What Lies Beneath Savouriness, difficult to put into words, it is in the same family as earthiness and umami, one of those fleeting things that you recognise as you taste it and a...
Over A Barrel Palate memory is a wonderful thing - we are often quite amazed at the power of a sip of a certain wine to instantly transport the drinker straight back to...
Comparing Apples with Apples Writing wine tasting notes is a job I tend to put off, but once I get started it’s quite engrossing to pick out the elements of the blends I’ve created...
Over A Barrel ~ I’ve Gone Fishing! I can still feel the sting of the boot to my eight-year-old rump when Dad found me, happily walking home from a bit of night fishing in the King River...
Over A Barrel ~ More than a door handle Last year we restored two of the central tobacco kilns that are part of our main farm building to create a special tasting and events space. We have called it...
More Evolution than Revolution There has been talk in wine circles for over twenty years of a Rosé Revolution. I’m not sure if it’s actually happened yet, but our rosé story is more of...
In Katrina’s Kitchen Rosetta Pizzini, my beautiful mother-in-law, left school at the age of 14 to work in an osteria in her home town of Bolzano, northern Italy.
