Yarra (3) Tarrawarra
Website: https://www.tarrawarra.com.au/ It was a lovely sunny late-spring morning when I visited Tarrawarra’s Swallowfield vineyard with winemaker Sarah Fagan and
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Yarra Valley (2) Oakridge
Website: https://oakridgewines.com.au/ Oakridge has been through quite a few changes over the last 47 years, since its first vineyard was
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Yarra Valley (4) Jayden Ong Wines
Website: https://jaydenong.com/ ‘I don’t like following rules,’ says Jayden Ong (pictured above) as I meet him in his winery and
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Yarra Valley: exploring this important Australian wine region
The Yarra Valley was for a long time the land of the Wurundjeri people, and the history of human occupation
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Hungarian wines at Georgie’s Ruin Bar
Ruin Bars are a special feature of Budapest nightlife. They started up in the early 2000s as impromptu bars in
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Goguette: designer, made-in-France wine fridges for epicureans
Storing wine is an issue for wine lovers and collectors. Of course, most wines are drunk within a few days
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Goode’s Crib Sheets: No 1. Japanese wineries
This is the first of my crib sheets, and it was prompted by South African winegrower Mick Craven asking me
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Champagne ‘X’ and the complexity of pricing Champagne
So here’s a story about a famous Champagne house and the pricing of their NV blend. I’m not naming them
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Sifnos: a gastronomic journey through the coolest Greek island that you probably haven’t heard of
In his book The Greek House: the story of a painter’s love affair with the island of Sifnos, Christian Brechneff
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Sifnos, the gastronomic Greek island (3): lunch at Omega 3 and Loggia wine bar in Kastro
Day two began with an early morning swim, then we headed off to Platis (sometimes ‘Ptays’) Giallos, where we had
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