Receive free wine in exchange for pricing feedback? Did I hear that right? Yes in fact I did! Newcomer to the scene Ditch the Pitch (DTP) are wine aficionados who are wanting to put the power back into the consumers hands when it comes to wine buying. At the recent UnWined Western Australia boutique wine…
It’s easy to find good food these days, but not so easy to find good food at a wallet friendly price. After weighing up my options for dinner choices in the suburb of Victoria Park in Perth last night I finally decided on a rather out there choice. I hadn’t been recommended this restaurant but…
Sandalford is the oldest and largest privately owned winery in Western Australia and for that reason I had put off visiting them. I had thoughts of it being over-priced, overly touristy and completely commercialised. I was 100% wrong on all accounts. Having started out in the 1840’s, Sandalford now has 40 hectares in their Swan…
I have to admit my interest level for the Good Food & Wine Show (GFWS) jumped through the roof when I found out one of the main sponsors for the event is Riedel. I have long been a fan of the Austrian glassware company. When I was merely 18 I was lucky enough to have…
I like the whole package. The complete food, wine and good company package. If you can manage to get these 3 together in a room then you’re onto a good thing. On a recent trip out to Jarrah Ridge Wines in the Swan Valley I found that they too liked the whole package. Our commonality…
If you’re hitting the Swan Valley for a full day, the Upper Reach Winery has to be your lunchtime stop. Set on a picturesque piece of land beside the Swan River, you will be in awe as you enjoy a tasting and a bite to eat. Upper Reach is a modern family-owned winery that simply…
“You can pick and choose or try them all, but be warned there are 15 to try” explained the ever-so-friendly Windy Creek Estate cellar door team member. Now this is how I like to be greeted at a winery. Straight away you feel welcomed, at ease and you don’t have to awkwardly ask if you…
It is so nice to walk into a hostel and feel right at home straightaway. Euro Lodge is literally a 10-minute walk from Edinburgh Haymarket station. It is down a dinky cobblestone back road lined with triangular shaped houses. It is in number 39 that you will find Euro Lodge. It is not really a…
After spending 6 weeks in the premiere Spanish wine region of the Penedès in Catalonia I can honestly say that I will never look at the Spanish sparkling wine – Cava – the same ever again. My complete outlook on this bursting bubbly has done a 360-degree swirl; from only knowing a certain blacked out…