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Wine Scoffer
- May 31, 2022
- 2 min
Gran Sasso Edizione Limitata Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Terra Vera
This wine first arrived as part of a mixed pack from our friends BenandWine Ben is a great bloke, an under appreciated wine mind with a...
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Wine Scoffer
- May 29, 2022
- 2 min
Natural Wine Co Organic Lightly Sparkling wines
Regular readers will know this wine scoffer has a thing for natural wine - skinsy, funky, natural, orange... it is all about wines with...
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Wine Scoffer
- Feb 24, 2022
- 1 min
Château Oumsiyat Blanc de Blanc 2018. Lebanon
Im not as au fait with Lebanese wine as I should be. A recent trip to the UK has changed that, with both wine lists and decent 'Offy's'...
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Wine Scoffer
- Jan 7, 2022
- 2 min
Delatite 2020 Dead Man's Hill Gewurtztraminer
I love to stumble on little moments of joy. Heading into a high street Thai place with a BYO capacity, I popped into an independent wine...
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The Scoffers
- Jan 6, 2022
- 2 min
Love, Tilly Devine. Sydney
For the last decade and a bit , Tim Webber and Matt Swieboda have operated Love Tilly Devine at 91 Crown Lane Darlinghurst. Its a small,...
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Wine Scoffer
- Jan 5, 2022
- 2 min
Heirloom Vineyards 2020 Touriga
Zar Brooks is not a man easily forgotten. He is a bold, cheeky chap and someone I spent a bit of time with when a mutual friend was...
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The Scoffers
- Jan 5, 2022
- 2 min
Buderim Ginger Beer & Spiced Rum
It's not often I will pen missives on the RTD market, as they are not a category we are over enamoured with, but, we were alerted to this...
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The Scoffers
- Jan 4, 2022
- 3 min
Frank Mac's - The Rocks, Sydney
For what feels like several hundred years, The Rocks has been heavily dominated by tourists and vagabonds, a veritable melting pot of...
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Wine Scoffer
- Jan 3, 2022
- 2 min
Colpasso Grillo 2020
Regular readers will know I have a love of anything alternative. Ubiquitous white varietals like Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Grigio and...
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Wine Scoffer
- Dec 21, 2021
- 2 min
Hesketh 2021 Bright Young Things Sauvignon Blanc
Whilst Savvy B has long been the beverage of choice for inner suburban house mums and tennis playing ladies, I must confess to being one...
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Wine Scoffer
- Dec 21, 2021
- 2 min
Holly's Garden 2021 Pinot Gris
I've always been a fan of what Neil Prentice has set out to do. Is he a little unorthodox? Yes, and that's what I love about him....
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Wine Scoffer
- Dec 21, 2021
- 2 min
Patina 2018 Pinot Noir
When we talk about Orange wine, I have to be distinct and talk about wine from the Orange region of NSW, rather than the orange wines...
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The Scoffers
- Dec 6, 2021
- 3 min
Deeds Brewery, Glen Iris
You know that feeling or at least I hope you do, when you have a beer from a brewery which is life changing (I kid you not, we are bloody...
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Wine Scoffer
- Dec 3, 2021
- 2 min
Ben Haines 2020 Love in a Mist
Many of the winemakers I know are deeply thoughtful and intense individuals, committed to their incredible craft, and singularly focused...
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Wine Scoffer
- Dec 2, 2021
- 2 min
Steels Gate 2019 Estate Blend Pinot Noir
It's fair to say that I am a bit of a whore for a Yarra Valley Pinot Noir. Subtlety and complexity abound, and the hallmarks of bright...
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Beer Scoffer
- Dec 2, 2021
- 3 min
Its BeerMas time
I like to think I've been dumped by some magnificent women. Sometimes they break your heart, sometimes they take the house but always...
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Wine Scoffer
- Nov 29, 2021
- 1 min
Pool Wines 2021 GOLD
And so the obsession with skin contact wine continues. It seems I can't leave the house these days without finding myself back home with...
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Wine Scoffer
- Nov 28, 2021
- 2 min
Utzinger 2020 Chardonnay
Utzinger wines kind of happened by accident. One of the oldest stories going around... Swiss winemaker goes travelling the world to find...
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Beer Scoffer
- Nov 23, 2021
- 2 min
Its 'Heaps Normal'. Heaps Normal XPA
This weeks review is taking something of a turn. After having some serious discussions with the mirror and the bathroom scales, it was...
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