It’s great to see Naomi has been heading out to the Swan Valley a lot recently. Since moving over to the east coast, I am living vicariously through her. Recently she headed along to Pinelli Estate Restaurant for what looks to be an amazing night of great wine and food! Last month my partner Bryce…
On the 11th day of Christmas, The Wine Gallery sent to me, a bottle of Toscolo 2016 Chianti from Tuscany in Italy. If you saw my video this morning, then you’ll know as soon as I opened door number 11 on my advent calendar and saw this, I was destined to have a tomato-based pasta. There…
Pasta and Pinelli, is there a better match? Since I can’t make the new-ish Pinelli Estate Winery Restaurant in Perth’s Swan Valley my local, it just means I have to order in the wine and cook my own. Thankfully free delivery helps on the wine side of things. This Pinelli Estate Wines 2018 Reserve Vermentino…
Yep, there was no hope that this 3drops wine and olive oil 2018 rosé would last very long in our house. It arrived on the same day as my order from Chroma Studio so I was in a delivery bliss state of mind. This rosé is made from the Nebbiolo grape variety and it just picked up a…
When we were travelling through Italy and were staying in Florence we hit up a night market. It was at the market I found this gorgeous leather notebook which I used to write my tasting notes in at the time. Now I do everything digitally but I have to admit I love flicking through the…
I’m one of those weirdos who buys a treadmill and actually uses it. Crazy I know. I think it might be because I probably* (*do) drink more than the average person so this is my minds way of justifying it. I aim for 5 workouts a week, if I miss one during the week then…
Through the Cellarmasters Wine Reservations, an online wine club, you can order this year’s International Red Wine of the Year 2018 Finalists 6-pack. This 6-pack is delivered to your door and includes; brown paper bags and blind tasting guides so you can hold your very own blind wine tasting party at home. It’s a really…
Have you tried a wine made from the Arneis grape variety? Arneis is a white grape that originally comes from Italy. In the language of Piedmontese it translates to ‘little rascal’ because it can be difficult to grow. When successfully grown, however, it can produce a crisp and floral white wine.
We actually bought this 2009 Sonoma (USA) Zinfandel from Murphy-Goode Winery for the 4th of July but we didn’t get around to drinking it on the day. I picked it up from Dan Murphy’s for about $35. Fun fact: Zinfandel is a red grape variety which is also known as Primitivo in Italy. According to Wikipedia, Zinfandel is grown…