Guest blogger: Ben Glaetzer
Ben Glaetzer Ben Glaetzer, director and chief winemaker of Heartland and Stickleback wines, updates members on news from the Barossa in this, his third posting from Down Under. Ben Glaetzer, 17th...
View ArticleGrown-Up Australia
Unlike the classic European wine regions (Bordeaux, Rioja etc), Australia has a fairly limited track record when it comes to long-term ageing of its wines. It’s not often that you get the opportunity...
View ArticleThe UK’s finest range of Chilean wines
It is great to have won the International Wine Challenge’s Specialist Merchant of the Year for Chile for the fourth time in five years but I won’t be getting complacent. The first time we won this...
View ArticleMargaret River Bushfire
View from the winery at McHenry Hohnen Last week a bushfire burnt through the coastal areas west of Margaret River. The fire is now contained but it destroyed 32 houses and nine holiday chalets with...
View ArticleKumeu River: Ten Years Back
Earlier this month I met up with Paul Brajkovich from Kumeu River and he treated me to some older vintages of his Estate Chardonnay. We tasted five wines going back ten years to 2002: The 2009...
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On paper, tasting hundreds of wines sounds like a lot of fun; and it is. Nonetheless, some tastings are inevitably more difficult than others and the respective heats for the chardonnay and rosé...
View ArticleStunning Photos of Kumeu River’s 2013 Harvest
Recently I received these fantastic photos from Michael and Paul Brajkovich from Kumeu River, source of our Exhibition New Zealand Chardonnay and perhaps the finest producers of chardonnay in the...
View ArticleKumeu River’s 2014 Harvest
Kumeu River in New Zealand have just started harvesting fruit from their vineyards which have supplied members with exquisite chardonnay for many years. With harvest in full swing, and perfect weather,...
View ArticleA New Wine From Olivier Leflaive
Olivier Leflaive have launched a new wine which we are offering in our duty-paid selection of White Burgundy. Named Oncle Vincent, it is made from old vines classified as Bourgogne but well situated,...
View ArticleKumeu River – A Family ‘Domaine’
Society New Zealand buyer Sarah Knowles and I arrived in Auckland Friday before last, after a 26-hour flight from London. Within a couple of hours of landing we were sampling some of the greatest...
View ArticleKumeu River’s World-Class Chardonnays: Interview with Michael Brajkovich MW
Michael Brajkovich MW is one of the most talented, and modest, winemakers in the world today. Recently I had the chance to sit down with him and talk about his Kumeu River chardonnays, and couldn’t...
View ArticleStaff Choice: A Fresh Look at Aussie Chardonnay
Evidently, it is as dangerous to dismiss as it is to assume: over the past few years, a number of wine regions and styles written off by some of us have sprung back into wine lists and affections....
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