May 13, 2016WINE OF THE WEEK: Tim Adams The Fergus 2012, Clare Valley, Australia£10, Tesco I hadn’t planned to recommend this juicy, round, oak-matured red this week, although it’s a perennial favourite, but the...
Apr 19, 2016Penfolds Grange and Special Bins: a unique vertical tasting in ParisHosted by the Australian Ambassador to France at "an intimate dinner", it was billed as "the first ever monumental vertical tasting of...
Apr 5, 2016Iconic, historic... it must be Penfolds Grange and a Rewards of Patience tastingPenfolds' fifth Rewards of Patience was a remarkable, unrepeatable tasting over four days in September 2003. It included the complete set...
Mar 23, 2016Wines to Pair with Chocolate – and how to make them tangoChocolate can be a tricky customer when it comes to matching wines, but it’s certainly not a no-go area. Believe me, after years of...