Category Archives: Australia

What’s Your Sign? Sun or Soil?

Posted on January 6, 2013 by

There are wines of the sun, wines of the soil, and wines of the test tube. I enjoy the first, love the second, and try to avoid the third. It’s not that simple, of course. Wine never is, or we … Continue reading →

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Wine Camp 2011: This wine’s from WHERE?

Posted on December 29, 2011 by

Something extraordinary happened this Christmas. Not birth-of-the-savior extraordinary mind you, but something so unexpected that I had to rub my eyes before I could believe it actually happened. I was served a Virginia wine at “Wine Camp.” Wine Camp is … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, California, Eastern US, France, Italy, Local Wine, Parker, Rhône, Virginia, Wine | Tagged , , | 6 Comments

Worth Reading This Week: Wooooooo Boy! Expensive wine critics, cheap wine, and tons and tons of methane …

Posted on December 9, 2011 by

Here’s my weekly offerings of what’s worth reading on the wine blahgosphere – and boy, this week’s a doozy! We begin with “Campogate” – the controversy over the resignation of Jay Miller from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate. It seems little-known … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Current Affairs, Humor, Parker, Rants, Uncategorized, Virginia, Wine, Wine Humor, writers | Tagged , , , | 14 Comments

Penfolds says, “Stick a [new] cork in it!”

Posted on November 8, 2011 by

First things first – lesson learned: when taking video with an iPhone, turn the darned contraption sideways to get a widescreen perspective. Other than that, this video of Penfolds chief winemaker Peter Gago conducting a recorking clinic in Washington DC … Continue reading →

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Sneak Preview Wine of the Week: Penfolds Bin 51 Riesling

Posted on November 7, 2011 by

As a wine columnist, I love to recommend wines that most people haven’t heard about. I’m sort of like the shifty guy in a trench coat on the street corner hissing, “Hey buddy, try THIS!” I love to find something … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Riesling, Washington Post, Wine | Tagged , , | 3 Comments