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WE’RE SHOWING THE WORLD HOW
AUSTRALIA’s wine companies have received a unique accolade, with Hardys being acclaimed the second most powerful wine brand in the world…and seven others making it into the top fifteen of the world’s leading 100 brands. A UK-based valuation company researched 10,000 wine and spirit brands from around the globe, whittling the list down to the […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: Angel’s Peak Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon
ONE FOR LUNCH: When Henry and Alice Reschke migrated to Coonawarra in 1906 and started a cattle stud, they also planted a small vineyard. Over the years their families put growing focus on the vines, and in 1991 started a nice tradition of making 30 cases of wine every vintage to give family and friends. […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: Angel’s Peak Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon
ONE FOR LUNCH: When Henry and Alice Reschke migrated to Coonawarra in 1906 and started a cattle stud, they also planted a small vineyard. Over the years their families put growing focus on the vines, and in 1991 started a nice tradition of making 30 cases of wine every vintage to give family and friends. […]
And the Winner is … Australia
I dip my hat to our worthy cousins across the Tasman. Heaven knows they punch way above their weight in almost everything, but to overhaul us in the world tourism stakes may be a bit much. Even if just by sheer dint of our size, Australia packs a heavyweight’s slam when it comes diversity, international […]
The Blue Tarp Resort
Consider the portable canvas option for your next road trip. After Mum and Dad told me their camping stories from the ‘50s, pitching a tent somewhere in the great Aussie outback was about the last thing I ever wanted to. But on a 4WD trip to Cape York recently, I rediscovered the primal joys of […]
Tourists in Trees
[for Get Up N Go] Tourists in Trees Shunning the popular mega ship experience, Roderick Eime disappears into the Alaskan wilderness for a taste of the true outdoors. The two mighty V8 engines erupt into a loud angry growl and the little jet boat begins to spin wildly in the rough white water. Passengers are […]
New Italian Mega Liner a Floating Pantheon
Passengers arriving aboard the brand new Costa Cruises flagship, Costa Serena, could be forgiven for thinking they’d walked into some Greco-Roman epic. Roderick Eime stows away for a glimpse of glamour cruising, Italian-style. Launched amid great fanfare in Marseilles on May 19, the 114,000 tonne, 1500-berth leviathan is the latest in the frantic Costa build […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: Brand’s of Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon
ONE FOR LUNCH: Winemaker Peter Weinberg at Brand’s of Coonawarra confesses that working with the region’s Cabernet is one of his greatest pleasures, so add this to a classic 2003 vintage and you’ve got a classic wine. This one’s loaded with wonderful ripe and robust red fruit flavours, regional characters of cassis and blackcurrant, typically […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: Brand’s of Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon
ONE FOR LUNCH: Winemaker Peter Weinberg at Brand’s of Coonawarra confesses that working with the region’s Cabernet is one of his greatest pleasures, so add this to a classic 2003 vintage and you’ve got a classic wine. This one’s loaded with wonderful ripe and robust red fruit flavours, regional characters of cassis and blackcurrant, typically […]
RARE – SAUVIGNON BLANC TO CELLAR
SAUVIGNON Blanc is generally considered one of those buy-now, drink-now wines for everyday enjoyment, but over the past half-decade or so Wayne Stehbens at Katnook Estate has been creating a different Sauvignon Blanc from Coonawarra – one to cellar and enjoy down the track. He’s just done it again with his 2006, a stand-out wine […]
