A Cracking Lyndoch Shiraz
Our little Toyota Dyna just keeps on going. Perfect for retrieving the small parcels of wine we acquire from around […]
Individual Barrels Off to Bottling
From 35 barrels these two were selected as the next Individual Barrel Bottlings. GH04 and GH12 coming your way soon!
Trends from the 1980s have produced entrenched groups – please avoid
For decades I have watched how those promoting and selling wine in Australia have grouped over subjective issues as diverse
New Smithy Shiraz Durif bottling today
We are half way through bottling the new rendition of our one of our Best Sellers – The Smithy Shiraz
Twenty Samples from McLaren Vale
This week we are shopping in McLaren Vale. What an interesting lot. Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Shiraz, Cabernet, Merlot, Tinta Madeira,
Critics and opinions abound but what help are they?
I like to drink a few glasses before deciding to buy a parcel of wine. Experience has taught me that
Working with Whites
Making white wine is a different gig from reds. A different toolbox is required. Here we look at Barossa Valley
Do Stories Sell Wine?
You need a story to sell wines, or so they say. The early History of Australian wine is the shortest
Viewing Wine from the Sky Above the Earth Below
Explorer 6 went into orbit on the 7th of August 1959 and on the 14th of August beamed to base
How curious the many wishing to explain wine to you and I
Reading ‘Evans on Earth’ (Lothian press 1992) a biography of Len Evans set off reflections on how the wine business
