Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ok drinks. And some are just bad... Here is a selection of wines that almost made it in April 2022. What's always important, …
For Marlborough, which is driven by conservative winemaking, this is an outlier. Something different for Beavertown. This Deep Down Marlborough Pinot Noir 2020 hits all the right buttons too, even …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ok drinks. And some are just bad. Here’s a selection of wines that almost made it in October 2019. I like plenty …
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 …
Battle of Bosworth Puritan No Added Preservative Shiraz 2014 No preservatives, no worries. I explored the preservative free context of this wine last vintage, so best to start there for an intro. …
Tinja No Added Preservative White 2013 (Mudgee, NSW) 11.1%, Screwcap, $22 David Lowe has been tinkering with preservative free wines since the 2009, with this white the latest carefully finessed release in …
The quest for great 'preservative free' wines and the Battle of Bosworth Puritan Shiraz 2013 Can you make great 'conventional' or 'commercial' wines without using preservatives? It's a rhetorical question, but one …
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
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