Des Houghton
Wine & Travel Editor at Sky News Australia
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1 week ago |
skynews.com.au | Des Houghton
Australia’s oldest family winery has raided its museum stocks to release nine special red wines to showcase where it has come after 175 years of turning grapes into wine. Yalumba unveiled a set of museum wines from its outstanding 2010, 2013 and 2015 vintages, each carefully cellared for 10, 12 and 15 years. The idea for the museum releases was the brainchild of Jessica Hill-Smith, Yalumba’s general manager of public relations, communications and business affairs.
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2 weeks ago |
skynews.com.au | Des Houghton
Taylors Wines have done it again, winning an international award with a $22 bottle of sauvignon blanc. The South Australian family winery claimed the trophy for the “best-of-show” Australia white at the Mundus Vini Grand International Wine Awards in Germany for Taylors Estate Label Sauvignon Blanc 2024. The wine also collected a gold medal. It was made by Adam Eggins and his team in the Clare Valley.
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2 weeks ago |
skynews.com.au | Des Houghton
Is this the most disgusting wine trend of all? Wine with ice cream is trending in Paris. And despite the sniggers from the wine elites, Gen Z-ers can’t seem to get enough of it. There are long queues outside Folderol “Vins et Glaces” bar in the hip 11th arrondissement. There are wildly different combinations: fruity red wines are served with chocolate ice cream while sauternes are recommended as a match for the coconut ice cream.
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4 weeks ago |
skynews.com.au | Des Houghton
There is a spot on the map of this grand land with gloriously uncluttered beaches that put Noosa and Bondi to shame. And you don’t have to pay Sydney prices for this slice of paradise that will appeal to those of us yearning for a simple, lazy beach holiday like those we took on our annual pilgrimage to Surfers Paradise and Coolangatta in the 60s and 70s. Welcome to Prevelly, home to some of the best surf breaks on earth.
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1 month ago |
skynews.com.au | Des Houghton
Every so often a wine comes along that is so enjoyable it is hard not to pour yourself a second, or perhaps a third glass. Lowe Amphora Shiraz 2023 ($65) is such a wine. And it comes with an unusual back story stretching back 8,000 years to an age when the ancients began storing their wines underground earthenware vessels called amphoras.
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