Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here is a selection of 48 wines that almost made it in August 2022. With this …
More Rhone highlights from the Working With Wine Seminar While the Guigal La La trio was the centre of attention at the recent Negociants Working With Wine seminars, the other wines …
Vina Ventisquero Pangea 2008 (Colchagua Valley, Chile) $70Vina Ventisquero is the Chilean venture of ex-Penfolds head winemaker John Duval, with this Syrah one of the headline wines. John's trademark oak rich stamp …
Is this actually New Zealand's best Sauvignon Blanc? Today is International Sauvignon Blanc Day (#SauvBlancDay on twitter), the fourth annual celebratory 'day' dedicated solely to Sauvignon Blanc, bringing with it grape-based …
Shaw & Smith Serious Sauvignon Workshop'There was some trepidation with us taking on Sauvignon Blanc... it's not the most loved variety in the trade' That was David LeMire MW, Shaw & …
2011 Winestate World's Greatest Shiraz Challenge Tasting This year marked the sixth iteration of an event known as the 'World's Greatest Shiraz Challenge', a tasting which is effectively an expanded Winestate …
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
