by Chris | 22 Mar 2020 | Asia
In these times of lockdown, lockout and occasional lunacy, the axe fell on our scheduled tasting event at our regular haunt, Vantage Wine. We took the sensible step of gathering a few essential items, and hunkered down for our own lockdown wine tasting event. Some...
by Chris | 11 Jan 2020 | Asia, Australia, Other
I’ve been using the Winesave Pro now for just on one year. in that time l’ve used not quite three canisters. I’ve been a wine collector, writer and consumer for many years, and now that we reside in the tropics I also mix a range of cocktails. What I have found with...
by Chris | 2 Jan 2020 | France, Pinot Noir
A very enjoyable and educational recent wine dinner at Restaurant Markus, hosted by Marcus Lai of Asia Wine Cellar showcasing the wonderful wines of Domaine Gros Frere et Soeur. All wines were from the same 2017 vintage but different plots in and around Vosne Romanee...
by Chris | 11 Oct 2019 | New Zealand, Pinot Noir
Ata Rangi is owned and run by Clive Paton and his wife Phyll, together with Clive’s sister Alison and winemaker Helen Masters. Clive planted the bare, stony home paddock at the edge of Martinborough in 1980 and, in doing so, was one of a handful of people who...
by Chris | 18 Oct 2015 | Cabernet, France, Italy, Other Reds, Red Blends, White Wines
Another Thursday night soirée at That Little Wine Bar in Penang and another group of new people to meet. And another totally enjoyable evening with fellow tasters John and Sally, Dennis and Marisel, Adrian, Ju, Rene, John, Pauline and maybe a couple of others. Hosted...
by Chris | 18 Oct 2015 | Asia
This is a very interesting wine retailer and restaurant in the Vantage Point complex, Jalan Desiran Tanjung, northern part of George Town. It’s not well advertised, or well signed on the ground floor of the Vantage complex, but the search is worth it. (Vantage Wine...
by Chris | 15 Oct 2015 | Pinot Noir, Red Wines, White Wines
That Little Wine Bar is an unassuming but delightful little place in Jalan Chow Thye in George Town, just off the relentless rush of the main road. Every Thursday evening they have a wine tasting soiree of three wines selected by James the sommelier, accompanied by...
by Chris | 28 Aug 2015 | Australia, Chardonnay, Tasmania, White Wines
On the home page of the Freycinet Vineyard website I read this statement; Absolute dedication – no compromise. Inspired by the tremendous opportunities of the East Coast of Tasmania, Geoff and Susan Bull cleared the site in 1978, planted the first vines in 1979...
by Chris | 28 Aug 2015 | Australia, Cabernet, Red Wines, Western Australia
Colour – deep red/brick/crimson. Nose – soft, spicy, blackcurrant and plum. Palate – medium to full bodied, silky with blackcurrant and grippy tannins still present. A longish finish with some cassis, plum and spice.
by Chris | 31 Mar 2015 | Australia, Chardonnay, Tasmania, White Wines
Another wine kindly offered for me to taste by Stuart Robinson of Cellarmasters. This is a multi trophy and gold medal winner. Coal River is in the next valley north of the Derwent River valley and just a short drive from Hobart. For those wine collectors that...
