While the focus here at Australian Wine and Drinks Review is getting on top of the sample pile before I head off to Italy to taste Prosecco (more on that …
The 'COVID-era' of lockdowns during 2020-2022 was unquestionably shit, but some of the flow-on changes to how we interact are pretty welcome. For one, the huge upgrades in video calling tech …
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 …
