I’m a bubbles girl, there’s no doubt about that. Last weekend Mr Spittoon and I went for brunch at the Wa-De-Lock Cellar Door Cafe in Stratford. The cafe stocks a number of local wines and beers which you can buy to take away. I spotted this Wild Dog 2011 Sparkling from West Gippsland for $30…
It’s safe to say I’m slowly making my way through the South African wines that The Wine Gallery has on offer. I picked this Winery Of Good Hope 2017 Chenin Blanc for The TC Wine Club as SA Chenin’s are pretty darn good! And while we’re talking about Chenin, check out my Guide to drinking Chenin Blanc…
My Mum and Dad to decided to visit us in our new home in Gippsland for my Dad’s birthday recently. His birthday fell on a Monday which is not ideal when you live in country Victoria. This is because, in the country, you’re hard pushed for any of the ‘special occasion’ restaurants to open for…
Do you remember the days of ‘getting ready to go out’? I lived in university accommodation while I was studying my Bachelor of Communications over 10 years ago now and boy do I remember ‘getting ready to go out’. Basically it was drink as much as you can, as cheaply as you can and skip…
I love the TC Wine Club! I know I’m a little biased but it’s just so delicious and such an exciting monthly event. Did you know: The indentation in the bottom of a wine bottle is called a ‘punt’? Thanks for enlightening us in your latest Last Glass magazine The Wine Gallery! This month I picked…
Yep, there was no hope that this 3drops wine and olive oil 2018 rosé would last very long in our house. It arrived on the same day as my order from Chroma Studio so I was in a delivery bliss state of mind. This rosé is made from the Nebbiolo grape variety and it just picked up a…
The Swan Valley is proving to be a hub for innovative thinking when it comes to wine, craft beer and distilleries and there is now a new kid on the block, working right out of Pandemonium Wine Estate; Swan Valley Gin Co. I was lucky enough to be invited along to the launch of their gins…
Any guesses what ‘blockers’ may mean? I wasn’t too sure, so after a bit of Googling I found this explanation on the Brand’s Laira website: Named in honour of founder Eric Brand, one of the original ‘Blockers’ (landholders who sold their grapes to larger wineries in the 1950s and 60s). The wines have developed a name…
#winning It’s great when you pull a bottle out and your mother-in-law who doesn’t really drink enjoys it! This TC Wine Club bottle comes from the Rhône Valley in France and the Santa Duc domaine can be found in the famed town of Gigondas. This producer uses local indigenous yeasts, low-yielding vines, small-batch methods, and…