Breathe out, it's holiday time. I'm in Noosa this week, for a family holiday that has been postponed twice in the last 18 months (thanks to COVID). It's easy to love this …
I've never been to Alsace. Like Corsica, It is a missing page in my French wine region passport. I've got as far as Neuchâtel, circa 2hrs south, but Gamaret plots …
From near misses to faulty junk. Here is a collection of the wines that almost won me over in October 2018. A special, frustrating mention to the two Leasingham wines. I …
Working With Wine Highlights: Sweet Wines Flight 1 It seems like the second half of 2016 has passed by in a flash. Year. Gone. It's only now, however, that I'm finally in …
Marcel Deiss 'Alsace' 2011 (Alsace, France)13%, Cork, $28 Marcel Deiss is easily my favourite Alsace producer (along with Zind Humbrecht and Albert Mann), the estate (and particularly current vigneron Jean-Michel Deiss) credited with …
Marcel Deiss Riesling 2011 (Alsace, France)Cork, circa $40Source: Tastingwww.marceldeiss.com From Marcel Deiss' 'fruit' series, this looks particularly rich and botrytised this vintage, apparently representative of a year with quite a bit …
Marcel Deiss Schoenenbourg Grand Cru 2007 13%, Cork, Circa $175Source: Tastingwww.marceldeiss.com Love the medieval label. Click the picture for a closer look Perhaps one of the most fascinating white wines to pass …
Trimbach Cuvée Frédéric Emile Riesling 2000 (Alsace, France)Served from magnum at the tail end of one of the recent Riesling dinners at Fix St James. Personally I've never had a …
'The World's Greatest Wines that aren't...' When I first started this blog, almost four years ago now, I did so with purpose - I wanted somewhere accessible (online) where I could …
Albert Mann - he's the man. Or he was the man Albert Mann Cuvee Albert Pinot Gris 2008 (Alsace, France) 14%, Screwcap, $52 Source: Retail www.albertmann.com I'm obviously on a bit of a Pinot Gris …
Christmas drinks #2: Albert Mann, Antica Enotria and Troplong Mondot Christmas is the best. Or at least I think it is. It's all about test Cricket, long days, sunshine, ham, presents, …
For all the criticisms levelled at the wine industry, it's nothing if not generous.This tasting was put on by Domaine Wine Shippers, one of the more renowned importers of French …
Albert Mann 'Cuvee Albert' Riesling 2007 (Alsace, France)$38, Screwcap, 12.5%Winery WebsiteAnother day, another lovely entry level European Riesling.Light yellow colour, quite full coloured considering its youth, though not advanced, and …
Consumed with Japenese Tapas (Confused cuisine that was hardly convincing) these two illustrate how good 2007 was in Alsace. My sort of wines.Domaine Joseph Cattin Pinot Blanc 20072007 appears to …
At 18, I started working in a small suburban bottleshop, largely to buy cheap beer. It was my first year of university, slogging through physics and chemistry, so a liquor shop seemed like fun. But then, I fell in love with wine and craft beer, and it took over my life.
Twenty three years later and I spend my days wearing many beverage hats and judge at wine shows around the world...Read more
