New Decade, New Start For Scarlet Wines
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The following explains some exciting changes that we are making at Scarlet Wines at the beginning...
Australia ♯9 Clare Valley
We left the Barossa early next morning to drive the two hours North to reach Clare Valley.
North...
Australia ♯8 Barossa - power, beauty, patience, grace
Ask a wine lover to name the top two Australian Wines and what answer will you get? Probably Hen...
Australia ♯7 Wolf Blaas
One of the first impressions on arriving in the Barossa Valley is that everything is on a much bi...
Australia ♯6 The Barossa Valley
Jacobs Creek Steingarten Vineyard
Incredibly dry no rain since August
Amazing evening...
Australia ♯5 Hunter Valley
The Hunter Valley was a long, rainy, dark, trip in a rumbly old bus from Orange and many thanks t...
Australia #4 Orange
Orange
So, 24 hours in Orange. Which is a wine region about 5 hours drive North and East of Sydn...
Australia ♯3
The perfect day…
First official part of the trip of the tour and all pretense of work has evapor...
Australia ♯2
Well, I’ve been here a few days, the winery tours and official part starts tomorrow. But I’ve bee...
Australia #1
Ok, ok I apologise. I couldn’t help it, I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Why? For writing this in Au...
Domaine Gayda
I'm writing this at Domaine Gayda in the Languedoc, South of France near Limoux on a sunny day in...
Shop local
Where do you buy your wine? Chances are that for most people the answer is a supermarket. Well,...
Lebanese Wine
I was lucky enough last week to attend a tasting of Lebanese Wines. The tasting was in Bristol a...
Reyneke Wines and Biodynamics
I am writing this on the train home from London where I spent the last three days at trade wine t...
Pop Up Dinner
Last Sat 17th September I was lucky enough to help run a pop up dinner in Naomi Freers incredible...
Wine Course
I’m in London at the moment studying wine. At the age of 42 it is a huge luxury to spend a whole...
Sulphite Free?
There are a lot of scare stories in the world of food and drink. You don’t want gluten, choleste...
Are you local?
I hate it when people ask me if I’m local. Because to me, it’s not where you are from but what y...
Blog about Blogs?
A couple of people have been kind enough to blog about Scarlet wines. Have a look at these two l...
Summer Wines?
Is this the best time of year? It must be pretty close, at least in terms of garden produce. I ...
Wine Duty. Iniquitous?
How about a definition? Iniquitous: adjective /ɪˈnɪk.wɪ.təs/-t ̬əs/ formal, definition; very wr...
What's your favourite wine?
One question I am often asked is “what is your favourite wine”. That should be an easy one, and ...
