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
There aren’t many times I can think of where Mrs Romance hasn’t wanted a glass of champagne. Maybe when she’s asleep? No, not even then. Mrs R, like everyone else I suppose, associates champagne with celebrations and good times. That’s why it’s such a happy drink. Mrs R even has a special tradition she picked … 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
Australia is producing some of the best wines in the world at the moment. The problem is there’s just so much to choose from. So here’s a very good place to start… and possibly end too! We paid a visit to Printhie Swift Winery in Orange, New South Wales to see what they had to … Read more