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Back in the day, the last decade of the last century actually, Neil and I used to buy wine at auction. Wines made before we got into wine appreciation. Wines no longer available in retail. At one auction a lot … Continue reading
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A selection of d’Arenberg Wines from the McLaren Vale were tasted at First Glass on Auckland’s North Shore on July 6, 2016. Toby Porter, our winemaker host for the evening, has been winemaker with d’Arenberg Wines in South Australia’s McLaren … Continue reading
The wine pourer showed me the bottles of the two truly delicious fruity Rieslings we were tasting. The first a medium sweet wine with honey and limes and heavenly, almost nectar-like, textural viscosity, hinting there might be some botrytis in … Continue reading