In case you missed it, Saturday was National White Wine Day. Okay so it’s ‘national’ as in America, but hey I don’t see why we shouldn’t celebrate too. So I had a look in the cellar and thought this Swan Valley 2016 Oaked Chardonnay from Olive Farm Wines would be the perfect tipple to enjoy on a…
Mr Spittoon and I recently took a drive to visit our 21st winery here in Victoria – Tambo Winery. I initially spotted Tambo on Instagram and after looking through their feed, I immediately knew we had to visit. Their Insta feed is full of pictures of their pet cat and dogs. Actually, their feed has more…
Have you tried any of the Hardy’s HRB (Heritage Reserve Bin) range yet? What’s unique about this range is that the wines are made from grapes blended from different Australian wine regions. This 2015 Shiraz is made from McLaren Vale and Clare Valley grapes.
Today we welcome back Naomi on the blog who recently spent a day out in Perth’s beautiful Swan Valley on a D’Vine wine tour. Rain, hail or shine, a cellar door is the perfect place to be year round!
Happy International Albariño Days everyone (1-5 August 2018)! Naturally I just had to celebrate, it’d be rude for an Albariño lover like myself not to right? Firstly, a massive thanks to Australian Good Food & Travel Guide for organising this #sample bottle of the ArtWine Estate 2018 ‘The Real Thing’ Albariño from SA’s Adelaide Hills for me.
I have to admit, I love Verdelho! But I haven’t had much of it as late since leaving Perth’s Swan Valley (obviously this needs to be rectified stat). Between the SV and Hunter Valley, these two regions know how to kick butt at making Verdelho. I received this newly released 2017 Verdelho sample from James Estate…
Wine Wednesday calls for Mimco glitter and this divine specimen from James Estate in the Hunter Valley. Thanks guys for sending this #sample over. ‘The Marque’ 2017 is from James Estate’s single vineyard series which is pretty exceptional if I do say so myself. And this red literally ‘knocked my bottle over’. If you know what I mean…
We actually bought this 2009 Sonoma (USA) Zinfandel from Murphy-Goode Winery for the 4th of July but we didn’t get around to drinking it on the day. I picked it up from Dan Murphy’s for about $35. Fun fact: Zinfandel is a red grape variety which is also known as Primitivo in Italy. According to Wikipedia, Zinfandel is grown…
I decided to get creative in the kitchen on Friday night and made a salmon, lime and sriracha recipe from the latest Dish magazine (so good! I’ll definitely be making it again) whilst cracking into the latest release of the James Estate rosé which I was sent a #sample of to try. This 2017 rosé wine is…