Chardonnay

I’m pretty lucky with the group that sit around the tasting table with me, the range of life experiences, skills and trades are so different, it gives us all different points of view on life let alone what we are tasting on the day. We have different things we look for in a wine/beer/spirit and have different price points that we won’t go past. I find myself running things past them when I want more feedback, especially when I think there is something that doesn’t quiet sit

Jimmy Durante once warbled about seeing people in them, the Sammy Hagar led Van Halen belted out about what they were made of. Elvis Presley, Fleetwood Mac, The Moody Blues, Coldplay even Taylor Swift have sang about them. Dreams, we all have them, some of us sit back and think about them, fantasise about following them. Others get up, work bloody hard and make those dreams happen. Winemaker Nina Stocker falls very firmly into that latter category. About three years ago the

If you are a fan of those huge big and bold Barossa reds, then you should stop reading now. On the other hand if you have got to that stage where you are chasing wines that are more about elegance, finesse and restrained power then have I got a winery for you. Levantine Hill winery in Yarra Valley’s Coldstream has been knocking out wines for only a handful of years now, but already they have built a name with wines that have two keywords – elegance and finesse. The winery

I’m the first one to admit I’m a bit slow to take up fads or trends or to even throw things away. In fact I’m so bad that I still wear my Bronco’s “Back to Back Premierships” t-shirt with pride....that’s from 1993 for those of you that don’t follow the footy. Late last year the McGuigan Shortlist Chardonnay was brought to my attention, and I thought it was probably about time I picked up the ball and ran with this one. The McGuigan name is well known in Australian winemaking