The Session Diaries
Jun 20, 2019
Wine & Album of the Month
Tenuta il Palagio 'Message in a Bottle' & The Police Regatta de Blanc. Yes, Sting makes a wine in Tuscany and th...
Apr 17, 2019
Wine & Album of the Month
Ata Rangi 'Crimson' 2016 and King Crimson 'In the Court of the Crimson King'. Lots of imitators. No equals. Ata Rang...
Mar 1, 2019
KISS THE TOAD - IRISH WHISKEY DONE DIFFERENTLY
...This first expression has demonstrated that they know their brand, they know their market and they know their booze. Sky’s the limit...
Feb 11, 2019
Barbera Vagabond Warrior
...temperatures have been soaring past 30 degrees and beyond on a typical Melbourne day, and we are about to have wild boar pasta and red wine.....
Feb 11, 2019
Hattori Hanzō Katana-na-na-na
...one industry expert wonderfully observed it as costing "the same as a Maserati"
Feb 11, 2019
150th Anniversary - Bests Great Western
....the 1997 also looks fantastic. Like some humans, Riesling gets more eccentric and wily with age...
Feb 11, 2019
Guigal takes me to La La land
...These three wines have received 100 points from Robert Parker a whopping 28 times between them...
Feb 11, 2019
Brash Higgins of the McLaren Higgins
..."a biological aging technique used in Sherry" (I helpfully add to the group). "Not exactly, more like the Jura region of France", says Brad cheerfully to chuckles from my companions....
Feb 11, 2019
Beatyard 2018: A Savage Journey to the Heart of Nautical Boogie
...they are used to playing for people who have been rolling around in the mud for three days and are generally quite certifiable before they attend KKC’s now legendary Valhalla of debauchery...