“Go bring to me a pint o wine, And fill it in a silver tassie;” The Silver Tassie by Robert Burns The Australians have a bit of a fetish for Robert Burns. The truth is that many immigrants to Australia...
We are continuing our tour of Australia with #WorldWineTravel, this week tapping into the white wines of South Australia. Of course the first white wine that comes to mind in this region is Riesling. So that is what we will...
We are spending a bit of time virtually in Australia this year with the World Wine Travel Writers. It makes me nostalgic for our 2019 trip when we visited New South Wales. But…now I get to virtually explore the rest...
When the crew at World Wine Travel decided to venture to Western Australia, I was excited. I have explored wines of New South Wales and a few other regions, but sadly I had not tasted wines from this region. I...
I love bubbles! Champagne is delicious of course, but there is much in the way of bubbles from outside the Champagne region, I mean that is just 34,300 hectares in Northeast France. There are more than 7.3 million hectares of...
We visited Rowlee a little over a year ago with a group from the Wine Media Conference This was a post-conference excursion to Orange Australia sponsored by Orange 360. We joined Nicole and James at their cellar door on the...
Blackberry Goat Cheese Chocolate Bombs Whew! That’s a mouthful, isn’t it? I was looking to pair with an Australian Nebbiolo and Goat Cheese and Blackberry…well that with chocolate would just do the trick. I found this recipe on Pinterest...
Early one spring morning we headed into the Southern Highlands region in New South Wales Australia to visit Tertini Cellars. It was October and we were staying on the coast in Shoalhaven. We arose early and headed inland up through...
Peach crisp This is such a simple recipe, it almost doesn’t need measurements. I whipped this up after lunch for Michael and me to enjoy as a dessert with a wine that really wanted peaches. What to Pair? Tertini 2018...
Grilled peach, roasted chicken, and tarragon salad paired with the Tertini Arneis You can never go wrong with grilled peaches and this salad looks so lush and elegant. Grilled peach has those lucious fruit notes, with the texture made soft...
As we turned in the drive to Nashdale Lane, passing row upon row of vines in the rolling vineyard, we could feel ourselves decompressing a bit. It had already been a busy day. We were up really early to drive...
It’s no secret, I like bubbles, so I was excited for our visit to Printhie while we were in Orange, NSW Australia. Printhie has a second label, called Swift, for their passion project under which they bottle traditional method sparkling...
