It's Mencia rosé from McLaren Vale with a little Shiraz. Smartly packaged, smartly made. It sees some time in the barrel, adding a creamed watermelon layer. Savoury, nicely softened edges …
You know what irks me about the modern rosé boom? How many of the wines end up with frustratingly harsh acidity. Sure, such is life when you're early picking red wine …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here is a collectin of 15 wines that almost made it in October 2022. As ever, …
I haven't been tasting as much this week after Miss 2 brought home a virus from daycare and took out the whole house like a rogue wave at a Nippers …
Apparently, 40 is the new 30. Or such. I hit the big 40 on Friday and to celebrate; I've been digging deep into the cellar (and beyond) and using it …
My not-so-hot-take - Mencia can make profound red wines and I can't wait until we get the vine age/clones/site selection etc etc for it to align for quality. This La …
This edition of the Almost Club is a few days late as I was busily not doing much in Noosa (photo attached. We love Noosa). Here than are 20 wines that …
It's almost like Spain doesn't exist. Here in Australia we bow down at the feet of the best French and Italian red wines, willingly forking out mega dollars for Burgundy and …
d'Arenberg The Anthropocene Epoch McLaren Vale Mencia 2016 'Through a 105 year history, and with over 70 wines building the brand behind the red stripe, d’Arenberg dares to be different.' So it …
I've just landed in Porto, a city which seems even cooler than expected (if heaving with tourists). It was the detour here via Ribeira Sacra that was the most intriguing though. The …
