Holy cow, Tasmania, you kept quiet about this one! My partner and I recently got back from a fantastic trip around Tasmania, the lovely land of excellent wines and cheese (and apples, apparently, but I wasn’t really in the market for them). We did some wine tasting in the Tamar Valley which was heavenly. Being [...]
Also tagged TasmaniaThe heat makes wine difficult. You spend all day feeling achey and thirsty, quaffing litre after litre of water until you’re utterly sick of the process of drinking anything at all. The throat is dry, the mind distracted, the eyes swollen and sore. How I hate the heat. I’ll drink chilled champagne and icy vodka [...]
Also tagged redWine is serious business. Everybody knows that. You can’t just sling it down, smacking your lips and saying “yeah, that’s alright”, you have to tip the glass solemnly over your nose, then tilt your chin all the way back to take a tiny, angled sip. Trust me, you have to. That’s how I do it, [...]
Also tagged redThis is my first red wine review on Quaffle! Another momentous occasion! I’ve chosen a good one, too: the lovely Tatachilla 2006 Shiraz. A McLaren Vale wine, it boasts many of the things I love about a good Shiraz. This one is a beauty. There is a strong forward palate, with the first hit of [...]
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