Following my Champagne Lunch in the Barossa last year, the response was a resounding call to back it up with another event, so this year Stuart Oldfield and I have ramped it up to a dinner in the Barossa and a lunch in the Adelaide Hills! Ten courses matched to ten cuvees. Please click on […]

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It’s my great privilege to present my first dedicated Australian Sparkling Wine Report. With all of my writing, travelling and presenting on champagne, I am often asked if I ever choose to drink Australian sparkling wine. The answer is a resounding yes! All the time. Under $40 it’s almost impossible to find a champagne worth […]

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We know about food and wine matching, but what about water and wine matching? Sounds crazy? You’d be amazed at what water can do to wine. The best thing you can do when you’re drinking wine is to stay well hydrated. Alcohol has a natural dehydrating effect, making hydration important not only for your wellbeing, […]

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Value for money medium sweet riesling. A pretty, floral style of lemon blossom, lemonade, toffee apple and a hint of guava, with excellent acid line and fine slate mineral texture well offset by medium sweetness. A well crafted medium sweet style of good persistence with medium-term potential. $19 at Prince Wine Store (2014). TS & […]

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A beautifully precise and pure Eden Valley riesling, and a standout for value and longevity. Precise lemon blossom, lime and green apple fruit of impeccable definition. In a vintage in which phenolic grip marks many rieslings, St Helga displays exactingly managed structure defined not by phenolics but by beautiful Eden Valley acidity. It’s gorgeous now […]

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H&V captures a flattering elegance unusual in this vintage. Accurate lime and crisp granny smith apple fruit rides on a precise line of long-lingering acidity. Masterful phenolic management in this season confirms a wine of purity and endurance. An earlier drinking H&V, true to the season. TS & KD

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Embracing a generous vintage, but doing so with fine-tuned ripeness, this is a concentrated riesling of pronounced spicy kaffir lime and granny smith apple fruit, finding a balance between heightened fruit, pronounced acidity and a touch of phenolic presence on the finish. TS & KD

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A beautifully refined and fragrant riesling of ripe fruit intensity that captures the essence of the Eden Valley in pure lemon blossom, lime juice and granny smith apple, accented with notes of kaffir lime and fennel. Fruit concentration of balanced ripeness is met with decisive acid line, fine mineral structure and focused persistence. Great value. […]

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A delightfully fragrant and pure vintage for Heggies, capturing the kaffir lime spice, granny smith apple, pepper and lime blossom perfume of a cool January, presenting excellent fruit concentration, underlined by well-structured, enduring acidity. An exacting expression of an outstanding season. TS

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An enticingly fragrant and exactingly pure Pewsey Vale that captures the excellent 2015 season in delightful lemon blossom perfume and signature lime and granny smith apple flavour. There are hints of kaffir lime spice and pepper along the way, underlined by a focused cut of well-defined acidity. A vintage of precise fruit expression and concentration […]

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