SPRING lamb is one of the joys of life. From sweet lamb chops and tender back straps through to the delights of a rack, spring lamb in its many forms is simply a must.
THE word on the lips of many a red wine drinker these days is more often than not merlot. Just why this grape variety has become so popular so quickly is a question being asked by many winemakers.
EVERY year around football finals time my hands start to get a little sweaty, my mouth a little dry and my feet a little itchy. I get an overwhelming feeling of nervous excitement.
IT has been a number of years since I have tasted through the wines of Fermoy Estate. It seemed the winery suffered from a period of hibernation for a few years and only recently has awoken and begun to stir in the local market.
I’VE always viewed potatoes as being fairly non intrusive, non offensive and harmless. Roast them, boil them, mash them, slice them and fry them, even put them in a salad … but I’ve never really given much thought to their history.
MANY visitors to Margaret River will talk about Flutes or about the statue playing the flute, and often are more familiar with Pan the flute player than with Brookland Valley the winery.
SUCH is the attention to detail on this property that a maximum of just 5000 cases is produced at Parker Estate at the southern end of Coonawarra. The Estate was established by John Parker in 1985 and is now a 50/50 partnership with James Fairfax.
WINEMAKER Brenden Smith and his team are producing some pretty impressive wines at West Cape Howe, situated about four minutes from Denmark. I suggest you watch out for the wines from this label!
WINEMAKER Paul Boulden explained to me that this wine is a blend of 50 per cent Mt Barker fruit and 50 per cent Margaret River fruit, which was being cropped at between one and 1.5 tonnes per acre, allowing the fruit to fully express itself.
JUDY Lange describes her husband Merv as the “ideas man”, for it was he who first thought of diversifying the family’s farm business.And a good thought it was, too, as the success of the Alkoomi label attests.
THE wines under the Tom Price label are not going to be produced every year. It is the view of the crew at Voyager that these wines be produced only when all the elements come together and produce fruit of exceptional flavour and quality.
RESTAURANTS worldwide seem to be here one day and gone the next. What enables a restaurant to survive and keep introducing new customers over its life, and what draws customers to become clients and return on a regular basis?
HAVING spent the past few days coming down from the flow of wine that passed through my veins over the weekend, I feel that I am only now in a position to rationally reflect on the fantastic rewards of attending most of the wine
MANY wine consumers across our land, and in particular most consumers in Perth, will almost without hesitation give the “golden globe” awards to Margaret River wines and wineries.
WHEN was the last time you had a glass of sherry?While many of my friends have refused point blank to even tolerate the thought of a glass of sherry, they will happily drink this stuff called PX (Pedro Ximenez).
The creation of a worldwide phenomenonACCORDING to the history books, the story of tea began about 5000 years ago when Chinese Emperor Shen Nong was out in the countryside.
