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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
- 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 12, 2021
- 2 min
Sutton Grange 'Fairbank' 2021 Ancestrale sparkling
Australian sparklings have never really lifted my skirt. Too many bottles of French fizz, down the old screech, has spoiled me a bit and...
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The Scoffers
- Oct 30, 2021
- 2 min
Chez Dre South Melbourne
Ten years ago, Chez Dre was at the top of its game, and you couldn't get a table for love or money on a Saturday morning. Stephen Sam and...
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Wine Scoffer
- Oct 28, 2021
- 2 min
Fleet Young Wines 2021 Pinot Gris
Like sand through the hourglass, the days of our lives continue, and our love for skin contact and minimal intervention wines is ever...
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Wine Scoffer
- Oct 27, 2021
- 2 min
Nomads Garden 2021 Field Blend
Not enough of us are talking Pinot Blanc. It makes creamy white wines, but it also makes crisp, delicious spring drinking wines and a few...
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The Scoffers
- Oct 21, 2021
- 3 min
Farewell to the winter of our discontent.
Fair to say, there is a hell of a lot of excitement in the Scoffer team about the emergence from what has been a very long winter. ...
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Wine Scoffer
- Oct 13, 2021
- 2 min
Sutton Grange 2021 'Fairbank' Rose
There are some wines, immediately when you open them, you know were a passion project for the winemaker. Sure, you will argue, all wines...
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Wine Scoffer
- Sep 10, 2021
- 2 min
Medhurst Estate 2020 Rosé
Can one Rosé be a winner for everyone? Whenever Rosé is mentioned in my circles, there are conflicting views of what it is - and its...
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Wine Scoffer
- Sep 8, 2021
- 2 min
Brown Magpie 2018 Pinot Noir
Geelong is often referred to as an emerging wine region, lesser known perhaps than its better known Victorian cousins. The Surf Coast...
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The Scoffers
- Sep 3, 2021
- 2 min
Jimmy Rum Small Batched Oaked Rum.
Hand on heart, I don't get rum. I'm not a rum drinker thanks to an over exuberant indulgence at a B&S ball in my late teens. Drinking...
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The Scoffers
- Aug 28, 2021
- 1 min
All Saints 2019 Marsanne
There is a lot of wine I like. A lot. And my taste wanders from finding quirky alternative varietals, to wandering back to robust and...
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Beer Scoffer
- Aug 21, 2021
- 2 min
Bodriggy Dayspring Hazy IPA
As my lockdown coping mechanisms dictate, this week I googled one of my favourite local breweries and purchased a selection of limited...
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The Scoffers
- Aug 21, 2021
- 2 min
Rowena Corner Store
Tucked in a side street off Punt Road in Richmond, is the Rowena Corner Store. Some refer to it as a hipster heaven, but for me, it's...
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The Scoffers
- Aug 20, 2021
- 2 min
Chalmers 2016 Aglianico
We have written elsewhere on this site about the impact two generations of the Chalmers family have had on the entire alternative wine...
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The Scoffers
- Aug 11, 2021
- 2 min
The drink you're having...
Do you have those days where you want to have a drink but haven't a clue what to drink? Beer seems wrong because it's only Tuesday and...
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The Scoffers
- Aug 11, 2021
- 2 min
Bindi 2013 Block 5 Pinot Noir
There is no such thing as perfection in wine. The moment you reach your personal nirvana, a new level has been arrived at elsewhere. In...
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