It’s harvest time so we thought we’d share the celebration with you! Book a Canberra wine tour during the week between Friday 1 March and Friday 29 March and I’ll throw in a free bottle of wine – choose from a local bubbly, rose, white or red! Our Canberra Wine Region is producing some amazing wines and we want to … Read More
Christmas party tours!
Celebrate this Christmas with a wine tour – we can even include gin, beer and chocolate! It’s Christmas party time and a wine tour is a great way to get everyone up and about and chatting about wine and the world! Packages are flexible but here’s a few ideas to get you going: Option 1: $145pp 12pm – 4.30pmIncludes: transport … Read More
Quaff or Cook?
In these times of austerity it has come to my sad attention that I can no longer afford to drink fancy wine every night – tragic I know! However, as I do drink 6 out of 7 nights (Monday, aka Bad Monday being my night off), it is my new mission to seek out yummy, drinkable wines for under $18. … Read More
New taster tour!
Check out our new Murrumbateman Taster Tour! Available Monday – Friday (9.30am – 2pm) Group of 2: $175pp Murrumbateman Taster – includes transport, tasting at 3 wineries + cheese platter Groups of 3-6 $150pp Murrumbateman Taster – includes transport, tasting at 3 wineries + cheese platter We know that a full day of wine tasting can be hard work so … Read More
March 2023 Wine Tour Special!
It’s harvest time so we thought we’d share the celebration with you! Book a midweek tour between Wednesday 1 March and Friday 31 March and we’ll throw in a free bottle of wine – choose from a local bubbly, rose, white or red! Our Canberra Wine Region is producing some amazing wines and we want to share them with you. … Read More
COVID-19 Update
COVID-19 UPDATE (30 May 2020) The great news is that our fabulous Canberra Wineries will be up and running again as of this weekend – there are various restrictions of course but the great news is you can get out and about and talk to our amazing winemakers and try some top tipples again. Just give them a buzz before … Read More
What we drank last night – Chalk Hill 2019 Tempranillo Grenache
Another week without the bars, pubs and wineries means another order from Jim Murphy’s Market Cellars – strictly research of course. This week I ordered a few local Canberra favourites along with a some random bottles from the Barossa, Adelaide Hills and McLaren Vale. I like to keep my options open and while I tend towards cooler climate drops these … Read More
What we drank last night – Clonakilla 2008 Riesling
Hello again wine lovers! As we are now social distancing and isolating and all that other fun stuff, Scott and I thought we would get organised and bring our wine blog back to life! It gives us a great excuse to try lots of different wines (like we need one!) and also to support our local restaurants. Scott was in … Read More
What we drank last night – Cooks Lot 2013 Chardonnay
It’s been a year since I visited Orange and tonight we’re opening Cooks Lot 2013 Chardonnay which was one of the acquisitions from this trip. Orange wine makers talk about elevation as an important factor in grape growing and while it isn’t the only region in Australia that puts forward elevation as one of the elements of the ‘terroir’, it is … Read More
Wine tour recap – 16 January 2016
Yesterday day I had the privilege of hosting two birthday groups for a combined wine tour around Murrumbateman. I say privilege for two reasons. Firstly, one group was a close friend of my brother and their laughter and rosy cheeks indicated they had a good time. Secondly, the quality of wine in the district has come so far in a … Read More
