Keith Tulloch Semillon 2010 (£12 Highbury Vintners, The Good Wine Shop, Noel Young Wines, D Byrne, Noble Green Wines) Interesting mix of the zesty lime & lemon and pithy greengage with more exotic tropical fruits like paw-paw and pineapple, all the while with an undercurrent of bracing, even briny minerality. […]
Australia
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
The Australian wine industry is determined to communicate the message of regionality. And as anyone who has ever tasted widely will tell you, there’s a big difference between Shirazes from, say, the Hunter Valley, McLaren Vale and Beechworth. If you want proof, look at the Brokenwood portfolio. The winery is […]
Iain Riggs of Brokenwood on the pros and cons of ...
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 […]