Eating Georgia – The country not the state

Georgia food tour hosted by Janice Kirkwood and Sue Dempsey One of the best ways to get to know any country is… read more
Jasper Hill current vintages

Loyal followers of Jasper Hill in Australia will know that their wines sell out on release in August each year with the… read more
On the New Zealand Wine and Culinary Route – First Stop: Auckland, Part 1

First Published on robertparker.com Wine Journal Aug 16 2016 For most of the world, New Zealand is very remote and evokes iconographic… read more
Bass Phillip New Release 2017 Pinot Noirs

Tasting through the new release 2017 Pinot Noirs from Bass Phillip has been both fascinating and immensely gratifying. Having known Phillip Jones… read more
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Sam Neill “Cornucopia Vitus” – This is mandatory viewing… and finally, there’s a good use for cabernet sauvignon grapes
The Wild Side of Central Otago

First Published on Robert Parker Wine Journal Dec 6 2016 There’s something about venison that brings out the hunger for the wild… read more
South African vineyard uses Indian runner ducks control pests sustainably

  Now this is my kind of sustainable pest control, ducks!! Check out article on Dominion Post online http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/africa/80509549/south-african-vineyard-uses-indian-runner-ducks-control-pests-sustainably
Ipoh Dreaming… on a Chinese New Year’s Day

I have been coming to the town of Ipoh for almost 20 years now and yet it still remains an enigma to… read more
Marlborough Rising – Wellingtons other ‘local’ Wine Region

Reflecting on the brilliant and bountiful Wellington on a Plate festival held recently, I had the opportunity of frequenting the pop-up Match… read more
“Chateau Sucker – Why Rudy Kurniawan Was Arrested for Wine Fraud” New York Magazine

Wine socialists will hardly feel any sympathy for the embarrassment of wealthy individuals obsessing with old and rare bottles of wine and… read more
Butchery, Beef and Street Theatre

Our Wandering Palate correspondent in Shanghai, Michael Knuppel, is ‘wandering’ in Tuscany and encounters the famous Dario Cecchini, a butcher as mad… read more
Art de Vivre – The Gerard Bertrand dinner, Le Royal Meridien

Our Shanghai correspondent, Mick Knuppel, warms to the “art of life” and the wines from the South of France at the Gerard… read more
Shalom Chin Burgundy Blog – Part 3 – The story behind Pinot Noir, philosophy of the Burgundians and some tasting notes

03/11/2011 PART 3 of the Burgundy Series The story behind Pinot Noir, philosophy of the Burgundians and some tasting notes. “Let me… read more
The Sommelier’s Palate – Christophe Brunet

To launch the ‘Sommelier’s Palate’, the very first to be featured and quintessential sommelier is Christophe Brunet, French born but living in… read more
Must-Have Wine Book of the Year

‘The Pearl of the Côte – the Great Wines of Vosne-Romanée’ – Allen Meadows of Burghound.com Notwithstanding this touchstone book is the… read more
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