Usually, verticals have a purpose. An excuse for the winery to show off a wine, launch a new one, or just to remind everyone how good something used to be. …
I googled Tignanello this afternoon while on the hunt for some information about alcohol percentage (didn't learn much), and discovered that the name is better known as a handbag brand …
Old Maurice would be proud... A mini Hunter Shiraz vertical I'm a little tardy in writing up these notes, but the following Hunter Shiraz vertical was held in Sydney a few months …
Bollinger - a quick snapshot of the range 100 years of Bollinger Special Cuvée I like Bollinger. I like their uncompromised winemaking approach and I like their understated marketing. No flashy Moët-esque packaging …
Chateau Latour 1997 Don't ask about the Alfoil.... Chateau Latour 1997 (Pauillac, Bordeaux, France) 13%, Cork (a ridiculously good cork at that), $277 (last Langtons auction price) Source: Friend's cellar I've bragged before about the …
3 faces of the Grampians With an unbroken wine history dating back to 1862, the Grampians has no shortage of vinous kudos. Yet, as a wine region it's in something of a state of …
I've been a bit slack in transcribing my notes from the messy scribbles of my wine wankerish notepad into electronic form, so this is the first of a few compilations …
Blue Pyrenees Midnight Cuvee 2001 (Pyrenees, Vic) Diam, $30I like Diam corks - they manage to blend the romance & practicalities of cork with the consistency that modern technology affords …
