‘The context in which we drink is as important as what we drink.’ – Josh Elias. Four years was far too short a lifetime for such an ambitious, far-sighted, quality drinks publication as Alquimie www.alquimie.com.au which recently announced sotto voce that its 8th edition, second quarter 2017 was its last. The perfect amalgam Though the […]
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Queen turns winemaker!
Queen turns winemaker, producing 3,000 bottles of fizz from her Windsor Great Park estate The Queen has latched onto the English sparkling wine craze by producing 3,000 bottles from vines grown on her estate – and they were soon snapped up. The industry is booming with the tipple becoming so popular that the UK is currently shipping […]
Jackson Family Wines (JFW) – Part Two – Redoubtable reds.
Jackson Family Wines (JFW) – Part Two – Redoubtable reds. Following on from my recent JFW lunch – now for the remaining quartet of JFW redoubtable reds which are as follows: Yangarra High Sands 2006 Grenache Stonestreet Rockfall 2010 Cabernet Mount Brave 2012 Cabernet Cardinale 2012 Cabernet Yangarra High Sands 2006 Grenache, McLaren Vale, South Australia […]
Koshu wine – Quintessentially Japanese.
The Japanese love their shōchū, sake, whisky and beer, and lately even their wine, especially if it’s made from the emerging and increasingly popular Koshu grape grown in Katsunuma in Yamanashi Prefecture (the Bordeaux of Japan) among the foothills of Mount Fuji. I visited Yamanashi recently and was both surprised and impressed by Koshu’s delicacy, […]
