What’s behind a name? We discuss how wines get their names. Including our Magenta– exclusive to our winery. There are two main ways a wine gets its name: the grape used to make it, or the region it was grown in. A very simple example is a Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre wine– blended from those three …
There is more to grapes than red and white. And it’s a bit more complicated than “white grapes make white wine”. Let’s take the Muscat Rouge à Petits Grains: excuse our possibly crude translation “Red Muscat with Small Grape Size”. The skin of the grape is a pale, red colour, but guess what kind of …
If you’re considering buying a bottle of 10, 20, 30, or 40-year-old Tawny, you’re about to make an excellent decision. There is perhaps no other wine in the world that ages as well in a barrel as Tawny does. Official designations of age are 10, 20, 30, and over 40 years, but these are generally …
We have several barrels to suit your needs if you are looking for an oak barrel for sale to age Tawny. Tawny ages not just gracefully but beautifully. It gets better with every passing year and can live in an oak barrel for up to a century. But who has the patience for that? Our …
Dessert: it’s universally acknowledged as the best meal of the day. Who could argue? It’s also the most popular time to enjoy one of our most treasured wines: our beautiful tawny. Sweetness with sweetness: it’s tried and tested. But we want to rally against the idea that it’s just a dessert wine. And it’s more …
Is Tawny Just a Dessert Wine? – New Ideas With Sweet Wine Read More »
Australia might not have the world’s longest viticultural history, but it’s got a strong history nonetheless. And Australian Tawny is an important part of that history. Consider this: people have been growing wine grapes since 4100 BC and grapes only ended up in Australia in the late 18th century. But since then, we’ve developed a …
Searching for a wine that will complement desserts can be tough. But there is one wine we keep coming back to, time after time. And that wine is Moscato. Created in Italy’s Northwest region of Piedmont, it’s well known for its characteristic floral aroma, tinged golden appearance and natural sweetness. The grape, Muscat, from …
Wedding reception traditions are exactly that – traditional – but that doesn’t mean you can’t start your own traditions today… The Old… In the past, a wedding reception was a breakfast. Although this hasn’t been true for a good century or so, the term “wedding breakfast” is still often used in Britain. Centuries-old …
Planning Your Wedding Reception: The Old, The New and the Distinctly Victorian Read More »
White Chocolate Liqueur: Doesn’t sound like a versatile ingredient. White chocolate doesn’t even sound like a versatile ingredient. Some people (naysayers!) even question whether it is really chocolate. That argument aside, we’d like to start another… It’s an ingredient (or an accompaniment) with enormous potential. Heston Blumenthal found the most incredible pairing by accident. …
