At my dinner with the Adelaide Hills Basket Range guys, it was great to meet Monique Millton (daughter of Gisborne, NZ’s James and Annie Millton) and Tim Webber. They are…
Rootstock Sydney highlights (3)
More Rootstock highlights. Christian Tschida’s wines, from Burgenland, in Austria, are full of nervous detail and intensity. Shashi and Devendra Singh have a 4 hectare dry grown Syrah vineyard on the…
Rootstock Sydney highlights (2)
Yes, there were a lot of highlights at Rootstock. It feels entirely unfair to pick out individual wines or producers. After all I didn’t taste everything, despite my best intentions….
Rootstock Sydney highlights (1)
So Rootstock is half way through. Yesterday was a great day. The energy and enthusiasm for wine shown by all the people who flocked to the Carriageworks was quite electric….
Some nice wines at The Remedy – Don Chisciotte Fiano, Salvaje Blanco, Vin Nu, Oliveras Verdelho 12
Popped into The Remedy a few days ago for a drink with Mr Primack. We had some interesting things, as you’d expect. Here are my notes. Barranco Oscuro Salvaje Blanco…
Barcelos de Biobra 2014 Valdeorras, a brilliant naturally made Spanish red
This is a lovely wine. It’s a varietal Mencia from Galicia, from the Valdeorras appellation, which is quite a bit inland on the river Sil. Some background on the wine…
Does extended maceration obscure terroir?
Does extended maceration, to the extent that occurs in many amphora or orange wines, obscure or trump site and grape variety? This was a really good question that I was…
Gamay focus, 4 – Julien Sunier Fleurie 2013
Julien Sunier is one of the rising stars of Beaujolais. He makes wines naturally from organically managed vineyards, and this is a brilliant expression of Gamay. It’s from a single…
Natural wine: a fad or here to stay?
This is the text of a talk I am giving today in Lisbon. It’s titled: ‘natural wine: a fad or here to stay?’ Historical context Some historical context. Consider wine…