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 | 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 | 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...
by Chris | 20 Jan 2015 | Australia, New South Wales, Semillon, White Wines |
Tasted 19/01/2015 for no other reason that it is now 10 years old and I’m terrified of losing one. Six trophies and 18 gold medals seems like gorging, but it has earned every single one of them. This may be 10 years old but it could have been made yesterday; I have no...
by Chris | 22 Apr 2014 | Australia, New South Wales, Semillon, White Wines |
Huon Hooke’s Wine of the Week in this week’s Sydney Morning Herald is this great bargain aged Semillon from McWilliams. Huon writes: ‘Hunter Semillon is one of the world’s greatest ageing white wines. Elizabeth is always released after some ageing (the 2012 and ’11...
by Chris | 19 Apr 2014 | Chardonnay, France, White Wines |
First a few notes on Puligny-Montrachet and Louis Latour. Home to some of the world’s most extraordinary Chardonnays including the famous Montrachet, Chevalier-Monrachet and Batard-Montrachet, Puligny-Montrachet is the 216 hectare geographical middleman of the...
by Chris | 7 May 2013 | Australia, Semillon, South Australia, White Wines |
Huon Hooke’s SMH Wine of the Week this week is this wonderful Semillon from the Barossa Valley. Huon writes … ‘This is simply a beautiful wine. Its low alcohol, un-oaked, early picked style does a good impersonation of a classic from the Hunter...
by Chris | 27 Apr 2013 | Australia, New South Wales, Semillon, White Wines |
I wrote about this wine after a tasting trip late last year to the Hunter Valley; but in a day of tasting so many wines, though this wine made me stand up and take notice, there was always another wine we needed to look at. So here we are now 11/03/2013 pulling one of...
by Chris | 19 Jan 2013 | Australia, Riesling, Victoria, White Wines |
This is simply astounding and outstanding. There have been some rave reviews for the 2011 Bests GW Riesling including 97 points from James Halliday, and I managed to get a few before they disappeared. But I have to say I like the 2012 even more. It has a little more...
