decanted

When wine distributor WineSource recently fell victim to the Evans & Tate saga (WineSource was E&T owned), nearly every wine wholesale business is Sydney pawed over their price-list in the hope of scavenging the remains of their formidable portfolio. WineSource boasted a great list of wineries, as does its partial re-incarnation, Deja-Vu Wines (clever!). […]

‘Tis the season to be jolly, and at this stage of the proceedings, the necessary heights of jolliness required to see you through requires plenty of booze. And not any old booze at that. It should be a Iemma Govt initiative - “Don’t drink dross this Christmas”. Too many people drink bad and […]

Geelong and Pinot Noir is an example of an Australian wine region and a grape variety that have become kindrid spirits over the last few years. Its the kind of combination that produces the kind of quality wine that Australia should be looking to make, and to market, both domestically and overseas, in an […]

Its been a very long time between drinks, and the tasting notes have been piling up. Having enjoyed a wonderfully relaxing trip to Scotland and Italy, I have found it very difficult to get back into the swing of things in the real world. Enveloped by stifling wanderlust, writing has been at the back of […]

These days nothing surprises me. A few years back, when I was a little greener, a colleague told me of his new website celebrating the “ashes of Cabernet vines”. Having purchased a famous old Tamar Valley winery in Tasmania, complete with 1 acre of Cabernet Sauvignon, he celebrated his new landholding by ripping out […]