A Taste Of Cabernet Sauvignon 2024 Great Wines
Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the noble varieties. And once you get a taste of Cabernet Sauvignon from a great producer, region, and vintage at the correct age, you’ll be … Read more
cabernet and family
Sustainable Wines – Clarity 101
Sustainable Wines is a buzzword in all forms of agriculture and probably culture in general. But in real terms, what does it mean for wine? In Australia, the major elements … Read more
Bordeaux 2020 En-Primeur a good vintage for gorgeous Bordeaux
Bordeaux 2020 is a modern vintage. There were short periods of drought, excessive heat, thunderstorms, a bit of hail. Past vintages would be summed up by one of those traits, … Read more
Bordeaux 2010 @ Pei Modern 25/11/13
The last Bordeaux 2010 dinner was so good we did it all again three weeks later. Different wines and a new venue to keep it interesting and away we went. Bordeaux 2010 recap. … Read more
Kellybrook Dinner For Telstra at Mezzo 28/11/13
Over the years I have hosted numerous private tastings and dinners. When I got the call that the team at Telstra wanted to do a second one I knew I was … Read more
Drink My Cellar For The Heart Foundation @ Scopri 22nd November 2013
For the past two years I have been proud to raise funds for the Heart Foundation. To help achieve my goals I pulled a whole bunch of wine from my … Read more
Bordeaux Dinner 2010 Vintage @ Mezzo 04/11/13
This is my favourite dinner of the year. This is when 12 of us gather to taste the newly arrived Bordeaux. Most of us had bought our Bordeaux two years previously, … Read more
Victorian Era – Mac Forbes & The Atlas Of The Yarra Valley
Occasionally a cynical wine taster gets to go to a tasting where you are excited before you arrive, you love the first wine and then continue to love every wine after. The … Read more
The Mystical World Of Rosé 31/8/13 @ Mezzo
On a glorious day, the last of Winter for 2013 the TWD community congregated to discover Rosé, Rosato, Rosado, Rosewein, Blush, Taché. Whatever you call it! The order of the day … Read more
Victorian Era
It is time to look at issues close to home. Happily, we’ve got a wealth of talented wine makers producing some of the most amazing wines you will see anywhere in the … Read more
Bordeaux 2009 @ Mezzo 03/09/12
Bordeaux 2009 – WOW! Not since the 2005 vintage Bordeaux (of which I did three separate tasting in the space of a week) have I felt the need to write ‘wow’ in … Read more
A Tale of Two Regions: Piedmont at Chianti Tasting 30/06/12
Mezzo in all its glory Yep, it has been a busy week and very much focussed on Italian wines, it has been fun and informative. On Saturday TWD teamed up with Mezzo … Read more
WINE OF THE WEEK
WINE OF THE WEEKKaesler Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 – Continuing the theme of Cabernet for winter is this delicious example from the Barossa. Kaesler was established in 1893. The estate has changed hands a … Read more
Understanding Bordeaux Part 1. The Wines To Love
Bordeaux is one of my favourite wine regions, through the years I have been able to taste more of these wines than any others (except maybe Burgundy). You can see some of my … Read more
Dinner at Sosta Cucina 11/05/12
After a few false starts Dave’s group finally managed to convene to taste some awesome wines at one of the best restaurants I’ve eaten at in Melbourne Sosta Cucina. A … Read more
Dinner at Mezzo 07/05/2012
Having missed one month due to work pressures, the Mezzo crowd were all pretty keen to catch up and taste some seriously good wine. And we were far from disappointed … Read more
Wines From The Cellar
Over the past little while, I’ve been tasting wines from TWD’s cellar to make sure they are still in good condition (yep, that is the real reason for sure!). Here are … 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
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
