Wine Events, Wine Education, Journalist
This post is about Rutherglen Muscat – and the start of a New Year review of my 2021 to this, the start of 2022. I spend most of my waking hours thinking, drinking, or linking wine into my life. I’m so, so lucky to write about wine and drinks in my weekly and fortnightly columns. […]
Rutherglen Muscat winemakers: My 2021 review begins with January Read More »
Many moons ago, when Twitter was just invented, there used to be loads of social gatherings called “tweet ups”. I don’t know if they still exist, but essentially people who often tweeted each other would meet in person. I remember meeting a chap who was clearly disappointed that he was following me under false pretences.
Claymore Wines: I take a deep breath and mix Liverpool Football Club with pleasure Read More »
Those of you with long memories might recall that months ago my clumsiness got the better of me at a Wines of Australia tasting. Within minutes of arriving I broke my phone and I later left my tasting notes on the train. I promised to bring you some Australian wines another time; this is that
Wines of Australia: Five wines you might not expect to see from Down Under! Read More »
Wine Advent Calendar December 9th: The Paddock Shiraz 2015 I second-guessed when I started this 24-day countdown to Christmas that I’d end up missing some days. I have a memory like a sieve. So this post isn’t so much a wine recommendation for December 9th – but more the story of what I did on December 9th.
Wine Advent Calendar December 4th: De Bortoli Deen Vat 5 Botrytis Semillon Here we are, December 4th, and my first sweet wine of the 24-day wine advent calendar countdown. You might not want a sweet wine; it’s Sunday so you might be wanting a red with your roast. But let me get this out of
YOU can take the Northern Girl (that’s me) out of the northern hemisphere and plonk her firmly and squarely in the middle of Sydney, upside down and thousands of miles from home, and she’ll still yearn for pie, peas and gravy. And that’s exactly what I got. My first meal in this welcoming, blue sky,
Secret Sydney: Jane Clare is Down Under and up on high in Australia Read More »
I’ve found my new favourite wine, Hunter Valley semillon from Australia, with the help of one of the UK’s most popular chefs, Masterchef’s John Torode. John has joined forces with chief winemaker Neil McGuigan from McGuigan Wines to work on a special project Vine to Glass. They have made a new limited edition Hunter Valley Semillon together
John Torode creates new semillon wine with McGuigan Read More »
I WATCHED a lovely couple – well I’m sure they were lovely – looking totally bemused in a wine shop the other day. They were walking up and down the reds baffled, nay, befuddled, by the choices in front of them. So here’s some simple guidance on six basic wine grapes. You’ll see them all the time… but do you know if you’ll like
I MADE burgers the other day. I needed burgers for the barbie. There weren’t any in the shops. I could have flattened meatballs, but I felt sorry for them, sitting there pert and plump and perfect and expectant. I would have felt like I’d squashed a fly. So I made some. Perfect timing too, as this coming Wednesday, t’internet tells me, is National Burger Day. (Not for the
Wine Press: National Burger Day and red wines to disguise disasters Read More »