I know it may seem , having got past the initial step of being able to identify wine as wine, that I stumbled at the next stage of distinguishing between red…
Busy, gotta go look for this book which has gone missing here . John's taking up the slack for me. John? The sun is straight overhead. There isn't…
Pim has gone a further turn of the corkscrew with this month's collective wine review event, Wine Blogging Wednesday, with her chosen theme of…
Hobart is one of the most democratically beautiful cities in the world. Every house seems to get a stunning harbour view from the hilly basin that surrounds…
Been reading A Concise History of Australian Wine by John Beetson. A much more enjoyable way of tracking Australian history than sheep population numbers and…
Can't be arsed with pubs sometimes so summer brings beers at ours. Minimal fuss. A kilo Elmar's nurnberger sausages , a loaf of rye, some mustard…
Alhambra Reserva 1925 looks all label-less and lemonady from the outside but actually is around 6.5% alcohol. Pleasant. Tastes like a sharp ale. Minox…
About to party like it's Chimay '99 A beer dinner party sounds novel or sends predictable signals: curry, counter lunch, pork scratchings. It…
Bought 6 bottles of the Peter Lehmann 2002 Barossa Semillon yesterday at the low low price of $7.50 a bottle yesterday and had to give it a try before I…
One tokyo goat feeling pleased with things a few years back at a Belgian Beer Bar in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The beer. Thinking thinking. Wine match is for venison…