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Buderim Ginger Beer & Spiced Rum
It's not often I will pen missives on the RTD market, as they are not a category we are over enamoured with, but, we were alerted to this...

The Scoffers
Jan 5, 20222 min read
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Frank Mac's - The Rocks, Sydney
For what feels like several hundred years, The Rocks has been heavily dominated by tourists and vagabonds, a veritable melting pot of...

The Scoffers
Jan 4, 20223 min read
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Colpasso Grillo 2020
Regular readers will know I have a love of anything alternative. Ubiquitous white varietals like Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Grigio and...

Wine Scoffer
Jan 3, 20222 min read
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Hesketh 2021 Bright Young Things Sauvignon Blanc
Whilst Savvy B has long been the beverage of choice for inner suburban house mums and tennis playing ladies, I must confess to being one...

Wine Scoffer
Dec 21, 20212 min read
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Holly's Garden 2021 Pinot Gris
I've always been a fan of what Neil Prentice has set out to do. Is he a little unorthodox? Yes, and that's what I love about him....

Wine Scoffer
Dec 21, 20212 min read
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Patina 2018 Pinot Noir
When we talk about Orange wine, I have to be distinct and talk about wine from the Orange region of NSW, rather than the orange wines...

Wine Scoffer
Dec 21, 20212 min read
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Deeds Brewery, Glen Iris
You know that feeling or at least I hope you do, when you have a beer from a brewery which is life changing (I kid you not, we are bloody...

The Scoffers
Dec 6, 20213 min read
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Ben Haines 2020 Love in a Mist
Many of the winemakers I know are deeply thoughtful and intense individuals, committed to their incredible craft, and singularly focused...

Wine Scoffer
Dec 3, 20212 min read
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Steels Gate 2019 Estate Blend Pinot Noir
It's fair to say that I am a bit of a whore for a Yarra Valley Pinot Noir. Subtlety and complexity abound, and the hallmarks of bright...

Wine Scoffer
Dec 2, 20212 min read
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Its BeerMas time
I like to think I've been dumped by some magnificent women. Sometimes they break your heart, sometimes they take the house but always...

Beer Scoffer
Dec 2, 20213 min read
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Pool Wines 2021 GOLD
And so the obsession with skin contact wine continues. It seems I can't leave the house these days without finding myself back home with...

Wine Scoffer
Nov 29, 20211 min read
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Utzinger 2020 Chardonnay
Utzinger wines kind of happened by accident. One of the oldest stories going around... Swiss winemaker goes travelling the world to find...

Wine Scoffer
Nov 28, 20212 min read
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Its 'Heaps Normal'. Heaps Normal XPA
This weeks review is taking something of a turn. After having some serious discussions with the mirror and the bathroom scales, it was...

Beer Scoffer
Nov 23, 20212 min read
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The Nest - Two Birds Brewing, Spotswood
A cold, rainy Spring Friday evening is often non conducive to visiting a brewery and experiencing all that it has to offer. Unseasonal...

The Scoffers
Nov 13, 20213 min read
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Sutton Grange 'Fairbank' 2021 Ancestrale sparkling
Australian sparklings have never really lifted my skirt. Too many bottles of French fizz, down the old screech, has spoiled me a bit and...

Wine Scoffer
Nov 12, 20212 min read
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Alkoomi 2020 Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon
Big red wines don't make the tasting bench as often as they should. Pinot Noir and Shiraz seems to be favoured, among the very many...

Wine Scoffer
Oct 30, 20211 min read
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Amberches Elderflower infused Gin
It may be very possible that every second beverage we look at on these pages is a gin. It has nothing to do with the influence of the...

The Scoffers
Oct 29, 20212 min read
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Fleet Young Wines 2021 Pinot Gris
Like sand through the hourglass, the days of our lives continue, and our love for skin contact and minimal intervention wines is ever...

Wine Scoffer
Oct 28, 20212 min read
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Nomads Garden 2021 Field Blend
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...

Wine Scoffer
Oct 27, 20212 min read
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A Bloody Mary at Bloody Mary's
Calling Potts Point home for the past six years, Bloody Mary's is known for that ubiquitous concoction of spiced tomato juice, celery...

The Scoffers
Oct 27, 20212 min read
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