@PeterPharos Frankland River in Western Australia should be on your radar for shiraz. Typically, the best examples are savoury and restrained, densely spiced, with an ironstone/ earthy quality and just enough generosity. Best examples I’ve seen recently in that prices range are…
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VINTAGE 2020🍇
Same bunch or grapes only two weeks apart🍇
Ripening occurs rapidly as we approach harvest. This is the same bunch of beautiful #sangiovese grapes only two weeks apart #harvest
Australian Cuisine by Decade:
80s - Apricot chicken. Vol au vents. Kabana & cheese hedgehogs.
90s - Sundried tomato focaccia. Wedges with sweet chilli sauce and sour cream.
00s - The Dukkah and Olive Oil Years.
10s - Everybody just eats burgers now.
20s - All food is poison.
“WSET courses have an amazing approach to wine and they make the world of wine easy to understand - even for people from outside the industry.” – says 2019 @TaittingerUK#Sommelier of the Year @RBourgerbit.ly/2KG1RqY
Anyone else have trouble throwing away bottles they’ve enjoyed? A few from recent times. Trying to cut back on the daily habit ... #Drinkbetterdrinkless
Both wines drinking beautifully at WSET L3 course on Monday. We’ve developed a bad habit of drinking top quality chardonnay too young. Its not getting the best out of it IMO (especially with higher acid in contemporary Australian Style). Needs to change.
The Yukich wine family in the Swan Valley has bought the former Houghton Wines winery, cellar door and vineyard from Accolade Wines. It’s a good day for the wine men & women of the Swan Valley with the historic winery finding a good home.
Italian Wine Course last Thursday- Brendan Jansen checking the wines before course start, plus cracking line-up- Bring on Piemonte next week #perth#wine#ItalianWine#Wineeducation
Our latest Level 3 #WSET Award in Wines at a perfect time for hospitality workers: Monday daytime. If you're a WSET L2 holder or an experienced cork dork looking for a challenge join us for some extraordinary wines and intensive learning. Mon 18th June Book Now #Perth#perthwine