Mandarin, hints of struck matchstick, nectarine, a suggestion of banana musk lollies: while the aromas belong largely to the ripe spectrum of flavours, they don’t run rampant on the nose and overwhelm the senses. Soft, rounded and creamy palate with subtle fruit flavours with green apple and lemon assuming the roles of gang leaders, but [...]
The first thing both Marie and I noticed when we had a pour of this was that it wasn’t the most varietal of verdelhos we had tried, but some of that could be attributed to our upbringing on interpretations of verdelho largely from the warm, sunny Swan Valley just outside of Perth. But honestly, who [...]
To everyone who observes Chinese New Year, gong xi fa choi and all the best for the year of the pig. To mark the occasion, Marie and I went with our friends Zoë and Kim to Saigon Cafe and Noodle Bar in Northbridge for a meal as well as to celebrate Kim landing a new [...]
Just got an email from Sydney-sider Paul Ippolito telling me about his new online venture, The Five Minute Wine Rush. For those that don’t know, when he’s not practising law (why oh why do I know so many – if any – people in the legal game?) he’s writing about wine and his new website [...]
I love the look of a bottle of Plantagenet Shiraz: a sexy Bordeaux bottle and label with minimal artwork on it and a pride of three lions on the label. Additionally, the text on the label also makes mention of the pride those at Plantagenet have in releasing this wine and rightly so. A bouquet [...]
The West Australian leg of the Vodafone National Beach Volleyball Tour came through town this weekend and was a great opportunity for Scarborough Beach to show off its new ampitheatre. Following the pair’s first finals appearance at a national tour event a fortnight earlier in St Kilda (Victoria), Perth boy Marty Suan (currently based in [...]