These days it seems everyone talks about the small estates that produce limited releases of quirky and micro cuvées, whacky varietals and so on. But how about giving the larger wineries and famous big names a little bit of praise, […]
Langhorne Creek: one of the Best-kept Secrets in Australian Wine Langhorne Creek is a wine region that many people will have seen on Australian wine labels. Most known and unknown wineries of the Barossa and McLarenVale have a wine […]
Penfolds A rather overcast start to a Monday morning but I was certainly looking forward to the visit at Penfolds iconic Magill Estate, now situated on the east side of the city of Adelaide. The historic estate has now been engulfed into […]
Philbo: a Wine Legend Phil(bo) Christiansen, owner of Longwood Wines, is a living legend in McLaren Vale. As a born and bred child of the Vale, he remembers the place being very different indeed before all the investment and wine […]
The winery was hugely busy throughout harvest but amongst the organised chaos this little bearded dragon was spotted in the winery. We took him back to the safety of the vineyard but not until he had a full tour of […]
One of the reasons I am out here is that South Australia is home to some of the world’s oldest Grenache vines and I wanted to see and learn how they do things out here. I have already seen similarities […]
My word, what a vintage it has been here in McLaren Vale! 2015 has seen remarkable weather here in South Australia starting with a mild winter, a cool spring and start to the growing season and a good dry, warm […]
I awoke early on my first morning in Australia with car, boat, train, coach, jet and taxi lag. Yet soon found myself driving my allocated ute, following young Canadian assistant winemaker Matt to the Tinlins winery. My Ute The Tinlins […]
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