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PIONEERING WINE VENTURE INSPIRED BY DROUGHT
Wc22Aug11 PERFECT match withprime rib and roast vegies. David Ellis WORLD War II Air Force rear-gunner, later wheat farmer and wool-grower, Peter Robertson was all of these things before turning his hand to wine-grape growing and planting the very first vines in NSW’s Hilltops Region. That was after a disastrous drought in 1969, and Peter […]
RYMILL TEAM BEAT NATURE’S ADVERSITIES
GOOD drop with artichokeor sun-dried tomato dips. Wc15Aug11 David Ellis IT’S not often that a winemaker can say that from a vintage that most described as “challenging and trying,” they were delivered some of the best white fruit they’ve ever had to work with. But that’s what Rymill Coonawarra’s Sandrine Gimon had to say of […]
ARROGANT FROGS CELEBRATE FRANCE’S MONTH
Wc04Jul11 David Ellis IRREVERENT – made by a Frenchman to gowith traditional Coq au Vin. IF you like celebrating all things French, then July’s the month to do it, with the Tour de France running to the 24th and Bastille Day on the 14th. And a couple of French wines to help you along are […]
Happy 40th Birthday to the Canberra District Wine Region!
It was back in 1971 that the first of now more than 35 commercial wineries was established near Canberra and the region has been growing from strength to strength ever since. Shaw Vineyard Estate is a relative new-comer having been established in 1998 but they have quickly become a hot topic in this cool climate […]
QUALITY AND VALUE PROVE A SHAW THING
Wc23May11 David Ellis CANBERRA’S Shaw Vineyard Estate’s Winemakers Selection may be its cheapest label at just $16 a bottle, but it certainly comes up trumps when it comes to value for money. The just-released 2008 Winemakers Selection Cabernet Merlot is particularly interesting because Graeme Shaw excels when it comes to Cabernet – in fact he […]
GREAT RED FROM “ONCE IN A DECADE” VINTAGE
IDEAL with roast lamband fresh home-mademint sauce. Wc25Apr11 David Ellis EVANS & Tate’s Redbrook label wines are made only when vintages are at their best, and their 2008 Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon is a wine from one of those best-vintages – as winemaker, Matt Byrne says “one that was a once in a decade.” Good […]
TIM ADAMS CARRIES ON LEGACY OF “MR MICK”
FOR something differenttry this with oxtail beef raguand gnocchi. Wc18Apr11 David Ellis BACK in the early 1970s Leasingham in the Clare Valley produced a Cabernet Malbec blend under a Bin 65 label, a wine that was recognised at the time as one of Australia’s greatest reds. It was the creation of the late and extraordinarily […]
MOSCATO’s OUR NEW ITALIAN LOVE-CONNECTION
LOVING it: Italian-origin Moscato idealwith chocolate desserts or cheesecake. Wc21Feb11 David Ellis AUSSIE wine drinkers are developing a passionate new love-affair with Italian-origin Moscato. And it could be for any number of reasons: our growing ethnic community bringing with it their own personal wine-loves, Australians themselves looking beyond the norm to wines best-suited to our […]
GOOD REASON TO GIVE THE NED THE NOD
Wc31Jan11 CLASSIC with seafoods or crostinistopped with herbs and goat’s cheese. David Ellis WITH Australia’s liquor outlets seemingly awash with low-priced New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc – and some chains selling “cleanskins” from as little as $3 or $4 a bottle – you’d be tempted to wonder why you’d even consider paying close to $20 for […]
2009 Rymill Coonawarra Yearling Cabernet Sauvignon – A young thoroughbred
Media Release A Yearling is a one-year-old horse so what better name for a range of one-year-old wines from Rymill Coonawarra? 2009 Rymill Coonawarra The YearlingCabernet Sauvignon RRP $15 Coonawarra has long been associated with horses as its terra rossa limestone soil, with its high calcium content, raised horses with sought-after strong bones and powerful […]
