MY WELL-THUMBED copy of the 1978 Good Wine Guide reveals the most widely available red wine in the country at that time was Bull’s Blood, from Hungary.Read
HERMITAGE is the most magnificent vineyard in France. It rises high above the River Rhône and traps all the warmth of the sun on its steep, south-facing, granite slopes.Read
AS I pretend to watch very little daytime television, I’m not sure if the catchphrase ‘try before you buy’ is still current, but if it’s right for house purchases it’s surely even more appropriate for wine.Read
CAN you describe Australian wine in a word or sentence? I struggled to complete this final question on the survey sheet handed out at Wine Australia’s recent annual trade tasting.Read
TAMRA Washington is a lucky woman. Three years ago she returned home to New Zealand to a job as winemaker at the Yealands Estate, newly-established in the prime wine-growing country of South Island’s Awatere Valley, part of the famous Marlborough region.Read
PADDY Eyres is a man with a mission. With a solid background in the wine industry, he saw that the demise of Threshers offered a great business opportunity – a “gaping hole in the market” – and in October launched his first wine shop, Bin 21, in Morpeth.Read
I UNDERSTAND that sales of fresh fish go up at this time of the year. A friend in the business in North Shields told me: “After all that meat, people look for something a bit lighter.”Read
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