Torres Natureo Muscat 2009 (£5.99 Waitrose, Booths, Partridges, Soho Wines) Clean, fresh and grapey, but you get the feeling that there’s something missing – donut wine… C(-) Domaine Laroche Chablis St Martin 2009, Burgundy, France (£15.99 Liberty Wines) Classic Chablis, has the waxy lanolin and orchard fruit characters in balance […]
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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
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
To coincide with his thirtieth vintage in the Clare Valley, Jeff Grosset (proud owner of the new, panther-like BMW M3 Coupé) has added a new Riesling to his excellent range.
Jeff Grosset introduces his new Riesling from the Clare Valley
With 35 vintages in the Hunter Valley under his belt, there’s little Phil Ryan, Chief Winemaker and Manager of McWilliam’s Mount Pleasant Estate, doesn’t know about the region.
Phil Ryan of McWilliam’s Mount Pleasant talks oysters, Len Evans ...
Recently dined with Stephen and Prue Henschke (not forgetting son Johann) at Vintners Bar & Grill in the Barossa. Henschke is best known for its red wines, but the whites – and the Riesling and Semillon in particular – are also splendid. And as you’ll see from this video, Prue […]