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McLaren Vale – Sustainability’s North Star
Published On: July 22nd, 2021Categories: Australian Wine, Climate appropiate varieties, McLaren Vale, Organic viticulture, Sustainability, Wine
After living in Berlin for nearly three years to complete my Sommelier studies and certification, at the end of 2017 I returned to live again in Australia. So inspired was I by the discovery of European organic and more sustainable viticulture – and the tasty and juicy wines it produced – I felt compelled to
Ola Amigo
Published On: July 21st, 2021Categories: biodynamic, low intervention, old vines, organic, sommelier, viticulture
Recently I came across an old friend, a bottle of 2012 12Volts from 4kilos Vinícola, Spain. The winery is located on Mallorca, a small island in the Mediterranean Sea. I was electrified when I saw this wine as I had visited its winery of origin a couple of times when living in Europe. Suffice to
Tasting wine in ‘Corona’ times
Published On: June 24th, 2020Categories: McLaren Vale, sommelier, wine conversations
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

McLaren Vale – Sustainability’s North Star