Last weekend we sat down to our Vintec Club Private at home tasting. We couldn’t make it to the live event as we needed to fit it in around bubs and feeding of course! The tasting was champagne! Moët & Chandon to be exact and it’s safe to say we have a whole new appreciation for this major champas brand….
Steak, beans, sweet potato and red wine. This is my kind of winter meal! A big thanks to Chief Winemaker, Robert Heywood for this free gift to enjoy this winter. This Taltarni Vineyards Pyrenees 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon retails for $40 and was matured in both new and 15% new and seasoned French oak barriques for 14 months.
I must admit, I love pulling out the corkscrew. It seems to be so far and few between uses these days. There’s just something romantic about hearing that cork pop don’t you think?
“Pee-tee Vur-doe ” is how you pronounce the red wine grape. Petite Verdot. It’s commonly found in Bordeaux where winemakers add it to blends to enhance the colour, tannin and floral aromas in a wine. However it’s pretty darn good on its own too. This example I received as a free gift from Happs in WA’s Margaret River…
We celebrated the big 3 month milestone for our little baby TC this week. Where does the time go?! We figured we’d splurge on a bottle of champagne which we haven’t tried yet. This is not your standard Piper Heidsieck, it’s their Essentiel Cuvée Reservee which we bought for $65.
Who loves Pinot Noir? And who loves Rosé? This one is for you! Introducing the Briar Ridge Limestone Coast 2019 Pinot Noir Rosé.
We recently sipped on this LS Merchants 2019 Chenin Blanc from WA’s Margaret River region (Yallingup to be exact). Learn more about Chenin Blanc >> It is whole bunch pressed and fermented in 20% new 80% 3 year old barriques. Retailing for $30, we bought it as part of a Drink Chenin Day 6-pack last month. I also very…
What’s classed as ‘old vine’? Well in the case of this 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon from Taltarni, the vines were planted in the late 1960s. So at least 50 year old vines.
Now that our baby milestone cards have changed to months instead of weeks, it means we’re moving to monthly bottles to celebrate rather than weekly. However we couldn’t give up the habit that quickly which is why we indulged in this bottle of Toms Cap Vineyard ‘Subterfuge’ Chardonnay NV over the weekend which we picked up for $40…