The Wine Blokes

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Well it’s finally here. After dipping our toe in the water and great success with our UK online Wine Store, we are now pleased that we have finally got our Australian and New Zealand online wine store up and running. 
As with the UK store, the Australian and New Zealand Wine Store lists wines from our partnered […]

We had some friends over for dinner the other night and and we tasted some nice Australian wines from the Adelaide Hills, but everyone has tasted them before and someone asked me if I had something a little unique or different in the cellar. I rember tasting some weird and wonderful wines from the Cornas […]

I was in the lab yesterday and found myself in a verbal stoush over the usefulness and purpose of doing labarotory trials on juices and wine throughout the winemaking process.  WInemakers are a strange breed, but like everyone else, they all have there little ”isms” that set them apart from the winemaker across the road. Winemaking […]

There has been plenty of press about Kalleske Wines in recent times and for good reason. They’re pretty bloody good. Really it’s no surprise, as Troy Kalleske and the rest of his family have access to some amazing old vineyards that have been supplying fruit for Penfolds Grange for many a year. I […]

It was with great frustration that many avid wine enthusiasts and wine industry professionals (who routinely need to carry wine with them around the world) accepted the new travel restrictions on carrying liquids on planes. I frequently carried as many bottles I could possible carry when travelling, and the new restrictions leave you with little choice, either […]