A Classic Wine Tasting
Compulsory confinement has turned me back to some re-reading of old favourites and this delight today as Evelyn Waugh had me revisit Charles Ryder and […]
A Classic Wine Tasting View ยป
Compulsory confinement has turned me back to some re-reading of old favourites and this delight today as Evelyn Waugh had me revisit Charles Ryder and […]
A Classic Wine Tasting View ยป
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
The Curious Case of Wine Communicators View ยป
Letโs talk wine tasting. Are you aware there are two types of wine experts, and they seldom have identical opinions? Winemakers are the technical types
Concentrate, smell, taste then begin with a positive remark View ยป
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
What Compass for Wine Should You Buy? View ยป
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
Trends from the 1980s have produced entrenched groups – please avoid View ยป
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
Critics and opinions abound but what help are they? View ยป
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 โouter spaceโ image
Viewing Wine from the Sky Above the Earth Below View ยป
Reading โEvans on Earthโ (Lothian press 1992) a biography of Len Evans set off reflections on how the wine business has evolved since the 1960s.
How curious the many wishing to explain wine to you and I View ยป
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
Remembering Rhinegolde, Fizzes, Pops, Ducks and All Things Coloured. View ยป