Pinot Noir

Grape embrace.  The comforting qualities of pinot noir

To the average wine consumer, selecting a red wine from a bottle shop shelf or a restaurant wine list can…

3 months ago

Pouring Predicaments – Should the Expensive Wine Shine First or Take a Backseat?

When friends come over for dinner, what do you serve first, the expensive hero wine or the cheaper support act?…

11 months ago

Handpicked Wines from the ‘Pinot Coast’

Whether we care to admit it or not, the Australian mainland doesn't have too many wine-producing regions that are ideally…

11 months ago

Tolpuddle Pinot Noir, a gem in the Coal River Valley

With the shifting sands of consumer preferences, cool climate wines, once relegated to the obscurity of the back corner of…

1 year ago

Apsley Gorge Vineyard

There are plenty of jokes about Tasmania being “backwards” and twenty years behind the rest of the country, but when…

2 years ago

4 Wines to try when you’re feeling a little adventurous

Whether we're creatures of habit looking to break the shackles or open-minded adventurers searching for the next dose of inspiration,…

3 years ago

Castle Rock Estate Pinot Noir 2018

When we think of pinot noir, I suspect that most of us drift towards wines from Burgundy in France, Oregon…

4 years ago

Sinapius 2017 La Clairiére Pinot Noir

In a modern world in which economies of scale, efficiency in production, and maximisation of yield are so often the…

4 years ago

Sense of time and place

Josef Chromy When a wine wins a major award, I’m like a moth drawn to a flouro light and in…

4 years ago

Wild Earth Pinot

As the days lengthen and Spring takes grip, red wine drinkers often find themselves shelving the heavy cabernet and shiraz…

5 years ago