Fine Wines (Re)Visited

Fortnum & Mason launches new wine department
decanter.com, UK - Nov 3, 2006 the ground floor of the magnificent rococo store on Piccadilly in the heart of London’s West End, has moved downstairs and sits next to a new wine bar called

Riesling Abounds this Sunday and Monday
The Oz Wine Show is off to the Frankland Estate International Riesling Tasting (FEIRT) this Sunday in Sydney. There’s a bit of an entrance fee but it’s a premier event and you’ll get to scoff top notch wines from Germany, Austria, France, USA, New Zealand, Portugal and Australia.More info can be found here if [...]

OWS#2: Hunter Valley Review, How to Taste&New World vs Old World
OzWineShow #2 features a review of one of Australia’s largest wine producing regions, an explanation of what to do a look for when tasting wine and a discussion of the "new world versus old world" wine debate.

Setback from the Gods
Last friday, lightning during heavy Sydney rain payed my router, laptop and external hard-drive a visit. In my own defence, there had been no other lightening strikes for about 4 hours previously. Consequently it’s all fried and I’m waiting for new gear to arrive. I may have also lost a lot of audio. I had [...]

OWS#11: A Divine Affair
This interview is with Andrew Wood, producer of Divine: Food& Wine, a very good, independent magazine.