Hot wings, salad and Prosecco – what’s not to like I say! My brother has an awesome hot wings recipe which we make every now and then – they are so tasty and are great with a glass of bubbly or three ?? This here is an Aussie Prosecco made by the brand new label…
“Refreshing contemporary wine from Australia, thanks to minimal intervention” What’s minimal intervention you ask? There are a number of interpretations of this wine term, however to me it signifies that the winemaker lets the grapes speak for themselves. They add only what’s necessary (aka sulphur for preservation). So they are going along the ‘natural wine’…
We’re getting in the mood for International #GrenacheDay tomorrow with this lovely little ‘Queen of Hearts’ Grenache Rosé from South Australia. Firstly a big thanks to Curtis Family Vineyards who sent this sample bottle over this week. Once I found out it’s made from Grenache, it went straight on the tasting.
Have you tried a red wine made from Montepulciano lately? Montepulciano is an Italian red wine grape that typically produces a medium-bodied style red wine full of flavours of plums, cherries and spices. It is also known to make a very ‘pizza-friendly’ red wine. So definitely my kind of tipple! Montepulciano is the 2nd most…
If you enjoy full-bodied, dry, red wines like Cabernet Sauvignon, then wines made from the Nero D’Avola grape variety might be for you. Nero D’Avola originates from Sicily in Italy and it’s associated with flavours such as black cherries & plums, liquorice and tobacco. Head over to Wine Folly for a great write-up on the…
Tasting note from the 30th May 2019: While picking next month’s #thetcwineclub bottles, I thought I’d get stuck into this Italian Prosecco from Luigino Zago that my Mum picked for May’s TC Wine Club box.
I recently teamed up with Wine Selectors to try out the new customised wine plan experience. I think you guys are going to love it! Basically, you choose the grape varieties and styles of wine you like and then they send you a selection based on your choices.
So I ended up going for the Trebbiano to match our Friday night platter this week. For me, Italian wines are made to be enjoyed with food, so I knew this Cantina di ‘Custoza’ 2017 Trebbiano would be the perfect accompaniment. This wine is part of this month’s TC Wine Club box, has anyone else…
You know what I recently did? I cracked into some red and put on a cheesy romantic movie on Netflix. I was in one of those moods. Anyone else do that? If that’s a yes, let me know your Netflix recommendations for this genre 😉 The movie in question was Letters to Juliet with Amanda…