Visiting the first ever Good Pair Days wine bar and bottle shop in Surry Hills, Sydney, has been high on my wine-drinking bucket list since I first heard about it. In fact it felt a bit surreal walking in, having known them only as an online entity for the last 10 years. They officially opened…
Happy Malbec World Day everyone! If you’re not aware, the 17th of April every year is Malbec World Day. It signifies the day in 1853 that President Domingo Faustino Sarmiento of Argentina officially made it his mission to transform Argentina’s wine industry. He did this by asking French soil expert, Michel Aimé Pouget, to introduce new wine…
Happy International Tannat Day! Every year on the 14th of April, wine lovers around the world fill their glasses up with Tannat to toast this delicious red wine grape. It’s Uruguay’s champion grape and it’s also grown here in Australia! In my latest Good Pair Days wine subscription box (which I kindly received as a…
Are you. a Fiano lover like me? Then you need to try out this beauty stat! It’s made by a female winemaker – Marnie Roberts in the Clare Valley (SA) and it’s utterly delicious! During the making of this wine it has a bit of skin contact and a bit of time in barrel which…
Novinophobia = The fear of running out of wine. When you have a wine subscription like what the lovely wino’s at Good Pair Days offer, then you most definitely don’t need to worry about running out of wine 😉 I have been an affiliate partner of Good Pair Days for a number of years now…
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…
Let’s start the week on a rosé-y note! Firstly a big thank you to the team at Good Pair Days (GPD) for this sample. GPD offers a monthly wine subscription so you can taste and learn about new wines on the regular. You receive tasting notes and food match recipes for each bottle every month + a…
Happy Fizzy Friday wine-lovers! And before you ask, my sparkling jacket is from Little Party Dress. We’re sipping on Cava aka Spanish Sparkling Wine thanks to the lovely folks at Good Pair Days who kindly sent us this sample. Yet again another fabulous pick by GPD based on the results of their Palate Quiz I…
Please tell me I’m not the only mama who is matching wine to baby friendly meals? The adults need to have some fun at meal time apart from constantly picking food up off the floor right? My last winning match was the Family Friendly Faijitas (What Mummy Makes cookbook) and this Schwarz Wine Co 2020…