Hahndorf Hill Winery is nestled in the beautiful undulating heart of the Adelaide Hills Wine Region, near the historic township of Hahndorf. This winery is one of my favourite cellar doors in South Australia with its focus on Austrian varietals, appropriately matched to the cooler climate of the region. Hahndorf Hill was not only instrumental
The best thing about tasting wine? Tasting it with others… Drinking a bottle of wine with no one else to share it with is boring: in solitude I don’t appreciate the wine as much as I do sharing it in a group. I might assess and appreciate the first glass, but by the second my
So what does a dedicated hospitality worker and a faithful 'somm' do during a pandemic? With no customers to serve, no guests to pour for? What do you do with yourself? It's just not natural to not be running! What does the future hold? These are some of the thoughts that crossed my mind at
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
