I know I don’t normally post on a Friday, but the blogging demon has possessed me (I think it’s something to do with it being Friday the 13th….spooky!). So it got me thinking about some of the more spine-tingling places I have enjoyed wine, let’s call them my wine tasting ‘haunts’… Warning the following content…
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…
I have to admit, the move to Perth was more my boyfriend’s thing than mine. However after I found out that we would be staying a mere 12km’s from Western Australia’s Swan Valley wine region I was more than convinced. Compared to travelling around wine country in Europe, the Swan was a breath of fresh…
I would love to be the person who has the time and resources to visit each and every winery in the world. There are so many good ones out there and to be honest we probably don’t know about half of them. Siegbert Bimmerle is the owner of Bimmerle Wines in Baden Germany. His vineyard…
You cannot go to Britain without at least one visit to a genuine pub. They are open day and night (only till middnight though!), and they always seem to have patrons whether it’s 9am in the morning or 9pm at night. It will be pints for the men’s ‘book club’ in the mornings as they…
Everyone has the notion that working on a vineyard is romantic. For freaks like me, I do love it but a lot of people don’t realize the hard work that goes into a working vineyard. You have pruning, grape picking, netting, cleaning vats with chemicals that eat through your clothes, not to mention climbing into…
In celebration of the leap year, here are 29 things you should do today (well maybe try at least one, some are a touch outrageous!). It only comes around every 4 years after all. 1. Goon Bag of Fortune. Attach two wine bladders (from the wine-in-a-box) to the clothesline at opposite sides. Everyone stands in…
It’s hard to mention German wines without thoughts of Riesling popping into your head. It is an amazing grape that produces wildly diverse styles of wine, everything from bone-dry to luscious sweet tipples. It is the queen of German wines that sometimes hides us from the other delectable goodies coming out of this great land….