Sarah Ahmed – The Wine Detective

Australia Trade Tasting highlights 2010, more than one entity

I’ve posted my 3rd report on the annual Australia Trade Tasting here.  Having already covered Pinot Noir & Chardys and Cult & Boutique’s range (see here), it covers a mixed bag in terms of wine style, region, variety  – Australia’s a big country! The common thread for my choices is great quality.  Some great value [...]

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Western Australia – 3 wonderful weeks of wine, food & travel

Pemberton’s Karri trees, pictured, reach dizzying heights and so it is with Western Australia’s wines. Thrilling then to discover on my latest visit that WA’s food culture is as regionally nuanced and fine as the wine.  For your delight and delectation, I’ve distilled the highlights of my three week stay diary-style – you can chart [...]

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Cullen Wines – a Penguin coup!

Here’s some bright and breezy, flag-waving news about Cullen Wines of Margaret River (Cullen restaurant pictured). Cullen Kevin John Chardonnay 2007 was one of my recent Wines of the Month (click here for my September review).  This morning news has winged its way from Down Under that it’s been named the ‘Wine of the Year [...]

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Cullen Kevin John Chardonnay 2007 & Rustenberg John X Merriman 2006

Cullen Kevin John Chardonnay 2007, Margaret River, Western Australia – I must declare an interest, albeit minor…my biceps played some part in the batonnage when I did 2 weeks cellar ratting at Cullen in 2007.  I well remember the floral and grapefruit perfume of the Chardy room and the meditative tonic of lees-stirring in between [...]

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