David Farmer

I recall, in the 1980s a group of Sydney based P.R., advertising-marketing types, and the few journalists that wrote about wine formed a group for […]

Let’s talk wine tasting. Are you aware there are two types of wine experts, and they seldom have identical opinions? Winemakers are the technical types

Back in my days as an exploration geologist the most valuable tool, the gold standard, was a Brunton compass. With the Brunton and a map

For decades I have watched how those promoting and selling wine in Australia have grouped over subjective issues as diverse as taste, winery size and

I like to drink a few glasses before deciding to buy a parcel of wine. Experience has taught me that a swirl, sniff and sip

You need a story to sell wines, or so they say. The early History of Australian wine is the shortest story ever written; after a

Explorer 6 went into orbit on the 7th of August 1959 and on the 14th of August beamed to base the first ‘outer space’ image

Reading ‘Evans on Earth’ (Lothian press 1992) a biography of Len Evans set off reflections on how the wine business has evolved since the 1960s.

You can enjoy a drink in many ways and one pleasure of mine is mixing cocktails. I like the way you are in control, the

Wimbledon reminds me of the greatest ever squash player, Heather Blundell who did not lose a match from 1962 to 1981. I adored squash which