As with the last post on Riesling, I’m going to use this effort of the “New Wine This Week” Club to post a few intros on everything about the wine. So this week is Aussie Riesling, I’ve done a bit on Riesling, so time to have a quick few lines on the wine-making powerhouse that …
On our final day in Serbia my mate’s brother, who still lives in Novi Sad, organised a trip to a local winery. Time for me to bore the crap out of everyone else with my questions! But also time for me to check out the international varieties and how they get on round here. We …
Red wines in these regions have a bit of a reputation. Especially the local varieties. What wine makers have tended to do in the past is to grow as many varieties as their land will cram in, and blend most of them together. The result of this is a fairly lush and full bodied red …
It’s that time of year isn’t it? A couple of weeks ago I got asked by a new foodie mate up in the awesome part of the UK that is Yorkshire to put a few thoughts on Christmas wine. Well it’s my first christmas as a blogger, so I was well up for doing it. …
So on the back of a what was a top weekend away with the mates for my stag, I’ve hopefully thrown out a few thoughts for the next visit to the wine shop. Northern Spain is a fantastic wine producer. What have we spoken about? Well there’s: – The famous hills of Rioja …
I don’t really want to keep going too long on one topic really. It’s meant to just be a few thoughts and a few pointers to help everyone on their way. If I keep going it’s just going to turn into a bit of a rant. So in the vague hope of avoiding that, I’m …
So Mag’s Mummy asked last week about the use of different glasses for different wines. Does it really make a difference? Simple answer is yes. There’s two things you’re thinking about when picking what wine glass to use for which wine: – What do you want the wine to do in the glass? - What …
Why Do People Do That? Number 2 – Different Glasses Read More »
Again, I guess it helps if you’ve read Moody Teenagers and Grumpy Old Men going into this post. Main points here are: - Don’t go nuts and spend a fortune early on, you can have your eyes ripped out before you know it – Avoid the novelty glass like the plague, weird colours and shapes …
or International Red Wine Varieties I’ve got a couple of mates who’ve given me an unfortunate nickname. “Lobs”, which is short for “Lobster”, is a completely hilarious reference to my knack of getting sunburnt. I’m a fair skinned lad, tend to leave my shirt on at the beach for fear of giving people snow blindness, …
