Following on with my wine bar tour in Toronto, Union 72 was next on the hitlist, with 9 local Canadian wines available by the glass. Organic greens, potato rosti, chevre, Union smoked bacon I was given a seat at the bar by the front window and ordered the Organic greens, potato rosti, chevre and Union […]
Category: Wine Reviews
A fun dinner recently with most of my regular group. No particular theme but thanks to some serious generosity, we ended up with a pair of the best wines I’ve had this year, plus plenty of other highlights. Checking cellartracker under 1% of my scores are 93 or higher, so when a pair of wines […]
A recent Riesling focused tasting. 2007 Taltarni Clover Hill Sparkling – Australia, Tasmania, Northern Tasmania Citrus, cookies and hay on the nose. A touch of dosage on the palate is pleasant and there is good texture and some depth of flavour here. Very good. 89/100 2001 Jacob’s Creek/Orlando Riesling Steingarten – Australia, South Australia, Barossa, […]
Hunter Valley Semillon is a personal favourite wine of mine, I think it is a world class style that doesn’t get nearly enough recognition. I was excited to be able to attend this recent tasting with a regular tasting group, focussing on Australian Semillon. As usual there were some wild cards thrown in to the […]
I had a couple of days free in Toronto recently and I wanted to visit a number of restaurants and bars with a good selection of local Canadian wines to try by the glass. I quickly generated a shortlist and one of the places that came out near the top was Enoteca Sociale. While they […]
This event put on by the Australian importer a couple of months ago was a great opportunity to try the range of wines from this producer. It is evident that Bernstein has lofty ambitions, and the prices are extremely ambitious already to match. There are some excellent wines here and clearly some high quality vineyard […]
This huge blind tasting was put on by a single member of a tasting group where I have just joined this year. Going into the tasting we had no information other than we were about to be served a large number of flights of red wine. As we went along, some information did trickle out, […]
Dinner at the 3* Michelin Caprice in the Four Seasons, Hong Kong. This was actually mid last year, but I’ve never been especially happy with the photos. I’m posting to clear the slate so I can post some reviews from Canada and France, hopefully the standard has remained high in the year past. This meal […]
A few brief notes from a recent unexpected one night stopover in Los Angeles. N.V. Krug Champagne Grande Cuvée Brut – Champagne, France The first bottle was a bit flat on the palate so a second was opened and it was much better. Vanilla, apple, ginger and pine nuts on the nose. Power and precision […]
1996 Pol Roger Blanc des Blancs Fine bead. Apples, light toast and lemon zest. Elegant palate, fine and delicate acid. Undeveloped at this stage. 90/100 1996 Pol Roger Brut Apple, pear and stonefruit aromas. Light fruit sweetness with good acid. Good length and weight. 91/100 1998 Pol Roger Brut Sesame, touch of smoke and some […]