Naomi recently went on a media trip for Taste Great Southern 2019 and one of the stops was the Alkoomi Wines cellar door in Frankland River where she bought this gem for us to enjoy in Sydney! The Melaleuca (pronounced mal-a-lu-ca) Riesling is part of Alkoomi’s premium Icon range and was launched to celebrate 40…
I was so spoilt on this trip to Sydney as Naomi brought so many goodies over from WA for us to sip on. Including this Gilbert Wines 2017 Riesling from Mount Barker in Western Australia’s Great Southern wine region. I visited Gilbert’s cellar door in the Great Southern last year. If you’re heading south, it’s…
I love trying new recipes. Especially when they’re part of the TC Wine Club (in collaboration with The Wine Gallery). This combo was in the latest monthly 3-bottle box. The recipe is prawn and sweet potato cakes with a cucumber & soy sauce type salsa. And the wine is the Tellurian Wines 2017 Blanc from Heathcote,…
My parents are big fans of Logan Wines. They have visited the cellar door in Orange, NSW and they have a good stash of Logan reds in their cellar. Which is why I was very excited to try the new release ‘Clementine’ range from Logan. The range is inspired by and named after winemaker, Peter…
My Dad picked up this bottle for us to taste last week. It’s a Riesling from Washington State in the USA. I think this will have been my first American Riesling. My mum reckons Kung Fu Girl (made by Charles Smith Wines) is closer to the Kiwi style of dry Riesling rather than the Aussie…
While my parents were visiting recently I dug into my cellar and knowing my mum is a Riesling lover, came out with this 2008 Great Southern (WA) Riesling from Blue Hills Estate Arcadia. We had it with salmon and some crispy garlic and thyme boulangerie potatoes. I picked this up (and some of its older…
This is another Kiwi Riesling our Melbourne family decided to kindly share from their cellar. Fun fact, I use to sell Framingham Wines when I worked at NZ wine retailer, Glengarry, 10 years ago while at uni in Auckland!
On our recent Melbourne trip, our lovely host pulled this New Zealand Riesling out of the cellar and wow! It’s 10 years old from the Marlborough region and is produced by Riverby Estate. It had those aged Riesling characteristics yet still plenty of freshness to suggest it still has some years left in it.
Another year and another fabulous afternoon of tasting Great Southern Riesling at this years Raising Riesling event at the Perth Royal Yacht Club. There’s something about heading along to a yacht club and sipping on Riesling all afternoon that has a certain appeal. I went dressed in nautical attire with a navy and white stripped…