Burnside Chardonnay Goodness

Burnside Chardonnay Goodness

Walsh and Sons Burnside Chardonnay 2019   Incredibly complex and intense nose of salted grapefruit, yellow peach.  This seamlessly morphs from concentrated and layered, to salty and exciting, through to viscose, languid, and very very long.  This drinks like a...
Bakkheia: Preston’s Secret

Bakkheia: Preston’s Secret

Bakkheia (bak-kee-ya)   Bakkheia in the Preston Valley (Geographe Wine Region WA) is a boutique winery started by ex-Navy Clearance Diver Michael and his wife Ilonka Edwards.  To say that the winery is nestled into the side of a picturesque valley of rolling...
Australia’s Greatest Riesling Tasting

Australia’s Greatest Riesling Tasting

Australia’s Greatest Rieslings   *Before things get underway here, I must mention a few caveats: 1) Not all of the rieslings that we wanted to feature were available, so this leaves room for a follow up tasting.   2) If a riesling is missing, it does not mean it...
11 German Rieslings: ja bitte.

11 German Rieslings: ja bitte.

ja bitte.   Germany is the spiritual and actual home of some of the greatest white wines on earth.  I am, of course, referring to riesling.  Loved by wine tragics the world over and misunderstood by the general public, these are incredibly beautiful, diverse,...
Super Chenin Lineup

Super Chenin Lineup

DrinkCheninDay June 20 Super Chenins from across WA The Swan Valley is the oldest wine region in WA, originally settled in 1829: Chenin Blanc has been in the ground in the Swan for the entirety of that time.  There are productive vines to this day, planted over a...