Seeing as it was National Rosé Day yesterday we thought we’d pull a bottle out of the cellar. We picked up this Rosé in 2019 when we visited the Bay of Fires cellar door in Tasmania. It’s from their Trail by Fires collection which are small batch wines only available at the cellar door. “Wines…
There were just a few bottles of bubbles popped at our house over the last few weeks. I was kindly sent this bottle of Tasmanian NV Sparkling from the good folks at Handpicked Wines to taste recently (thank you!). I really wanted to get some mussels to go with it as the label had me…
Happy 20th birthday Bay of Fires Wines! I was kindly sent this sample bottle to help celebrate the Bay of Fires 20th vintage recently. Last year we actually visited the Bay of Fires cellar door in the Tamar Valley near Launceston in Tasmania. In fact I still have a few bottles I bought at the…
Clover Hill Vintage Release 2014 Sparkling Wine Tasted on 1 December 2020 Looking for a vintage bubbles to enjoy this festive season? The Clover Hill Vintage Brut 2014 is ya girl! A big thanks to Clover Hill in Tassie for this sample. We definitely enjoyed every last drop. It’s made from the classic 3 bubbles…
Tasted on 26 November 2020 If you haven’t yet discovered Tasmanian sparkling wine, do yourself a favour and get some in your glass stat!
Tasted on 18 November 2020 We loved our trip to Tassie last year. In fact Mr Spittoon and I have even flirted with the idea of moving down there at some point. While staying in Launceston we visited the Clover Hill cellar door and it’s absolutely beautiful! These guys really focus on making extraordinary sparkling…
My fellow Chardy lovers, listen up. I was recently sent this sample (thank you) of the the Bay of Fires 2019 Chardonnay from Tassie and it’s bloody delicious!
Any Tassie Pinot Noir fans out there? Here’s a new label for you to get in your glass! Corryton Burge have recently launched and they have this 2019 Tasmanian Pinot Noir on offer.
Yep last night was a 2 bottle night. It was too hard to resist the urge as it was Pinot Noir Day after all.