There are literally hundreds of thousands of new wines released each vintage around the world. Here in Australia the best estimates that I have seen are around 10,000-12,000 new wines a year – it is probably much more these days with the same wine going off overseas with different names/labels on it. Read More...

TRUFFLING:  No, I didn’t misspell trifling matters, this is about truffles and truffling.  A couple of weekends ago I visited my daughter who is a food blogger in Canberra.  She was invited (and I was the +1) to “the Blessing of the Dogs”, one of the events of the Canberra & Capital Region Truffle Festival. Read More...