Red Wine

Just getting to the end of a fascinating week in Napa Valley. Was at Bond winery last night for a superb farewell meal prepared by team from the now-3-starred restaurant at Meadowood Resort with accompanying wines from Schramsberg, Clos du Val, Silver Oak, Rubicon and of course Bond. After our […]

It’s Carmenère, but it’s not from Chile…

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A quick trip around a set of Pinots from The Wine Society. Think I should have been sent the wines in this case offer but there was no Momo and the Kumeu River instead. Anyway… Kumeu River Village Pinot Noir, 2009, Auckland (£8.95 The Wine Society) Smells good, with cherry […]

Wine Tasting Video: New Zealand Pinot Noir

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Marques de la Concordia Rioja Crianza 2004 (£18.99/150 cl Majestic) Gentle soft wine, with warm vanilla, cinnamon, juniper and slight ginger spice notes pepping up relaxed wild strawberry and orange peel flavours. S(-) Legaris Ribera del Duero Reserva 2004 (£20.99 Oddbins) A fuller, richer style than the Rioja, with slightly […]

Wine Tasting Video: Rioja, Ribera del Duero & Priorat

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Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards ‘The Raptor Post’ 2007, Tulbagh, South Africa (£10.99 The Wine Society Ltd, Berry Bros & Rudd, E H Booth & Co Ltd, Free Run Juice, Duncan Murray Wines, Peter Ballantyne & Co Ltd, Edward Oliver Inns, Delilah Fine Foods, Yorkshire Vintners, Vinoteca Ltd, deFINE Food & Wine, […]

South African Spicy Reds

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In the last of five video interviews with elder statemen (and women) of the Australian wine industry that I’ve produced in the run-up to the annual Australia Day Wine tasting in London, here’s Tony Scherer of Frogmore Creek on Pinot Noir, organic viticulture and the variation in wine styles throughout […]

Tony Scherer of Frogmore Creek talks Tasmanian Pinot Noir

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