Published on September 3rd, 2018 | by Ken Gargett
Welcome to the third and final episode of the Brokenwood adventures. To be honest, this started as a small comment on a forthcoming wine visit – to Brokenwood for their 50th. That got me remembering the... Read More →
Published on August 27th, 2018 | by Ken Gargett
We left off the Brokenwood adventures with people telling stories out of school. Why stop now. No doubt, there’ll be plenty more after the next anniversary event. But before we go further, one of the other... Read More →
Published on August 17th, 2018 | by Ken Gargett
Time really does fly. Just got an invite to the 50th anniversary of Brokenwood Graveyard’s Vineyard for early December. Anyone not familiar with that wine, or the winery – surely, the leading winery in the Hunter... Read More →
Published on August 2nd, 2018 | by Ken Gargett
A bottle of Ata Rangi Pinot Noir is in serious peril. Some days, you just feel trapped. Today, literally. It is freezing in my house at the moment. I type in fishing gloves as they have... Read More →
Published on July 25th, 2018 | by Ken Gargett
Today’s rant? Bloody Qantas. But in fairness to the stumbling wombat, it was only a dream. Apparently, I was supposed to be heading off to a tasting in the Mornington Peninsula, or New Zealand – it... Read More →
Published on June 6th, 2018 | by Ken Gargett
We all know that Greg has had it tough. Working for Whipcrack cannot be easy. But we are a forgiving lot. And anyway, the good news, for me, is that Greg missed a Kenfessions (slipped through... Read More →
Published on June 4th, 2018 | by Moe Greene
Yes, sherry again. A couple of completely different sherries today with two No 2’s. I have already detailed the background of Equipo Navazos, such an exciting producer from Jerez, one of my favourite places (actually, I... Read More →
Published on April 27th, 2018 | by Ken Gargett
Thank you, the Australian government. What a bunch of loathsome, jelly-backed, contemptible, feeble-minded, desperate, dishonest, faint-hearted, doolally, floundering, cowardly, craven, snivelling, wannabee, lice-ridden buffoons. Both sides. They’d kill their first born if it meant a vote,... Read More →
Published on April 16th, 2018 | by Ken Gargett
Been working my way through Greg’s selection for Kenfessions and will confess (kenfess?) that the first couple have not been stellar. The other evening, pulled out the Ramon Allones Specially Selected. I used to enjoy these... Read More →
Published on March 16th, 2018 | by Ken Gargett
Do cigars induce weird dreams? Not sure I have noticed this before but after a big cigar, I had a night full of them. I can’t remember any, except the tail-end of the last one –... Read More →