Sometimes you are in the mood for something easy and just plain fun!! This wine suits the occasion very well and I have found myself reaching for another glass. A…
Cantina Valpolicella Negrar La Tirela Amarone Classico DOCG
This region of Italy produces some unique red wines in Amarone. Here the ripe red grapes are picked and raisined either on shelves or hung to get that shrivel factor….
Cantina Valpolicella Negrar Recioto della Valpolicella
The same method that produces the bold, dry, red wines, Amarone, also produces these sweet, succulent red dessert wines. Here, instead of allowing the ferment to stop naturally around 15+%,…
Tesco Valpolicella DOC
Valpolicella should be soft and easy to drink, however, it should have enough fruit weight to please a red wine drinker. This wine is certainly soft on the tannins, a…
Taylors LBV Port
Late Bottled Vintage port is made to be immediately approachable and oh! so drinkable from release. Unlike Vintage Port, it’s better known and more prestigious and commensurately expensive version which…
Ivancic Griffin Muller Thurgau Chardonnay
A blend by winemaker Krešimir Ivančić that brings some Chardonnay structure to the hardy, Northern Europe grape Muller Thurgau. The vineyards where these grapes were grown are some of the…
Dr L Grey Slate Private Reserve Riesling
Riesling comes in many forms around the world, from the driest versions to the sweetest dessert styles, from bubbles through to the unlikely co-ferment partner of bold red wine grapes….
Tesco Finest Yarra Valley Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir usually requires a cool climate to perform at its best to maintain the balance and complexity of this notoriously difficult grape. While not top of mind to those…
d’arenberg The Noble Mud Pie Viognier Arneis
Some vintages are rotten, but not to the core. Just to the skin when it is a case of the noble rot botrytis cinerea. A rot that is loved almost…
Ara Single Vineyard Pinot Noir
New Zealand’s Marlborough region has SO much more going for it than just Sauvignon Blanc, it has the potential for elegant and charming Pinot Noir too. The Ara Single…