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What’s in store?
Nothing feeds my heart, soul and mind like spending a few weeks in Italy. I’ve only just returned and I miss it already. There’s the villages and beautiful scenery, the daily rituals of caffe at the...
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updating Chianti Classico
Chianti Classico is one of my favourite wines, I could drink it every day and be happy. The last eight or so years has seen a surge in the quality of Chianti Classico and the best examples are one of...
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Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it’s a Super Tuscan
What is a Super Tuscan anyway? When you choose to make a living working with Italian wine, a critical component to your success is EDUCATION. There is one question about Italian wine that I’m asked...
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Cellar palate
A good mate often teases me about having a cellar palate. We started out buying wine together in 1996, splitting cases of Moss Wood, Cullen, Giaconda, Jasper Hill and Mt Langhi (for about $30 a bottle...
View ArticleTravel tips
It’s that time of the year again, summer holidays (in Italy). As Italians take their annual August holiday and migrate to the beach/lake/mountain it seems that many Aussies are joining them. Between...
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On Tuesday 25th September Sommeliers Australia is hosting a Brunello di Montalcino 2007 tasting in Melbourne. The tasting features 20+ wineries, including a few that have been shipped to Australia for...
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Jancis on Tenuta San Leonardo
Recently, Jancis Robinson published a fantastic article on Trentino’s Tenuta San Leonardo following a tasting of all vintages back to the inaugural 1982. San Leonardo is simply one of the great wines...
View Article2013 wine awards
The 2013 awards for Italy’s best wines from the two main publications, Gambero Rosso’s Vini d’Italia and Duemilavini, have recently been announced. Congratulations to all our wineries on their awards,...
View Articlecork is screwed
I woke this morning to the news that ”Italian authorities have approved the use of synthetic corks and screwcaps on higher quality DOC and DOCG wines for the first time.” And then I read it again, just...
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and now for something completely different…
Over the last two weeks I’ve been out and about in the trade in Sydney and Melbourne pouring two very unusual wines. So different that I could safely announce “I’m about to pour you a glass of...
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Salina
Salina, in Sicily’s Aeolian Islands, might just be one of the most beautiful places I’ve been to. It took no time at all to slip into island life, relax and unwind following the annual madness of...
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Colle Massari wins 2014 Gambero Rosso Winery of the Year
The 2014 awards for Italy’s leading wine publication, Gambero Rosso, are being announced throughout September and we are proud to announce that one of our wineries, Colle Massari, has just been awarded...
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Prosecco, straight up or dirty?
One of my go-to Italian wine (plus food and culture) bloggers, the erudite Jeremy Parzen at Do Bianchi, this week wrote about ”the most talked about wine in Texas”. The wine he was referring to is Ca’...
View Article2014 awards
The 2014 awards for two of Italy’s leading wine publications, Gambero Rosso’s Tre Bicchieri and Duemilavini’s Cinque Grappoli, were recently announced. We’d like to congratulate our wineries on their...
View ArticleYou say Glera, we say Prosecco
The creation of a DOCG for Prosecco, and a much enlarged zone for DOC Prosecco, involved renaming the grape to Glera and thus trying to protect the use of the name ‘Prosecco’ from wines made outside of...
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2013 pictorial review
The years is almost finished and I’m already looking forward to 2014 – the 20th year for Trembath & Taylor! In the meantime, there are a few days left to reflect on the year that was. Buon Natale e...
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Jancis on Tenuta San Leonardo
Recently, Jancis Robinson published a fantastic article on Trentino’s Tenuta San Leonardo following a tasting of all vintages back to the inaugural 1982. San Leonardo is simply one of the great wines...
View Article2013 wine awards
The 2013 awards for Italy’s best wines from the two main publications, Gambero Rosso’s Vini d’Italia and Duemilavini, have recently been announced. Congratulations to all our wineries on their awards,...
View Articlecork is screwed
I woke this morning to the news that ”Italian authorities have approved the use of synthetic corks and screwcaps on higher quality DOC and DOCG wines for the first time.” And then I read it again, just...
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and now for something completely different…
Over the last two weeks I’ve been out and about in the trade in Sydney and Melbourne pouring two very unusual wines. So different that I could safely announce “I’m about to pour you a glass of...
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