How To Drink A Birth Year Magnum
First published on Tuesday, 30 December 2008 on www.ieatidrinkiwork.com.au What a handsome fellow he is. After the initial buzz of being given a magnum of Lanson 1982 died away, … Read more
Good Old Burgundy
A nice relaxing lunch yesterday at Mr Bianco in Kew was a great excuse to pull out a bottle that had been burning a hole in my cellar. We started with a … Read more
Riesling To The Occasion
Imagine coming back from holiday and a supplier asking if you’d like to attend a large Riesling tasting featuring some of the best German producers (with a few ring ins). … Read more
Sign Up To Our Newsletter And Win Stuff
We are just about to announce the winners from Jan & Feb in our March issue of TWD Magazine. It’s not too late to sign up to find out they … Read more
Matteo’s Dinner 06/02/12 – Bring A Bottle Night
One of the highlights of the year is Patrick’s Bring A Bottle Night. Not to take away from his hard and inspired work of assembling wines of a theme and … Read more
Martinborough Or Bust
I was recently invited to attend a tasting that contained the best and brightest of Martinborough on New Zealands North Island. Sadly, I have not been there myself, although it sounds … Read more
Some Wine Re-Research
So these wines were happily spruiked in my current Cellar Dozen. But I do like to be thorough… and I really enjoyed them last time I tasted them. Franz Haas … Read more
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Adventures with Olde Wines.
A little while ago I purchased a couple of crates of old wines from Australia. They were cheap and came with no guarantees where they had been kept or what … Read more
Lunch At RACV Club
Recently I was lucky enough to have lunch at the RACV club and no lunch there would be complete without some amazing wines. Bass Phillip Rose – Dry, spicy and savoury. Nice elegance … Read more
Wine Notes
A selection of wines I have tasted in the recent past that I have enjoyed. DR BURKLIN WOLF TROCKEN PFALZ RIESLING 2009 – The Bűrklin-Wolf estate is based in the … Read more
Wine Notes
A selection of wine notes from wines I have tasted in the recent past that I have enjoyed. There is no theme except for great wine. JL WOLF JESUITENGARTEN GRAND … Read more
January Sale
It seems somehow unbelieveable but I forgot to mention we have a sale going for the month of January. For all wines we currently have in stock we are offering: … Read more
Escaping To The Yarra Valley Pt2
The exciting conclusion to one of the great stories of 2011… (or something). Read part one here Lunch at Giant Steps/Innocent Bystander Including my first introduction to pork rillette – … Read more
Stay Connected
Hi Friends and Followers, We at TWD would love to get a few more people on to our monthly email list and we could use your help. To sweeten the … Read more
The Wine List Code
Wine lists can sometimes be like a Dan Brown novel, loosely based on fact and surprisingly popular. Sometimes they are great and sometimes they are not. Like a Dan Brown … Read more
Is this wine cellarable?
Originally feature in our TWD Magazine (Sign Up here) October and November 2011 issues. The questing a lot of budding wine collectors will ask while tasting a wine is: “is it cellarable?” … Read more
Wine Tastings
I’ve tasted some interesting wines of late and thought I would share. First off there is the wines from my Yarra tour. Part two to follow. Then there was: Pierre Gaillard … Read more
Escaping To The Yarra Valley Pt1
A few weeks ago, in a vain attempt to educate a Burgundian friend on the merits of Australian wine, we set out to see the delights of the Yarra Valley. Unfortunately, … Read more
Burgundy On Boxing Day 2011
This years Burgundy On Boxing Day is a wine that I’ve been looking forward to drinking for a long time. Robert Chevillon Nuits-St-Georges Les St Georges 1er Cru 2004 A … Read more
Wines of Xmas Past
Phil enters like Jacob Marley and introduces the wines of Xmas Past. What do you do for Xmas drinks? I for one am big on sharing wine with the people … Read more
Bordeaux 2001 – Matteo’s Dinner 05/12/11
One of my most favourite traditions (second only to Burgundy on Boxing Day) is Patrick’s Monday dinners held every second month at Matteo’s in Brunswick. This month we get to look at Bordeaux … Read more
Wine Tastings
In readiness for Decembers TWD Magazine, I have a few goodies open so I may write on their merits. The Highlights of my wine tastings are as follows: Marc Bredif … Read more
Welcome To My Happy Place
Welcome To My Happy Place. Where all the thoughts and (mis)adventures of The Wine Depository staff will be catalogued and probably used against us at a later date. Feel free … Read more
