Gus from Canberra drops by
Our Tasting Days are big events. Customer Gus from Queanbeyan made the trip over. He arrived Friday and spent a good few hours tasting through […]
Gus from Canberra drops by View »
Our Tasting Days are big events. Customer Gus from Queanbeyan made the trip over. He arrived Friday and spent a good few hours tasting through […]
Gus from Canberra drops by View »
We are half way through bottling the new rendition of our one of our Best Sellers – The Smithy Shiraz Durif 2018.
New Smithy Shiraz Durif bottling today View »
This week we are shopping in McLaren Vale. What an interesting lot. Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Shiraz, Cabernet, Merlot, Tinta Madeira, Touriga, Grenache, Mataro, Malbec, Tempranillo…
Twenty Samples from McLaren Vale View »
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 »
Making white wine is a different gig from reds. A different toolbox is required. Here we look at Barossa Valley Semillon 2017, Adelaide Hills Chardonnay
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
Viewing Wine from the Sky Above the Earth Below View »
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.
How curious the many wishing to explain wine to you and I View »
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 »
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
Is Zero the Future of Wine? View »