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We get it! You present yourself to the world in one way for too long and you end up being pigeonhold as 'that person', in this case 'that wine'.  Well in the case of Chardonnay, the truth is you can't...

Here's a few insider tip to help you choose better sips ;)

here are sometimes when you open your wine and it is just not quite what you expected. Is it faulty? Is it a winemaker’s stylistic decision? This can result in lively debates between wine experts and wine lovers alike. Because in some instances, what one sees as a fault, another sees as unique selling point for that wine! Generally speaking though, cork taint is universally seen as a wine fault.

What do they mean by oakey? Are you a lover of oakey wine? What does that even mean? When a wine is described as ‘oakey’, it simply means that it has been matured in contact with oak, usually in a barrel.

Are you an organic wine lover? Or just wondered what makes a wine biodynamic? It has been heartening to see the ever-growing choice of wines that are labelled organic, sustainable and biodynamic. Nonetheless, there is a still a lot of confusion about what these terms means.

​Let’s talk sulphites in wine…..Sulphites are proof that not all publicity is good publicity! This relatively routine ingredient can be found up and down the grocery store aisle and until a few years ago it was simply another ‘word’ amongst the fine print. Over the past few years we’ve watch it rise to fame (not the good kind), sulphites have been sprung into the limelight and painted with a very negative connotation that sparks fear amongst consumers (along other culprits like ‘gluten’)…..