Creamy Spaghetti Seafood Marinara was on the menu. I enjoy cooking this  meal as it is easy to make, yet...

For me, wine needs to be consumed with food for the full expression of gastronomy. When choosing a wine I like to...

Soft liquorice and late picked blackberries, dried red currants, black olive and thyme. This block was planted in 1995 from...

Dave Phinney, the winemaker/creator behind Orin Swift sounds like a fun guy who doesn’t mind shaking things up. Just take...

It’s refreshing to see an Australian sparkling wine labelled varietally rather than using French terms. Hence, for its new sparkling...

A sweet-hearted Margaret River chardonnay if ever there was one. By which I mean there is a core of ripe,...

A couple of interesting points to this wine. While the 2016 Elevation was 100% cabernet, the 2018 is blended with...

The producer makes a point of presenting this wine – by grape variety and region – as its flagship. It’s...

That label! What is that? Well, it’s a photo of a mummified priest taken in a 16th Century catacomb in Palermo,...

A grower Vintage Champagne, made from 100% Chardonnay, and the flagship of the Larmandier-Bernier family. The grapes come from two...

Lovely to see the Karridale area spotlighted in this Higher Plane Vineyard. Bright Gingin fruit of cut ripe pineapple and wild...

I do love a chardonnay, so was really excited to look at the new vintage of the Juniper Karridale. 2019...

This is a wine lover’s sauvignon blanc, it’s delicious, with so much going on in the glass. The aromas of...

Deep garnet. A quiet start – builds slowly – black plum, preserved fig, blackberry, briar, earth, leather, cola. Classic seamless...

So fragrant and lively at five-years-old, it pulsates with life. Is it the power of suggestion but are there dark...

Dense, bright purple. An arresting dried herb/nori savouriness to the fore on this wine backed up beautifully by black fruits,...

Gorgeous fruit exuberance to this wine – utterly delightful – in the scent of black fruits, red liquorice, blueberry, a...

This is New Zealand sauvignon blanc but not as you know it with a distinctly elegant style. With a quick...

The classic Aussie blend and there are plenty of versions from all around the county although it is still a...

McLaren Vale shiraz is rarely quiet and unintrusive, it’s bold and warm and generous in its many charms. Henry’s Drive...

There aren’t many Australian mother-and-daughter wine companies. Kim and Margo Longbottom at Henry’s Drive run against the gender tide. The...

It has been over twenty years since the first Henry’s Drive wines were launched and the label has always been...

Heathcote Shiraz for under $20 – you’re dreaming right?  Well no, and from the house of Seppelt and Chief Winemaker...

We don’t see much Chilean wine in Australia and, for anyone keen to branch out, this organic red is a...