A more-ish new release just making its appearance on our liquor store shelves is New Zealand’s 2006 Secret Stone Marlborough Pinot Noir, and it’s quickly being snapped up by those with a penchant for the variety. Its launch in Australia follows the runaway success of the Secret Stone label’s Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc that hit our […]
A more-ish new release just making its appearance on our liquor store shelves is New Zealand’s 2006 Secret Stone Marlborough Pinot Noir, and it’s quickly being snapped up by those with a penchant for the variety. Its launch in Australia follows the runaway success of the Secret Stone label’s Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc that hit our […]
SuperStar Gemini Coming Our Way – Traveloscopy
SuperStar Gemini Coming Our Way – Traveloscopy
Earlier this year tiny Queensland maker Crane Wines in the South Burnett Region had 300kg of fruit left over from some exceptional shiraz vines, and knew mechanical crushing would ‘trash’ such a small amount. So part-time cellar-hand Caitlin Sparks went back to winemaking’s roots and foot-pressed it in a large tub – stomping the equivalent […]
Earlier this year tiny Queensland maker Crane Wines in the South Burnett Region had 300kg of fruit left over from some exceptional shiraz vines, and knew mechanical crushing would ‘trash’ such a small amount. So part-time cellar-hand Caitlin Sparks went back to winemaking’s roots and foot-pressed it in a large tub – stomping the equivalent […]
WEST Australian maker Evans & Tate is justifiably hailing the success of its two “new generation” Single Vineyard Chardonnays, but rather than trumpeting what their winemaking team did to create these wines, they’re trumpeting what they didn’t do. “These wines – a 2005 Stellar Ridge Vineyard Chardonnay and a 2005 Wildberry Springs Estate Chardonnay – […]
WEST Australian maker Evans & Tate is justifiably hailing the success of its two “new generation” Single Vineyard Chardonnays, but rather than trumpeting what their winemaking team did to create these wines, they’re trumpeting what they didn’t do. “These wines – a 2005 Stellar Ridge Vineyard Chardonnay and a 2005 Wildberry Springs Estate Chardonnay – […]