
Sunday, 29 August 2010
The Self-Assembler: Hofstätter Pinot Bianco, Alto Adige

Sunday, 22 August 2010
Old Man Claret: Bordeaux at £10 - £15 per bottle

"The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware." - Henry Miller
Why drink Bordeaux at £10-15? Many other wines stride in with hi-how-are-you blasts. At this price, there are many choices for a medium-bodied red wine from nearly every corner of the globe. That’s why some are asking, is Bordeaux even relevant anymore?
Thursday, 19 August 2010
Fifth Dimension: Movement in Taste

Wednesday, 11 August 2010
dark sunglasses required: sexy Sicilian wine

There’s also the people who go to the supermarket on the way home from work, get home and perfunctorily open a bottle to watch television for a few hours before going to sleep to do it all again the next day.
Sicilian wines are not for them, either.
Sicilian wines are
TROPPOOOO BUONNNOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Thursday, 5 August 2010
New Wave: Kooyong Estate Farrago Chardonnay

Monday, 2 August 2010
Amarone: This is not a love song

If logic applied, I would not love Amarone della Valpolicella. To say it’s a big style of red is an understatement; it’s dramatic, high in alcohol and generally quite expensive. It has been said, Amarone “is seductive, sexy, confounding… an aphrodisiac”. Naturally, in the face of slavish devotion, I tasted it many times with regulation thin lips and furrowed brow. However, despite my best attempts to be cynical, I could not help but love the slightly debauched characters of licorice, smoke and dark fruits. Before long, I was singing the same love song, too.