You know your interest in wine has entered the next level when you start to wonder what wine goes with the food you are eating… what’s the perfect food & wine match? For those of you that have recently experienced a growing interest towards food & wine matching, I have…
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year” they say and, as a real food & wine appreciator, I could not agree more with that. The last part of the Autumn season is always very exciting because it leads on to the festive period and we start to adapt our…
Great Autumn & Winter Wines for 2016 How can we start to talk about winter wines? Imagine this scenario: a rainy day of November, a glass of a rich full-bodied wine and you, just relaxing after a busy day. I personally believe life does not get much better than this……
New Zealand Pinot Noir produces deliciously smooth wines, with especially silky tannins and juicy red summer fruit. The grape, native to Burgundy and notoriously fickle (it is world class only in cool-climate regions), has found in New Zealand a home away from home.
It is a truism, as the days get longer and warmer, our minds turn to images of Summer sunsets and barbeques in the countryside. You will also notice that Summer Wines are often companions of those idyllic pictures. We think that perfect companions for the Summer days may only be…
