I love playing around with wine and food matches – some of the most amazing matches I have had were pairings that I never thought to try! Recently we were having chicken curry for dinner (to be exact it was the ‘Baby’s First Curry’ recipe from the What Mummy Makes Cookbook.. haha the perfect cookbook…
Any other parents out there celebrate their baby’s/kid’s milestones with wine? It quickly became a tradition for Mr Spittoon and myself after Baby TC was born and last weekend we celebrated 11 months. Seriously how is Baby TC nearly one?? Next question is what should we crack for that milestone? Actually it’s tempting to buy…
Taltarni Blanc de Blancs 2016 Vintage Tasted on; 11 November 2020 What is Blanc de Blancs? It translates to ‘white of whites’ and means the wine has entirely been made from white grapes. Most likely for sparkling wines you’ll find it’s Chardonnay – but not always.
Every night is a champagne night right?
The Tasmanian wine adventures continue! The thing I was most excited about Tasmania was the sparkling wine. As some of you may know, I am a bit of a bubbles girl who doesn’t need an excuse to drink the good stuff. Don’t worry there will be a big blog post on the 20+ cellar doors…
Well, it’s my first day back to work today for 2019 and I’m pretty excited for what the year has in store for me. A definite highlight for 2019 already was enjoying this bottle of Champagne Perrier-Jouët 2004 Belle Époque Blanc de Blancs Champagne at the highest open-air champagne bar in the world, Flute at…
Christmas Day in Thailand calls for duty-free Champagne. We picked up this bottle of G.H Mumm Champagne Blanc de Blancs at Melbourne airport for about the $150 mark. The limit for bringing alcohol into Thailand is only 1 litre per person, so we definitely were going for quality over quantity. We also knew in Krabi, where we…