The first thing I do when I‘m in a restaurant is check the wine list. I usually go straight to the Shiraz section as it’s my favourite grape… but is it the best? There’s a bit of snobbery to single grape wines, but do blends have more to offer? I’m usually a little suspicious of … Read more
Penfolds Grange Hermitage – or just straight ‘Grange’ to its friends – is roundly considered as one of the world’s greatest wines. It’s certainly one of the most expensive. So I was intrigued when I mate Jarrod texted me a picture of the oldest Grange vintage the other day. Here’s the story why. Jarrod is … Read more
Until recently I never bothered decanting my wine. It was a case of how quickly can I get this stuff in my guts?! But since having met my friends the eminent Wine Saints, I’ve become more careful with what I do with my wine. You hear all the time that you’ve got to ‘let the … Read more
There’s not much to be happy about when the short days and chilly nights come to Sydney; but there is one thing: Shiraz! Yup, it’s time to bunker down, rug up and pour out those big reds. Whenever someone asks me if I want a glass of red, I always assume they mean Shiraz. I … Read more
Over here in Sydney, we’re getting ready to turn our clocks back an hour, pull out our coats and bunker down for the winter. Granted, the coats are more just jackets and by ‘bunkering down’ I really mean not eating lunch in the park with your sunnies on. Be that as it may, the Starks … Read more
For a long time, Mrs Romance and I didn’t drink red wine. Crazy, isn’t it? These days we drink more red than white – especially in the winter months when we can snuggle up in front of a movie and crack open a hefty Shiraz or a handsome Malbec. But all those years ago, feeling … Read more
Whenever I think of rosé wine, I immediately think of sickly sweet alcopop with lashings of hangover. I’ve always avoided this type of wine more than any other. However, when we were in Provence in southern France last year, we were very surprised by what we found. Rosé is in fact very much de rigueur … Read more
Christmas: it’s my favourite wine season! So instead of focusing on one particular bottle or singling out an individual winery this month, we’ve decided to focus on a grape variety that we think goes well with the festivities of Yuletide. Ladies and gentlemen, please meet our newest friend, the Right Honourable Riesling! In the past, Mrs … Read more