FLiCKERFEST Hunter Valley 2019

A great night at FLiCKERFEST Hunter Valley Saturday 4 May 2019 Fantastic wines, food and films! Showcasing wines and beer from the Around Hermitage Wine and Food Trail Misty Glen Wines & Cottage, Tintilla Estate, Macquariedale Organic Wines, Glandore Estate Wines, Wombat Crossing Vineyard, IronBark Hill Brewhouse, RidgeView, Hart and Hunter, Black Creek Theleme Wines, …

Terroir: it’s about people too

I often think the patchwork nature, small holdings, and landscape of the Pokolbin and Broke Fordwich wine subregions is similar to Burgundy. Indeed there is a move afoot to get Heritage recognition for some of the old vineyards that have survived and, given that we are a phylloxera free area, these vines are unique growing…

There’s a lot more to Merlot

At a recent family celebration, I opened a bottle of Grand Cru Classe wine bought in Saint Emilion back in 1979! It was a Tertre Daugay 1964 and to our great surprise, it was still a very sound wine with those wonderful characteristics of an aged Merlot. Now you probably haven’t heard of this wine…