Q&A with Stonegaze Vineyard – Margaret River
Today we have some very special guests joining us on the blog – a big welcome to Wayne & Jill McGriskin, owners of Margaret River’s Stonegaze Vineyard (previously Stonegate Vineyard).
Today we have some very special guests joining us on the blog – a big welcome to Wayne & Jill McGriskin, owners of Margaret River’s Stonegaze Vineyard (previously Stonegate Vineyard).
Happy Birthday To Me I recently celebrated a 30-something birthday and my birth date can be both a blessing and a curse. Blessing: My birthday is held over the Australia Day long weekend and I am always guaranteed a ‘recovery’ day. Curse: It can be really difficult to try and get friends together, as it is a…
I have a long-standing connection to Western Australia’s Great Southern region. As a kid, my family would pack up the car at least twice a year and drive the 4-5 hours to my Aunty and Uncles farm just East of Albany, where we would spend at least a week at a time catching Koonac’s from…
When the lovely team at Australian Good Food Guide invited me to Sydney’s ultimate wine festival, Wine Island, earlier in the year – I knew I had to find a way to jump over the border to New South Wales. I managed to twist Naomi’s rubber arm to join me in Sydney for a long…
To be honest, I do buy wine online more and more these days. There’s something lovely about sitting on the couch in my pyjamas and glass of red wine in hand browsing through the online wine shops and then having someone else carry the wine to me! Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love going…
It’s exciting pulling bottles out of the cellar. This bottle was part of Myattsfield Vineyards ‘Tete a Tete a Trois’ challenge in 2015 where the 3 winemakers each made a Chardonnay from the one block of grapes.
As you guys know, I collaborate with various wine companies, brands and industry people so I can bring you the latest and best products and news from the wine world. One of my recent adventures was working my way through a case of samples from the team at Wine Selectors and I must say, they…
If you’re a regular TC reader, you’ll be aware that Mr Spittoon and I left Perth nearly 2 months ago to start a new adventure in Victoria. It wasn’t an easy decision to leave my beloved Western Australian wine scene behind. But when I heard VIC has the most winery cellar doors out of all the Australian…
Malbec World Day is just around the corner so I thought it would be a great time to get to know the Malbec grape a little bit better. I have most definitely consumed my fair share of red wine made from Malbec over the years from around the world.