Mar 115 minAn old fashioned Aperitif with a long history: Bobs Blog from Around Hermitage Sherry was the standard aperitif when I was a lad and when working in the UK years ago, it was always offered to the woman while the real men drank Scotch! W...
Feb 125 minKarl Stockhausen: A man for the times. Karl Stockhausen: A man for the times. Bob’s Blog From Around Hermitage At 90 years and still going strong Karl Stockhausen has lived through and contributed...
Sep 12, 20195 minThere wont be many coming homeSandakan Death March Bob’s Blog from Around Hermitage Address by Emeritus Professor Robert Lusby AM, Sandakan Memorial Burwood Sunday 4th August 2019 When as...
Aug 6, 20192 minADFAS: Bringing a touch of the ArtsBringing a touch of the arts for us to enjoy Having just driven to Canberra to see the Monet - Impression Sunrise exhibition I had a lot of time to contempla...
Jun 24, 20196 minHunter River Vineyard Pioneers and solving the Greatest Mystery of CivilizationBob’s blog from Around Hermitage June 2019 We are fortunate that the Hunter wine industry grew from the enthusiasm of pioneers who were inheritors of the min...
Apr 3, 20195 minTerroir: it’s about people as well. Bob’s Blog From Around HermitageI often think the patchwork nature, small holdings, and landscape of the Pokolbin and Broke Fordwich wine subregions is similar to Burgundy. Indeed there is ...
Mar 7, 20195 minWine pourers a multi-millennium tradition Bob’s Blog from Around HermitageI recently was given a rather special gift by Professor Mathew Vadas AO of the Centenary Institute in Sydney, which Tintilla wines have supported for over a ...
Feb 13, 20196 minHunter Terroir - Defining a Unique Region and Wine StyleThe unique situation of the Hunter wine grape growing region being situated in the break in the Great Dividing Range creates the climate that moderates an ot...
Jan 19, 20195 minTHERE’S A LOT MORE TO MERLOTAt a recent family celebration, I opened a bottle of Grand Cru Classe wine bought in Saint Emilion back in 1979! It was a Tertre Daugay 1964 and to our great...
