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Exciting new English Sparkling Wine project

Purple Hands 2018 Planta Circa Ancestor Vine Grenache

Granite BeltWine Reviews

Ravens Croft Pinotage 2019

23/05/2020 0 comment

Vaux Sparkling (red!) Pinot Noir

Disgorging: How Traditional Method sparkling wine is bottled

Boireann Winery and *THAT* 2016 Shiraz Viognier

Tobin 2018 Elliot Reserve Merlot

LearningWine Country

Vin d’Alsace

19/12/2019 0 comment

Banca Ridge Grüner Veltliner 2019

The Granite Belt: Tobin Wines

Why are roses planted on the end of rows of vines?

Ridgemill Estate “The Czar” Saperavi 2016

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    Exciting new English Sparkling Wine project

    by Dan Ma 12/02/2021
    12/02/2021

    Hello my dear friends, it’s been a while. 2020 was a tough year for us all, and definitely testing for me. But have I given up on wine? Definitely not…

  • Wine Reviews

    Purple Hands 2018 Planta Circa Ancestor Vine Grenache

    by Dan Ma 01/06/2020
    01/06/2020

    I’ll be honest, a Barossa old vine Grenache was never going to be a tough sell for me. So it when it came to this one made with 130 year-old…

  • Granite BeltWine Reviews

    Ravens Croft Pinotage 2019

    by Dan Ma 23/05/2020
    23/05/2020

    Another special wine smuggled all the way back to the UK from the Granite Belt is the Ravens Croft 2019 Pinotage. With only 8 out of about 6,000 vineyards growing…

  • Wine Reviews

    Vaux Sparkling (red!) Pinot Noir

    by Dan Ma 17/03/2020
    17/03/2020

    We may be familiar with white or rosé sparkling Pinot Noir, but how often do you see a red sparkling Pinot Noir? This Traditional method red Sekt from Scloss Vaux…

  • Learning

    Disgorging: How Traditional Method sparkling wine is bottled

    by Dan Ma 01/02/2020
    01/02/2020

    We all know how a cork comes out of your favourite bottle of bubbles, but did you know how it got in there? Me neither until recently. There are several…

  • Granite BeltWine CountryWine Reviews

    Boireann Winery and *THAT* 2016 Shiraz Viognier

    by Dan Ma 29/12/2019
    29/12/2019

    An absolute honour to hang out all day with Brad Rowe from Boireann Winery. You see, Brad’s got some pretty big shoes to fill, as he’s taken over as winemaker…

  • Granite BeltWine CountryWine Reviews

    Tobin 2018 Elliot Reserve Merlot

    by Dan Ma 29/12/2019
    29/12/2019

    Today we’re back in the Granite Belt with Tobin Wines and their new 2018 Elliot Reserve Merlot. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing this one progress from barrel to bottle…

  • LearningWine Country

    Vin d’Alsace

    by Dan Ma 19/12/2019
    19/12/2019

    One of France’s newest wine regions, the Alsace was granted AOC status only in 1962, due to its rich in geopolitical history. The region borders on Germany along the Rhine…

  • Granite BeltWine CountryWine Reviews

    Banca Ridge Grüner Veltliner 2019

    by Dan Ma 19/12/2019
    19/12/2019

    Really excited about getting into this Grüner Veltliner, one of the Granite Belt’s newest alternative varieties, or “Strangebirds” as they call them here. Once thought to be Riesling’s poorer sibling,…

  • Granite BeltWine CountryWine Reviews

    The Granite Belt: Tobin Wines

    by Dan Ma 18/12/2019
    18/12/2019

    Adrian Tobin is one of the many I see who epitomise Granite Belt wine country. Easy going, loves a friendly chin-wag and nuts about what he does. Passion over profits…

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A British/Australian who loves wine and wandering, delving deeper into how wine is made and the people who enjoy it.

 

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  • Exciting new English Sparkling Wine project

    12/02/2021
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    01/06/2020
  • Ravens Croft Pinotage 2019

    23/05/2020
  • Vaux Sparkling (red!) Pinot Noir

    17/03/2020
  • Disgorging: How Traditional Method sparkling wine is bottled

    01/02/2020

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