by Clive Hartley | Jul 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
The following review of the Hilltops region of NSW is based on an afternoon spent with Brian Freeman from Freeman Vineyards in June 2024, as well as the information contained in the 7th edition of the Australian Wine Guide. The region Hilltops is centred around the...
by Clive Hartley | Jun 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
Mudgee is a quiet achiever and keeps a low profile. Have a look at the current edition of James Halliday Wine Companion and there are only a handful of wineries in the voluminous book. Why? Well there are a couple of theories. Maybe the producers are going well...
by Clive Hartley | Jun 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Feature image is Ken Helm. Photograph courtesy of Irene Dowdy Canberra District vineyards cover a diverse altitudinal range of between 300 to 800 metres and have a similar diverse assortment of soil types. Located north and east of the Australian Capital Territory,...
by Clive Hartley | Feb 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
Daylesford, Saturday 17th February 2024. My partner Jackie asked me this morning what my talk was about and I said “Women..”. Immediately she said ‘what do you know about them?” and followed it up by saying “so it’s going to be short speech then” I finally got to say...
by Clive Hartley | Feb 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
Recommended wine producers featured in the broadcast are listed in brackets. Episode 1 – We kicked off the season looking at the A to Z of grape varieties and starting with A we discussed in more detail Assyrtiko (Domaine Sigalas, Santo, Gaia, Jim Barry).,...