For me, wine is so exciting because it’s a living, breathing thing – it evolves over time, it’s affected by variety, vintage and region, even the occasion when we taste it.
Interesting and seductive, how can anyone resist it in all its many guises. And I am no exception, so though I focus on wines from Australia, the Loire, Portugal and South Africa, I also undertake other vinous missions.
Check out my blog for brief general wine musings and opinion and in the archive below you ‘ll find in depth reports on regions an tastings outside my specialist areas.
Other Reports
- Rhone ranging, 2005
- Re-framing Riesling at Framingham, New Zealand
- Germany – Masters of Riesling, the 2007 vintage
- Chile – judging the Annual Wine Awards 2008 & travels
- California – The Wine Society Ridge tasting with Paul Draper
- Champagne, The Wine Detective Christmas tasting 2006
- Italy – Bisol Prosecco press trip
- Argentina annual tasting 2006 – a white focus
- France – Absolutely Cracking tasting 2006
- Argentina – Catena, Malbec & altitude
- Beaujolais press trip 2006
- Alsace – an eco focus, July 2006
- Italy, tasting new wines at Alba restaurant, 2006
- Italy – Gaja & Tenuta san Guido
- Austria press trip 2006
- Italy – The Wine Detective Piedmont tasting
- Burgundy 2004
- Burgundy, Hospices de Beaune, 2004 vintage
- Bordeaux press trip, 2005
- Italy – Ornellaia vertical
- Rothschild-Lafite – the empire
- Chile – Vina Aquitania tasting
- Italy – Tuscany, tastings and a visit to Chianti
- Chile annual tasting, 2005
- Italy – The Wine Detective tasting, South & the islands
- Italy, The Wine Detective North Eastern Italy tasting, Alba restaurant
- Champagne Jacquesson
- Bordeaux, Château Brane-Cantenac & Leoville Poyferre, horizontal and vertical
- Riedel’s stemless “O” glass
