Monthly Archives: August 2023

Stockman’s Ridge 2022 Grüner Veltliner Releases

Let’s be honest, when you check out the fridge in a bottle shop, it’s rare you’ll see a bottle of Grüner Veltliner on one of the shelves.  In fact, I’d go so far as to say, never.  Further to that, … Continue reading

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Huntington Estate Cellar Door

Way back in 2017 David Cumming of Define Wine Marketing kindly sent me some wines from Huntington Estate to try.  What he didn’t know was I had tried these wines way back in the early 1980’s when Bob Roberts was … Continue reading

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Winesmiths Special Edition Wine Casks Release

American novelist Cormac McCarthy is quoted as saying, “If there is an occupational hazard to writing, it’s drinking.” Had novelist Charles Dickens (1812-1870) been born after this quote, I wonder, would he have taken a different approach to his drinking? … Continue reading

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