The Next Winemusing Session is open! November 17th
Love learning more about the wine, you are drinking? Want to know how to choose better wines? The Winemusing Sessions second LIVE event is now on sale. The new world takes on old world classics! Is new always best? Are the originals worth the money? What is even the...
Domaine des Tourelles Cuvee Pierre Brun
Who makes it? Domaine des Tourelles, from Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, in now in the co-custodianship of Faouzzi Issa. This wine is named after the previous owner, Pierre Brun who was the grandson of Frenchman Francois-Eugene Brun. Francois- Eugene Brun established Domaine...
Reyneke Organic Chenin Blanc
Who makes it? Reyneke is a family run estate in South Africa’s famous, and beautiful, Stellenbosch region. The estate is currently under the custodianship of Johan Reyneke. Since the 90s, under his care, the estate has been converted to organic and biodynamic...
Cote Bonneville Chardonnay
Who makes it? Cote Bonneville is a family run winery in the Yakima Valley, Washington State. The Shiels family expanded the vineyard back in the early 1990s when they purchased it and daughter, Kerry Shiels, is now the winemaker. The oldest block in their DuBrul...
Donnafugata Kabir Moscato di Pantelleria DOC
Who makes it? Donnafugata is owned by the Rallo family who started the brand in 1983. No strangers to winemaking, the family have 160+ years experience making wines in Sicily. Historically as Marsala producers. It was only in 1989, however, that the family started to...
Jane Eyre Wines Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir
Who makes it? Jane Eyre is an Australian winemaker that also puts her stamp on French wine, including this Beaujolais wine from Chenas. She is now well known for her expertise in Pinot Noir after vintages at Cullen in Margaret River, Felton Road, Central Otago and Ata...
Louis Pommery England Brut NV
Who makes it? Louis Pommery is an English fizz with a difference. That being an English fizz from a famous Champagne house. Louis Pommery is the brand used by Champagne great Vranken Pommery for their sparkling wines from outside of France. There is this...
Northstar Winery Merlot
Who makes it? Northstar Winery is owned by Chateau Ste Michelle, the team has gained the reputation for their passion for merlot from Walla Walla and Columbia Valley. Of course, one of the things you need to remember with labelling here is that a wine only has to have...
Le Bijou de Sophie Valrose
Who makes it? Le Bijou de Sophie Valrose is one of Crush Wines very slick brands. They use grapes sourced from older vine vineyards around the Languedoc region, Coteaux de Beziers, on the Mediterranean Sea for this blend. Some of grapes are from older...
d’Arenberg Peppermint Paddock
Who makes it? D’Arenberg Peppermint Paddock is one of those wine that fits the very definition of ‘moreish’! It goes without saying that the Osborn family make quite a few wines that rate very highly on that scale. They do have a very wide and eclectic range of wines...
Cirillo 1850 Ancestor Vine Grenache
Who makes it? The Cirillo 1850 Ancestor Vine Grenache is a testament to the passionate custodianship of the Cirillo family who took over this role in the 1970s. On their Barossa Valley vineyard there are some of the oldest known Grenache and Semillon vines...
Delinquente Tuff Nutt Bianco Pet Nat
Who makes it? Delinquente Wines is the passion of Greg Grigoriou. The Grigoriou family has, in turn, been passionate about growing grapes for wine in Australia’s Riverland region for decades. It is not surprising that being a hot and dry part of Australia, Southern...
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Winery Spotlight: Rathfinny Wine Estate
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Winemaker Series: Colette Bonnet Champagne
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What to drink: Bordeaux wines for Christmas
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Winemaker Series: Gavin Monery, Vagabond
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Winemaker Series: Henry Connell, The Uncommon
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Winery Spotlight: Piggs Peake
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English sparkling wines that you need to taste!
There are now many excellent English sparkling wines to choose from! In your search for great bubbles, don’t miss out on the opportunity to taste some of the elegant English sparkling wines that are becoming easier to find. I have reviewed a number in the past –...
Bring on the rosé! Five rosés that are not just for Summer ….
It should be said that rosé is a superb choice of wine all year round. These wines should never be relegated to just the warmer months, although without a doubt, they an obvious choice for summer. It does not just the evocativeness of a glass of rose, bringing...
What are ‘Pet Nat’ wines? Should you be drinking them?
The sediment in an undisgorged bottle of sparkling wine. A ‘Pet Nat’ wine is one with natural petillance or ‘pétillant naturel’. Simply put, it is a wine with bubbles! More specifically, it is a sparkling wine made using the ancestral method or méthode...
Langmeil, the Lindner family preserving Barossa history
Langmeil, one of the gems of the Barrossa Valley.... Australia’s Barossa Valley has a well-deserved reputation for some of the world’s finest wines. Amongst the producers that focus on delivering powerful red wines that tell a story of alcohol and dried fruit, there...
Winery Spotlight: Getting to know Rathfinny Estate
I had no idea what to expect when I visited Rathfinny Wine Estate by chance last Summer. It was a spur of the moment idea. The vineyard I had initially decided to visit had no time slots left and did not accept visitors without bookings. Fair enough. It was a smaller...
Getting to know: IL PALAGIO
Il Palagio estate has been owned by Sting and producer and actor, Trudie Styler after finding it in a state of decline in 1999. Not only is this is their summer home, it is a productive farm estate that produces not only this wine but also olive oil, honey...
Women in Wine:
Cote Bonneville Chardonnay
Who makes it? Cote Bonneville is a family run winery in the Yakima Valley, Washington State. The Shiels family expanded the vineyard back in the early 1990s when they purchased it and daughter, Kerry Shiels, is now the winemaker. The oldest block in their DuBrul...
Jane Eyre Wines Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir
Who makes it? Jane Eyre is an Australian winemaker that also puts her stamp on French wine, including this Beaujolais wine from Chenas. She is now well known for her expertise in Pinot Noir after vintages at Cullen in Margaret River, Felton Road, Central Otago and Ata...
Santa Julia Organic Torrontes
Who makes it? Santa Julia is one of the Zuccardi family’s estates, with Julia Zuccardi at the head. The Torrontes grapes for this wines come from Mendoza vineyards at the foot of the Andes, from 600 metres above sea level. This simply means that the grapes are ripened...