What a year! I’m sure I’m not alone in saying that it was an ‘interesting’ one to say the least, especially if you work in hospitality, no thanks to the ongoing pandemic! The beginning of the year saw a fresh start at Victor’s Place and Varney Wines in McLaren Vale. This next welcome phase of
So it's been a while since I've had any time to write about my wine adventures, since moving to "God's country", the McLaren Vale wine region in South Australia, back in February 2018. I've been super-busy: moving countries (returning to live in Australia after 3 years in Berlin); exploring my new home and region (and
Winemaker Christian Müller and sommelier Oliver Budack, at Weingut Max Müller I. Photo: Megan Spencer (c) 2017 In August 2017 I visited the Max Müller I winery in Franconia, Southern Germany. Members of the Müller family have been in the wine business for the past 400 years. Today the winery is led by
Finally, June 24, 2017 had arrived: it marked a special day for us, the volunteers of the Kreuzberg vineyard in Berlin. It's the day we had all looked forward to with quite some excitement: famous winemaker Simone Adams was coming to “our vineyard” to launch the first red wine ever made from grapes of this
Last day of Ahr Valley harvest, 15th October 2015... Today is Day 9 of my harvest experience in the Ahr Valley at Jean Stodden winery in Rech. The Ahr Valley is one of Germany’s most northern wine-growing regions, famous for its Spätburgunder (aka Pinot Noir). Yesterday we finished hand harvesting the Spätburgunder. Today only the
