Ferreting around in the cellar and looking for a nice bottle to share with my father I found a bottle of Paternoster ‘Heaven’s Door Merlot’ sitting on a bottom shelf, it was a 2001 vintage. I vaguely remembered buying the wine from Cloud Wine in South Melbourne after one of Geoffrey’s wine tasting…
DRINK > WINE
The Irrewarra Pinot Noir comes from grapes dry grown on a plot of land planted in 2001 by the Calvert family, in the Western Plains of Victoria. This wine made Nick Farr now also wine maker for ByFarr Wines.
Nick Farr readily acknowledges the influence of his father (the legendary Gary Farr who established…
Recently I heard from friends and colleagues that the quality of alcohol free wine had dramatically improved. Given I had set the challenge to my wonderful wife that we attempt to get through a dry May (well mostly dry), it seems that now is an excellent opportunity for us to face the challenge. So we…
I have been a fan of Bindi wines for 5 or 6 years and a regular collector of the Bindi Dixon which has continued to be an outstanding representation of the best Pinot Noir from the Macedon region of Victoria.
But there is something special about the 2021 release that lifts it above recent releases…
THE WINERY
Ossa began in 2017 when Rod and Cecile Roberts purchased their 600-hectare farm on the East Coast of Tasmania. The winery is named after Mount Ossa which is in central highlands of Tasmania and is quite a dramatic landmark of dolerite, granite and ice.
Parcels of land in this now revered wine growing…
THE WINERY
William Fevre founded the winery in 1957 and the territory includes 12 hectares of premier cru and 16 hectares of grand cru vines. This is not a small Burgundy vineyard with 78 hectares across 90 seperate parcels but there is significant care to the cultivation and harvesting for all of the levels…
There are some wines that are truly remarkable, recalling them evokes memories that touch all of the senses, reminding you of where you were, what you ate, who you were with. I clearly recall the first time I tasted the La Rioja Alta Gran Reserva, it was in New York at the super…
THE VINEYARD
The original Hurley Farm was established by Irish settlers (William and Johanna Hurley) in the 1860's, but it is the current owners Tricia Byrnes and Kevin Bell who first planted vines at the Balnarring property on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria in 1998. Their the sole intention was to establish single vineyard pinot…
Rob Hall has had considerable experience in making Yarra Valley chardonnay and pinot noir, he was head wine maker at Mount Mary for 10 vintages
I have been a huge fan of Polperro wines in the Mornington Peninsula for some time, the single vineyard releases in particular the Talland Hill, Mill Hill and Landaviddy have all continued to excite me with every new vintage.
Polperro Estate Pinot Noir 2021
The winery itself is also worth visiting if are passing the neighbourhood…