Doug Decants: Two Unrelated Adas
I met a blogger from an antique land Who said: `Two nasty unlabelled bottles of oakjuice Stand on the table. Near them, at the bar, Half sunk, a shattered visage…
The wine in Strine stays mainly off the plain
The reverse convict boat from Australia docked recently with some convincing grog from our alternative and alliterative artisans. Pat Sullivan has sent us one of his indeterminate gluggers: Jumpin Juice, a…
Of Place And Time – The Future of Australian Wine
A guest post by thewineidealist: In evolutionary biology, punctuated equilibrium theory states, ‘that most species once formed will exhibit little net evolutionary change for most of their geological history, remaining in an extended state of stasis.’…
THE AUSSIES HAVE LANDED! (Part 2)
TOM SHOBBROOK & DIDI, BAROSSA Smashability.... Tom picked up the Gourmet Traveller/Wine Australia medal in 2010 for Best Young Winemaker. He’s self taught, learning much of his trade in Italy. He built…
THE AUSSIES HAVE LANDED! (Part 1)
Return to Egg You’ve doubtless read that a dynamic wine culture has recently been rearing its irreverent head in Australia. Of course, the situation is considerably more complex than that…
The Wild West
--by Christina Pickard This feature first appeared in Gourmet Traveller Wine‘s April/May 2014 issue. Read it here in its full form: You’ll find them down dirt roads beneath the tin roofs…
A tuneful sort of wine judging…
--by Doug Wregg. From the land that brought you the woomera, the stump jump plough, the mechanical pacemaker, ultrasound and the underwater PC comes another revolutionary idea... How to pep…