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….
The remarkable Cortez 2014 from Testalonga
I’ve admired Craig Hawkins’ Testalonga wines for a while now. They are just so brave. And delicious. [See here, here and here for reviews.] This is his Chenin that’s made without…
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…
Three interesting whites: LAM, Gramona Ovum and Montinore Borealis
We tasted quite a few wines at the Tampere Wine Symposium, and one of the highlights was this flight of three whites. These aren’t expensive wines, but they’re really compelling…
Alfredo Arribas and his SiurAlta wines, from high altitude Montsant, Spain
Alfredo Arribas grew up and lived in Barcelona, and developed a successful career as an architect. He travelled the world working on interior design and architecture, and among other things…
Three lovely wines from Čotar, Slovenia
These are interesting wines. And no, not in the English sense, where, when asked our opinion of wines that we don’t really like, out of politeness we say, ‘interesting’, in…
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…