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Notwithstanding I reside in Asia, the nucleus of my ideologies revolve around a back to nature approach with wine, food and the environment - sustainable, organic and biodynamic principles that have evolved through Pagan farming to Chinese gardeners over the eons yet pivotal today. So not only do I care about the planet, I have gone lunar! read more

Neudorf crew toast Tim and Judy's 30 vintage
“In those days the internet was a rumour, fax machines were cutting edge and Muller Thurgau was considered the smart grape.” We knew very little except we wanted to make beautiful wine in beautiful surroundings... read more

Dame Nellie Melba, was the renowned Australian opera singer (1861 - 1931) and became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the early 20th century due to the purity of her lyrical voice and the brilliance of her... read more

Unconventional wisdom?
Spicy crab and red wine - When it comes to enjoying wine with bold Asian cuisines there really are no rules - and certainly no room for the traditional notion of whites with seafood and reds with meat...

The Pinot Noir of 2009?
It's a big call, nailing the single wine of 2009 that was most impressionable amongst so many good bottles and an ever-increasing myriad of quality...

Pinot Noir Celebration
IPNC weekend - 3 days of wine tastings, educational seminars, vineyard tours, and truly unforgettable meals prepared by over 50 of the Northwests top chefs...

Wine News

Artisan Wine
Many colleagues today bemoan that we are losing our true winemaking artisans to a kind of oenological 'industrial revolution', where wines are made in...

Sugarloaf Ridge Pinot Noir 2007 - Tasmania, Australia

To the frustration of many a wine enthusiast, wine Intel travels a lot easier than the bottles and invariably one finds themselves drooling over the prose of a sublime wine of miniscule production only to realize it is practically unobtainable in these parts. Not so in this instance...

Izakaya Yumi
Phnom Penh’s uber-in-style Japanese restaurant. Darren gall, finds himself well at home in a Izakaya, if not somewhat culturally anomalous to Cambodia...

Bald Hills Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2007 - New Zealand

All of us are resigned to the fact red bordeaux or anything with “Chateau” on the label presently rules in mainland China and to a large extent Hong Kong, the umbilical supply chain of this commodity. However, it was interesting to note that Jancis Robinson MW, in her recent...

German Moari relations take a great leap forward even if Ernst Loosen looks a little worried

Oppose the Mosel Bridge!
Erni Loosen, Mosel’s leading winemakers was in Regional Wines this week refutes this and expressed his horror on how the bridge will devastate some of the best vineyards...

Tement Sauvignon Blanc 2009 ‘Klassic’ - Austria

If there’s one white grape variety that has found its nirvana in the tropical climates of Asia, it would have to be sauvignon blanc, where practically every day is a ‘crisp white, summers drinking day’. If I were a sauvignon blanc producer I would be focusing my attention and...

Champagne Collection
This incredible Champagne collection spans more than three decades and includes well over a hundred of the best bubblies produced between 1979 and 2002...