These Top 5 drinks lists will introduce you to my favourite wine regions, bars, wines, cocktails and wine folk.
Best Australian Fortified Wines Before modern bottling methods, wines were often fortified with grape spirit to protect them from spoiling. The different flavours this produced caught on, so by the time it was no longer necessary there was a continuing market for these higher alcohol wines. Join me on a Food & Wine Adventure soon! […]
Top Natural Rosé Wines By now many of us are sold on rosé as a great all-rounder, especially in the warmer months. We’ve moved on from concerns about the simple, lolly-water, grenache-heavy versions that gave rosé a bad name in the past, and are enjoying pale, dry, refreshing food friendly wines. So what’s left to […]
Mont-Vully Food & Wine Tour Mont Vully, Switzerland’s smallest wine region, is one of my favourite corners of this beautiful country. It runs along the northern shore of Lake Murten, straddling the cantons of Fribourg and Vaud, with vine-covered hills running down to the lake and stunning views across to the Alps. Join my Swiss […]
Lake Geneva Food & Wine Tour I always feel drawn back to Lake Geneva, especially the flower-lined promenade of Vevey and the steeply-terraced vineyards above it. This stunning region is an essential part of any Swiss food and wine tour. Join my Swiss Food & Wine Adventure Finishing On Lake Geneva! Called ‘the Swiss Riviera’, […]
Best Bars in Sydney To Eat & Drink Sometimes (OK, often) what I drink is as important as what I eat. Sometimes it’s even more important. Join me on a Food & Wine Adventure soon! I want more than a bowl of crisps with my great drinks though – so the eats still have to […]
Best New Australian Chardonnay Are you a member of the ABC club (’anything but chardonnay’)? Many people are, as traditional buttery heavily-wooded Australian chardonnay has largely fallen out of fashion. But take another look. Explore the Diversity of Chardonnay on a Hunter Valley Food & Wine Weekend. Chardonnay, the world’s most widely planted white grape, […]
Where To Eat in the Hunter Valley Alongside icons like Tyrrell’s Vat 1 and Lake’s Folly Cabernets, the offering from Australia’s oldest wine region has expanded to include some exciting new wines from young gun winemakers – many of them second-generation vignerons. Explore the Hunter Valley on my small group, all-inclusive Food & Wine Weekend! […]
Top 5 Australian Rosés For me spring and summer mean longer days, warmer nights, the scent of jasmine, and rosé! I have a strong bias toward the pale salmon-pink rosés of Provence and an equally strong aversion to the hot-pink, grenache-based lolly water that was typical of Australian rosé for way too long. Discover more […]
Top 5 Persian Drinks Because alcohol isn’t an option in Iran (except for rough illegal moonshine), the range of non-alcoholic beverages is wide, interesting and delicious, including lots of freshly squeezed fruit juices sold from carts all over city streets and markets. Discover more delicious Persian recipes in my online Persian cooking class Tea is […]
Top 5 Prosecco Cocktails Prosecco (also known as glera) is a grape traditionally grown in Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia in north-eastern Italy, where it’s made into a light, creamy sparkling white wine also called Prosecco. Join me on a food & wine tour of northern Italy – home of Prosecco cocktails.See Video below For Highlights! […]
