Recently the Travelling Corkscrew was invited out on an Up Close and Local Tour in the Bickley Valley. Naomi and her partner Bryce headed along on the tour. Below you’ll find out how their day went, it made me thirsty just reading it! A big thanks to Shannon & Paul for the invite and for what…
I’ve been really enjoying being able to try so many South African wines through The Wine Gallery recently. This The TC Wine Club pick is a 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon from Paarl made by The Painted Wolf Wines Pack.
It’s exciting pulling bottles out of the cellar. This bottle was part of Myattsfield Vineyards ‘Tete a Tete a Trois’ challenge in 2015 where the 3 winemakers each made a Chardonnay from the one block of grapes.
PICNIC TIME || I loooove picnics and with the weather getting warmer it means we can drag out the picnic basket and fill it with plentiful goodies – like rosé wine. This Peter Lehmann Wines 2018 Portrait Rosé is made from the Grenache grape variety. The Portrait range of wines from PL are aimed at…
I’m one of those weirdos who buys a treadmill and actually uses it. Crazy I know. I think it might be because I probably* (*do) drink more than the average person so this is my minds way of justifying it. I aim for 5 workouts a week, if I miss one during the week then…
Happy #WineWednesday everyone! Milestones whether they’re in life or business should be celebrated. Which is why Mr Spittoon and I are having a little celebration this month for my business which has hit a record high this month. I love my happy clients. We recently tried the Champagne G.H.MUMM Special Edition 6 year old and really enjoyed it,…
Through the Cellarmasters Wine Reservations, an online wine club, you can order this year’s International Red Wine of the Year 2018 Finalists 6-pack. This 6-pack is delivered to your door and includes; brown paper bags and blind tasting guides so you can hold your very own blind wine tasting party at home. It’s a really…
Surprisingly this combo of the d’Arenberg ‘The Olive Grove’ 2017 Chardonnay from South Australia went really well with a square or two of this Whittakers Dark Salted Caramel chocolate. Who would have thought! When looking up what the name meant I learnt that apparently there are a lot of olive trees in McLaren Vale, including in d’Arenberg’s Chardonnay…
Sunday arvo’s are for Prosecco – thumbs up if you agree. This Palloncino 2018 Prosecco is part of this month’s #thetcwineclub (if you’re not part of this totally awesome wine club, look it up on the blog stat!