Maintaining a wine blog when you have a young family is tough, tougher when you combine it with a busy day job. The wine appreciation ne...

    T his was an unexpected treat at a family lunch on Australia day. The 4 Acres Shiraz is one of the jewels in the Tyrrell’s crown,...

This is both quintessential and historic Hunter Shiraz. The grapes for this wine come from the “Flat” block planted in the 1890’s by Willia...

I have tasted two bottles of the 09 Motel Block – one during a fantastic Hunter Valley taste and tweet event in 2011, and this bottle. Both ...

Two single vineyard wines from the Hunter Valley. Similar in name, but quite different in nature. Tallavera is in the Mount View sub-reg...

“This is anti-autotune, death of the ringtone   This ain’t for Itunes, this ain’t for sing-along I know we facin a recession But the music y...

I tasted this wine alongside the 09 De Iuliis Steven and 09 Pepper Tree Coqunn. Stiff competition to be up against, especially when Scarboro...

RedtoBrown was sent these two wines as part of a recent Hunter Valley ‘tweet-up’. I was very impressed with both, and a subsequent trip up t...

All roads seemingly lead to the Hunter Valley for RedtoBrown at the moment. Hunter Valley tastings, samples, and tweet-ups have been a focu...