Learning about wine

Pinot Noir is a grape that has a certain prestige about it, and the notoriously high prices make it sometimes seem a little too inaccessible to the everyday drinker. But …

Aging wines tends to be romanticized with thoughts of wine cellars and wine collections. So it’s not surprising that most of us think that wine will improve with age. But …

Riesling is one of the noble grapes, but it often has a bit of a stigma of being only for sweet wines. However, this simply isn’t true, and there is …

Perfumed might seem better suited to your beauty cabinet and not something you want to find in your wine glass. But this wine term can be a positive thing to …

Marsanne is a French grape variety uncommon outside the Northern Rhone region. But it is seriously underrated and produces white wine full of character and complexity! In fact, in Australia, …

Tinny might seem like something you would never find in a wine tasting note, and certainly, nothing that you would want to find in your glass. I think it’s better …

Carignan is a wine variety that used to be the most common vine planted in France, but now most drinkers have never heard of it. But this doesn’t mean that …

We all know some wines are cheaper than others, and some wines are astronomically expensive! But why is there such a difference in price between certain bottles of wines? And …

Have you tried a rustic wine before? It seems odd to find in your wine glass, but it’s a tasting note you will find with some wines. So what is …

Wow – can you believe 2023 is almost over? The end of the year has crept up on me and I wonder if it’s just me or everyone else too. …