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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 […]
High Calorie Adventure; the World of Swiss Chocolate
All Aboard the Chocolate Express Think Switzerland and your shortlist should read watches, banks, Matterhorns, cheese and chocolate. Wrap all these in silver paper and put them in a fancy box and you have the Montreux-Bernese Oberland Railway, a privately-owned, beautifully restored Pullman Express. It’s a crisp clear summer morning at Montreaux station and the […]
Awaken Macau
After almost 400 years of blissful colonial slumber, the new Special Administrative Region of Macau is already rivalling the world’s major leisure capitals. Macau Legend and History The fierce driving rain lashed the tiny boat and the seas rose and threatened to swamp it completely. Then suddenly the girl who had boarded at the last […]
You could enjoy yourself in New Zealand, apparently.
I like New Zealand, I really do. There’s a certain charm to ordering ‘Fush un Chupps’ and you have to admire a country that sells us back their gutted, skinned and transformed feral animals at a premium price for us to wrap around our necks. But try as they might, our energetic cousins across the […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: Starve Dog Lane’s McLaren Vale ‘crossbred’ Ibrido
ONE FOR LUNCH: Another interesting blend is Starve Dog Lane’s new McLaren Vale ‘crossbred’ Ibrido, five European-origin wines brought together into a drop that’s beautifully mouth-filling with sour cherry, dark chocolate and roasted coffee bean flavours, biscuity tannins and good acid. The Mediterranean-like climate of McLaren Vale is ideally suited to the varieties in this […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: Starve Dog Lane’s McLaren Vale ‘crossbred’ Ibrido
ONE FOR LUNCH: Another interesting blend is Starve Dog Lane’s new McLaren Vale ‘crossbred’ Ibrido, five European-origin wines brought together into a drop that’s beautifully mouth-filling with sour cherry, dark chocolate and roasted coffee bean flavours, biscuity tannins and good acid. The Mediterranean-like climate of McLaren Vale is ideally suited to the varieties in this […]
SHAW THING OUT OF ORANGE
ICONIC Philip Shaw has released an interesting new blend of merlot, cabernet franc and cabernet sauvignon under his own name, bringing to a half-dozen the range of wines he’s now produced from the Koomooloo Vineyard he established at Orange in the NSW Central West in 1988. The Philip Shaw No 17 from the 2005 vintage […]
SHAW THING OUT OF ORANGE
ICONIC Philip Shaw has released an interesting new blend of merlot, cabernet franc and cabernet sauvignon under his own name, bringing to a half-dozen the range of wines he’s now produced from the Koomooloo Vineyard he established at Orange in the NSW Central West in 1988. The Philip Shaw No 17 from the 2005 vintage […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: De Bortoli 2005 Vat 4 Petit Verdot
ONE FOR LUNCH: Innovative Riverina makers, De Bortoli never cease to surprise with some of their more unusual bottlings, the latest being a gutsy 2005 Vat 4 Petit Verdot for when you’re planning on feeding the man meat – it’s value you’ll find hard to beat at just $9.99 with a rare steak off the […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: De Bortoli 2005 Vat 4 Petit Verdot
ONE FOR LUNCH: Innovative Riverina makers, De Bortoli never cease to surprise with some of their more unusual bottlings, the latest being a gutsy 2005 Vat 4 Petit Verdot for when you’re planning on feeding the man meat – it’s value you’ll find hard to beat at just $9.99 with a rare steak off the […]
