There is so much to look forward to this spring at the wineries and breweries in the Swan Valley! Events will be happening throughout September to November and I have to admit, we’re absolutely spoilt…
You may have seen last week I popped up a post titled 6 Commonly Misused Wine Terms – Are you making these mistakes?. The post literally went off and straight away everyone was asking about other wines terms. All the wine and grammar geeks wanted more (that’s you Victoria)! So here I am delivering the much-anticipated…
Like father, like daughter. My Dad is as big, if not a bigger wino than myself. He is by far the easiest person in my family to buy for and we’re both like little kids when opening the suspiciously wine bottle-shaped presents. I love shopping for my Dad and this year I just had so…
Wine words can be confusing for even people working in the wine industry let alone the likes of us folks who simply spend every other night on the couch with the lucky bottle of the night. I thought it would be good to look at 6 terms relating to wine which are commonly misused so…
As most of you know, Mr. Spittoon and I have been working our wine-drinking-butts off to get our new house painted as quickly as possible which has meant no going out and having fun. After nearly two weeks of painting after work in the evenings and all throughout the weekends we were killing for a…
I had my tickets for the Good Food & Wine Show all ready to go. But then the super exciting news that our keys for our new house were ready to be picked up and after about 16 months of waiting for this moment, there was no way I was going to delay it! Thank-fully…
Currently my days consist of masking tape, drop sheets, getting up and down ladders, being constantly covered in paint and eating Bunnings sausage sizzles for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Our house in the Swan Valley is just about complete – that’s after Mr. Spittoon and I complete the interior painting. It’s been a long 16…
I knew when I submitted this blog post to Mind Body Green that they probably wouldn’t accept it. This is probably due to the fact that I’m saying (and maybe promoting) that I drink wine more than once a week (shock horror)! I’m not stating it’s a good thing, or a bad thing, but I…
I have to say it, this has to be one of my favourite cellar doors in WA! It’s got funk and uniqueness, it oozes relaxation and you can’t beat the service!