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Dec 24, 2019

Every time I meet José María I learn more about one of Spain's most magical wine regions - Navarra. He is impressively generous with his time, passion and knowledge.

Tandem Wines is a boutique winery established in 2003 by José María Fraile, winemaker Alicia Eyaralar and, as they tell us, 'a small group...


Dec 18, 2019

Kevin and Kimberley Judd held a Greywacke lunch and tasting at the Cliff Townhouse recently. I had never met either before. I am now so glad that I have. Wonderful people.

This podcast has a few restaurant noises in the background! Busy place. Bear with us though because when Kevin gets into his stride he brings us...


Dec 5, 2019

Valpolicella, Amarone, Oltrepo Pavese, Montalcino, Maremma Toscana, Manduria Puglia, Paternoster Vulture, De Buris

These are all Tommasi Estates and Tommasi Wines in Italy. Each is magnificent.

In this podcast Pierangelo Tommasi brings us on a journey through time and place. Along the way he explains the differences...


Nov 26, 2019

Robb Wines invited me to a tasting of the wines of Ben Glaetzer recently. Fabulous I said. A wine legend that I had never met and whose wines from the Barossa had never crossed my lips! Perversely I knew the 'Heartland' wines from the lesser known region of Langhorne Creek south of Adelaide. Such are the vagaries of...


Nov 19, 2019

The De Martino family has been growing grapes and producing wine in Chile since the 1930's. Today their wines are among the most awarded, most sought after and most interesting produced in South America.

Here's a sample: One of the best wineries in Robert Parker's 'Extraordinary Winery Awards'; Alistair Cooper MW...