Sydney Dinner –“Relish at Balmain Bug”
Once again a merry band of men and women from the Winestar Forum met up in order to enjoy some food and wine. The Restaurant: I quite liked the restaurant; my entree of Balmain Bug Raviolo was...
View Article1999 Barossa Shiraz Horizontal and WBW #15
A number of people I know were interested in tasting the Chris Ringland Shiraz, formerly known as “Three Rivers” before he was forced to change the name. This wine is a super small production Shiraz...
View ArticleSouthcorp Roadshow – Leo Buring, Devil’s Lair, Seppelt
Last month Australia’s largest wine company Southcorp (now part of Fosters and even bigger) put on its annual road-show to showcase its wines across major capital cities. In Sydney, this was held at...
View Article’88 Bollinger RD, ’94 Henschke Edelstone/Cyril, ’05 Grosset Polish Hill and...
All wines were tasted blind at dinner with some friends from the Winestar Forum with the exception of my bottles which were the Bindi, Sorrenberg and the Elk Cove. Bollinger R.D 1988 – (Champagne,...
View ArticleDinner at The Nepalese Kitchen
The Nepalese Kitchen is a busy restaurant in Surry Hills. The food and spicing wasn’t ideal for wine matching, but I thought it had good flavour and there were lots of vegetarian options. Plus, at...
View ArticleAustralian Wine Dinner at Atelier
To balance the night of French legends that I spoke of in the last post – it was decided that we should come together again in early April to have a dinner that would be a tribute to some great...
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Canberra Wine Dinner Notes
A recent dinner with some friends in Canberra, including the very best red wine I have been lucky enough to taste. I know I have been talking about a fair few international wines recently which is a...
View ArticleDinner at Sakana-Ya
I went to a hastily arranged dinner at Sakana-Ya in Crows Nest following the Torbreck tasting at North Sydney Cellars that I wrote about here. The quality of the dishes was good and there was some...
View ArticleBirthyear Wine Dinner
A fun night recently with some of my wine drinking associates where we celebrated the birthyear (and in one case the conception year) of the people attending with wines from that vintage. The years we...
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