The who

Our crew have an interesting past. Three from Sydney and one from the Metroplex in the great Lone Star State. The one common ingredient is we all enjoy a good night out and a lot of fun.
From Secluded bars in down town Buenos Aires to the larger than life Honkey Tonk of Billy Bob’s in Forth Worth. We have partied in every continent on the earth. Well every continent that has a bar. Enjoying Caipiroska’s at moon bar in Bangkok, Pimms by the Thames in London, Bottles of Grey Goose at XS in Las Vegas to Tequila shots at Mama Mia's in San Miguel de Allende. We have experienced plenty of night spots and we have partied hard. Does that make us wine experts? Well we like to think so.
Behind all the showmanship and bravado there are a few well developed palates.

James has a background in insurance. We all know what this means. Long lunches with expensive wines and a love of a good grain feed steak (Medium rare of course) and a big bold McLaren Vale Shiraz. Many a red wine has been consumed at the family table to accompany his mothers famous Sunday Roast. To keep his education James also accompanied a microwave hamburger after a big night out with a good strong red from South Australia.

Matthew is our American import. From the great state of Texas, a state that loves Bud, Coors and a big fat hamburger. It was Matthews’s time at Princeton when he first got his mouth around a nice crisp Napa Chardonnay. Matthew took his study at Princeton very seriously, his study of wine that is. Chilean wines and Argentinean wines went hand in hand with his collection of wines from California but it was his first sip of a Barossa red that sent his taste buds into a spin. After that sip Matthew had a plan. Find and Australian girl, get married move to Australia and drink good wine!

Richie is the dark horse of the four a man who grew up with red wine running through his blood. His Dad is a great lover of a good wine. While most boys learned to count sheep Richie learnt to count corks. A party boy turned good by the good drop. Richie was going down the deep dark path of a Scotch drinker for a while until a trip to South America and “f#@king sensational steak with a f#&king amazing bottle of wine!” changed his dark ways. When pushed on what the wine was Richie responds “Mate I had 4 bottles of the stuff I can’t remember what it was but what I do know is it went down like mother’s milk” Truly his father’s son!

Peter is the youngest member of the quadrant a man who took an interest to wine during a year 12 school excision to Tyrlles Wine in the Hunter Valley. A part time job at McWilliams Wines was followed by three years at Angove’s. Angove’s is one of Australia’s largest wineries based in Renmark South Australia. During this time Peter tasted many a good drop. A love of travel resulted in a resignation letter and an 8 week tour of the globe. Plenty of good wine was consumed and wild nights had until the funds ran low and a return to reality.