The Nepalese Kitchen is a busy restaurant in Surry Hills. The food and spicing wasn’t ideal for wine matching, but I thought it had good flavour and there were lots of vegetarian options. Plus, at $121AUD for 6 people, the value was excellent. The downsides were that we were shifted from place to place, initially […]
Category: South Australia
Fast Facts: Variety: Riesling Region: Clare Valley, South Australia Country: Australia Winemaker: Brian Croser Closure: Cork Alcohol: 12.8% At the time that this was initially released, Brian Croser said that he thought that this was the best Riesling made from the Hanlin Hill vineyard since the famous 1980 Petaluma Riesling. This was the 23rd consecutive […]
Jeffrey Grosset has been at the forefront of Australian Riesling production over the past two decades. He makes a range of wines, but none are more famed than his two Rieslings, one from Polish Hill and one from Watervale – both located in the Clare Valley in South Australia. Generally it is said that the […]
This Shiraz/Viognier blend from Petaluma is not as well known as their Riesling, Merlot or their Cabernet blend – but has still received some excellent reviews from Australian wine critics. Tasting Note: Youthful colour and a not-at-all shy nose – blackcurrants, ripe cherry, clove and other assorted spices along with a fair amount of oak […]
I’ve written previously about a very special wine which was the Seppelt 1905 Para Liqueur Vintage Tawny and so I was obviously interested to try some of the other wines in the Seppelt fortified wine range, including the 1880 version of the same wine. The notes from the event follow … First Flight – DP […]
Last month Australia’s largest wine company Southcorp (now part of Fosters and even bigger) put on its annual road-show to showcase its wines across major capital cities. In Sydney, this was held at the completely refurbished Hilton hotel that was reopened in July. As often happens at these public events it didn’t take long to […]