It’s one of my favourite days of the year – International Chardonnay Day! This fabulous wine holiday was originally celebrated by Rick Bakas – who said it should fall on the Thursday before Memorial Day (U.S.) each year. However in recent years it has come to be known as World Chardonnay Day (with a dedicated…
Mount Avoca focus on producing organic wine from their Victorian winery based in Pyrenees wine region. They grow, made and bottle all their wines onsite and even offer “Eco-Luxe” lodges accomodation at the vineyard. Who doesn’t love a winery escape am I right? The 400 acre property was planted with vines in 1970 and also…
Yes you read that right! This Chardonnay has been aged in terracotta clay aka Amphora-Aged Wine. This wine-making technique has been around for thousands of years (in fact I read something in Wine Enthusiast Magazine that said about 6,000 years ago there’s evidence of this technique being used in Georgia). Terracotta is seen as a…
If you are a regular reader of this blog, then you know I absolutely adore my Chardonnay. I was kindly sent these sample bottles from the lovely folk at Patina and Define Wine Marketing & Communications – thank you very much. Patina are based in New South Wales in the Orange wine region which is…
Is it too soon for another Chardonnay tasting note? I mean it has been 3 days since my last one.. 😉 A big thank you to Hollydene Estate who kindly sent us this sample bottle of their Wybong Upper Hunter Valley Wooded Chardonnay 2013 to taste. Both Mr Spittoon and I are die-hard fans of…
Welcome to the world the very first classic sparkling wine from Soumah Wines in Victoria’s Yarra Valley wine region! Firstly a big thank you to Soumah for kindly sending this sample* bottle our way, it was a true pleasure getting to know your new bubbly addition. This is a Blanc de Blanc, so it’s made…
A big thank you to Dandelion Vineyards for sending this sample my way! I was under no obligation to post about it and all opinions are based on my own taste buds. Wine is subjective & always evolving, so make sure you drink what you enjoy! Hello New Release Chardonnay! It’s good to know something good happened…
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…
I got my hair done for the first time in 4 months on Friday. Between running my own full time business and #mumlife I tend to put these types of things down the bottom of my to do list. Terrible I know. So after I got home feeling wonderful and relaxed, I just had to pop something…