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Like sand through the hourglass, the days of our lives continue, and our love for skin contact and minimal intervention wines is ever...

Not enough of us are talking Pinot Blanc. It makes creamy white wines, but it also makes crisp, delicious spring drinking wines and a few...

Calling Potts Point home for the past six years, Bloody Mary's is known for that ubiquitous concoction of spiced tomato juice, celery salt, tabasco, worcestershire and enough vodka to cure any post lockdown hangover. The Bloody Mary's Gazebo is a likeable tribute to this legendary drink, a small bar with a a good mix of hangover-friendly food, something a little more fancy and a whole raft of variations on the classic cocktail, made with their thick and pulpy housemade tomat

I so wanted to love this wine. We had been back to the wine store to buy more and more of the Fairy Bread White, and took the plunge on...

Fair to say, there is a hell of a lot of excitement in the Scoffer team about the emergence from what has been a very long winter. Granted we are heading out of lockdowns across the Eastern seaboard fatter, somewhat pickled and in a slight fog of caution - especially with the idea that we may actually have to stop day drinking and start wearing pants. A quick canvas of the team at Scoffer HQ has provided some very interesting answers. Most involve going somewhere - anywhere

Gee Gee indeed. I have this insatiable desire of late to be scoffing anything orange, biodynamic, skin contact and in the 'natural'...

On a property just outside of Bendigo, a family are producing some pretty impeccable spirits. They are bootlegging whiskey, gin and a...

There are some wines, immediately when you open them, you know were a passion project for the winemaker. Sure, you will argue, all wines...

Look, I confess to bemoaning the rise and rise of alcohol free beer, wine and spirits. I've always seen the need for low alcohol products...

Melbourne's Arbory Afloat, the place to see and be seen every summer since 2016, is reopening Tuesday October 26, with all the relevant social distancing and government regulations in place. The floating pontoon - part bar, eatery and weekend session venue, has had inspirational styles in past years from Miami Vice, the French Riviera and California's Palm Springs. This year, the inspiration is the Turquoise Coast, also called the Turkish Riviera, running along the SW coast o

My first arneis seems forever ago now but I know it came from the King Valley and was a particularly exciting wine for me, that creature...

Vodka is an interesting thing. It takes on flavour very well and holds it. This Scoffer has recently used a fairly nondescript, off the...

These little finds really do fill me with joy. I love finding an independent wine store and fossicking through the fridges for something...

This past week there were heated discussions in Scoffer HQ on all things beer branding. Sparked by the GABS (Great Australian Beer...

Surely, there is something kind of illegal combining Riesling, Gewurtztraminer and Gruner Veltliner together for shits and giggles, and...

Look I know I am a bit late to the party, but while I was being being a bit of traditionalist and a bit boring, I missed quite a bit of...

There is some merit in the comment I am a bit of an old boozer and potentially, missed some good bottles of plonk because of my...

There is no question I love a value deal, and am a great fan of the discounted offer. Not a tight ass but I give me something less than...

Vee On Yay - I know it looks hard but it's pretty simple, unlike the wine itself which is quite complex. This grape, a little like Pinot...

Yes this is the third Moondog brew I have written about. "Is Scoffer sponsored?" I hear you cry. "The Beer Scoffer is in the pocket of...