Pinot Palooza Side B, Brisbane

Master sommelier Madeline Triffon describes pinot noir as ‘sex in a glass’. Winemaker Randy Ullom calls it ‘the ultimate nirvana’. Broadway wannabe Titus Andromedon loved it so much he compares it to ‘caviar, Myanmar, mid-size car’ (see below).

No wonder the good folk at Revel — who bring Malbec Day and Mould our way, too — created Pinot Palooza, an epic travelling wine festival celebrating all things peeeno noir. The event usually hits up Aussie capitals each year and lets wine connoisseurs sample more than 200 drops, direct from Australia and New Zealand’s best…