French wine tastes better in a château. Sure, I'm being glib, but you try not to feel the gravitas when you're lining up for a tasting of storied Pinot Noir …
I'm a long way from a professional cricketer, but as I walked into the makeshift tasting area at the Le Kimmérdgien function centre in Chablis last Monday, it felt like …
Some wine regions feel special. Places where lush vines should thrive naturally (like the rolling hills of Burgundy) or where it's ridiculous that vines grow there at all, let alone …
I'm in Canberra this week for what is one of the few wine shows that I really love judging at - the Winewise Championships. This show is my absolute favourite (and …
With 4,000 producers across 19 halls, I had no chance. To be honest, my visit last week to Vinitaly (the Italian drinks extravaganza billed as the world's largest wine fair) wasn't …
As a Sydney-based wine person, the Hunter Valley is basically home turf, with the two-and-a-bit-hour drive to wine country ground zero just part of the Sydney-Hunter wine experience. But over the …
After three days of wine show judging (and three days of wine dinners) in Canberra for the 2024 Winewise Championships, my tongue is black, my teeth are sore, and my …
Would you look at that sunshine? Day 2 of judging at the 2024 Winewise Championships dawned with a crisp Canberran day, which proved ideal for me to run up Mt Ainslie, …
Italy, I’ve missed you. It’s been five years since I’ve stepped foot on Italian shores, and what a pleasure it is to be here for a week of Prosecco, organised by …
I'm officially back at the desk today after two excellent weeks on holiday in Bali with the family. It's been 25 years since I've been to the Island of the Gods …
Maybe it was the idyllic, lily-topped pond glimmering to the left. Maybe it was the proudly untidy grass sprawling out underneath the grapevines. Or maybe it was just how green …
After cathartically dumping on the joys of international travel earlier in the week, today it's a much less anger-inducing topic - what it's like to judge at an international sparkling …
