After massive success in the US, Treasury Wine Estate’s 19 Crimes Snoop Cali Red will be available in Australia mid 2021. 19 Crimes made waves by being the first winery to use augmented reality to bring their labels to life. The brand has attracted a string of accolades and secured its position as number one […]
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Lark Rare Cask Series Para100 Whisky: Yes, Tasmania Makes World-Class Whisky
by Ken Gargett One of the earlier pieces I did for Quill & Pad was on one of the world’s most extraordinary wines, the Seppeltsfield 100-Year-Old Para Vintage Tawny port. I am not doing a reprise of that here, but it is very relevant to today’s focus. That wine, the 100-Year-Old Para Vintage Tawny, exists only thanks to […]
Domaine du Tariquet – Beautiful Wines from Gascony
Why Tariquet Wine? Domaine du Tariquet is probably the first winemaker to have made wines in the New World style long before there was a name for it.A piece of history: France, after the 1st World War where wines played a big part in the morale of the troops, and after the enormous scientific knowledge […]
VERDE MOMENTO – Artisanal Mezcal
Mezcal Verde Momento Organic Despite its ultra-modern looks, this eye-catching mezcal is produced with the utmost artisanal care and traditional methods. Verde Momento is made with 8 year old agave Espadin by mezcalero Doroteo Garcia in Tlacolula, Oaxaca. The agaves are cooked in an underground oven using ocote, holm oak, and pepper tree which give […]
Spotlight On The Other Wine Co.
Since its launch in 2015, The Other Wine Co. has produced some handy little pourers for restaurants, arresting splashes of sky-blue on shelves, highly rated, deliciously drinkable wines; favourites in our collection. The Other Wine Co. is a special little brand whose ambition to think otherness is an exciting new chapter. ‘Otherness can be found in many different […]
The Abbey Vineyard Releases of Parker Coonawarra Estate
ABBEY VINEYARD ICONS | PARKER COONAWARRA ESTATE First Growth Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 “A cabernet with a lengthy history of excellence. It is from a single vineyard planted in ’85. The vines are fully mature, and the blackcurrant fruit revels in the generous proportion of new French oak allocated to it every year.”96 Points, James Halliday Wine […]
What’s the difference between whiskey, scotch and bourbon?
Navigating the world of alcohol can be very confusing. Here’s a beginner’s guide to bourbon, Scotch and more Whisky, a distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash (barley, corn, rye or wheat) is typically aged in charred oak casks, giving it its distinctive brown colour. But unlike beer there is a lot of seriousness […]
A CLASSIC FROM A REGION OF RIESLING
2018 Mort’s Block Riesling is a classic Clare Valley Riesling, with fruit from our Morrison vineyard on the opposite hillside at Leasingham providing additional depth and complexity. The Mort’s Block vineyard was planted by Mort Mitchell, Founder Kevin Mitchells father in 1969, it pays homage to Mort and is a celebration of his hard work and dedication after […]