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Penfolds Day Papua New Guinea

    Penfolds Day PNG 2024 The Stanley Hotel Port Moresby Penfolds is an iconic Australian winemaker founded in 1844 by Christopher Rawson Penfold, an English physician who emigrated to South Australia with his wife Mary Penfold. It is one...

Que Syrah, Shiraz

  Que Syrah, Shiraz From the roasted slopes of the Northern Rhone to the ancient vines of the Barossa Valley Syrah, (as it is known in France) or Shiraz, (as it is called in...

Red Mountain

   “This is Burma, and it will be quite unlike any land you know about.” George Orwell, Burmese Days As we prepare to release the 2022 Reserve Pinot Noir, I take a moment to reflect on the...

Phnom Mondot

  Phnom Mondot   A Hotel in the Sky The Rosewood Hotel, occupying the highest floors of Phnom Penh’s tallest building, looks out over the city’s rapidly expanding skyline. On a clear night, window boxes of...

A Glass of Noir

  A Glass of Noir Sweetness and silk on the tongue, Cherry kisses, Falling to the floor of the forest, Sweet, sweaty scents of sexual arousal. Poetry, fanning out along neural pathways, Little eddies of complexity swirling around synapses, Coaxing, seducing, whispering...

Noir Around the World – a new book about a grape variety that has been called “The opium of the upper classes”.

  New Release ‘Pinot Noir Around the World’ by Anne Krebiehl MW The International Wine & Food Society (IWFS) is pleased to announce the publication of their latest monograph focusing on one of, if not, the world’s...

The Cook, the Coach, the Wife and a Love of Wine

  The Cook, the Coach, the Wife and a Love of Wine   The Valentine’s Day Massacre An invitation from Cambodia’s Wine Warehouse team was simply too good to refuse; a wine pairing dinner at the...

About Last Night – New Wines

  About Last Night The Wines Things of Stone and Fruit Domaine Paul Blanck, Schlossberg Grand Cru, Riesling, Alsace 2017 The Blanck family has been established in Alsace since the late 16th century and in the...

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