An old fashioned Aperitif with a long history
Sherry: An old fashioned Aperitif with a long history
Karl Stockhausen: A man for the times
At 90 years and still going strong Karl Stockhausen has lived through and contributed to the renaissance of the Hunter Valley wines.
Wine Country TV News Spring 2019
We are getting our rocks off over terroir, with the International Wine Media Conference, Speed Wine Dating, a Hunter and Gatherers Dinner and our new reporter Lachlan, as he takes Bob on a tour of his Garden.
Thomas Wines celebrate 20 years of Braemore Semillon
Andrew ‘Thommo’ Thomas created his first Braemore Semillon on the Hunter Valley in 2000. Having spent 13 years at Tyrells and in nearby vineyards, he bought the Semillon grapes from Ken Bray’s Braemore Vineyard and as he puts it, ‘the rest is history.’ Now this year, Thommo and Thomas Wines celebrate huge Braemore milestones; 50…
Around Hermitage and the Wine Media Conference
‘Around Hermitage’, Pokolbin. and the Wine Media Conference This is the first time the “Wine Media Conference” conference has been held outside the USA and the Around Hermitage vineyards will be hosting some attendees for a Hunter-Gatherers dinner and showcasing our wines. With the coming of some 300 wine writers and bloggers to the “Wine…
On the Origin of Hunter River Semillon
On the origin of Hunter River Semillon; Bob’s Blog I recently went to the Mitchell Library in Sydney where there is an interesting exhibition called ‘Dead Central” which is an account of the Devonshire Street Cemetery that gave way to the building of Central Railway station. The cemetery opened in 1820 and was “occupied” by…
Wine Country TV Vintage Report 2019
Pup and Simon visit a “Hunter’s Aqua Dream” and get taken for a ride. Bob gets the vintage 2019 report straight from the winemaker’s palate.
Wine Country News Summer of 2018
Vine Sex and Wine Country News Summer of 2018 in the Hunter Valley Australia.
Braemore – The story of one of our country’s greatest vineyards
For almost 50 years, semillon vine trunks have grown out from the finely packed grains of earthen white sand that defines this part of Pokolbin. In the shadow of she oaks, which grow along the creek that divides the vines east to west, grapevine bark peels and splits away, forming rough fissures that twist and…