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SAUVIGNON BLANC VET BUCKS ALL TRENDS
Wc22Mar10 david ellis WHEN Wayne Stehbens says his 2009 Katnook Estate Sauvignon Blanc is “his best yet,” he does so with somewhat of authority: he’s been making the variety since 1981, decades before many other Australian winemakers wrapped up in their Chardonnays had given it even the remotest thought. “2009 was an extraordinary year for […]
FOR TIM ADAMS IT’S NOW MISSION CONTROL
Wc01Mar10 david ellisEVER since founding their Tim Adams Wines in 1986, Tim and wife Pam Goldsack have relied on some of the Clare Valley’s best grape-growers for fruit for their renowned Tim Adams’ Rieslings. But they’re just broken from the mould, releasing a 2009 Riesling and a 2008 Reserve Riesling made, for the first time, […]
BOTTLING OUR BEST WITH SCREWCAPS
Wc14Sep09 david ellis IT doesn’t seem that long ago that Australian winemakers started putting the majority of their wines under screwcaps in place of cork, as they sought to eradicate cork taint and preserve wine freshness in the bottle. But while the year 2000 is generally considered the “beginning” of the trend, experiments in fact […]
LIGHT MY FIRE: A TASSIE TURN-ON
Wc16Jun08 YOUR FREE WEEKLY WINE COLUMN for 16 June 2008 david ellis TASMANIA’s Bay of Fires has been producing wonderful cool climate Pinot Noirs for the past seven years, and their 2007 that’s just been released is possibly their best yet. Some unusual weather conditions contributed to this: late frosts in October knocked the vines […]
A GRAND WINE FOR SEAFOOD LOVERS
Wc3Mar08 YOUR WEEKLY WINE COLUMN for week beginning 3 March 08 wine with david ellis TIM Adams has done it again with his 2007 Clare Valley Riesling, crafting once more a wine that to our palate is a seafood-lover’s delight. Tim used only the very best 500 litres per tonne of grapes from a near-dozen […]
PENNA LANE’s ROAD TO SUCCESS
AN Adelaide landscaper facing a crossroads of life, and an English salesman tired of hammering the motorways of the UK, seem an unlikely duo to create a new wine label in South Australia’s Clare Valley. And even more so when they don’t even own a winery. But between them and their wives, Ray Klavins and […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: 2005 Tulloch Moor Shiraz
ONE FOR LUNCH: CLARE Valley winemaker, Kirrihill has decided on a change in making- and marketing-direction: rather than drawing on fruit from a range of South Australian regions, in future it will concentrate on single vineyard wines solely from the cool-climate Clare and the Adelaide Hills. Former UK wine marketer, Matt McCulloch has been brought […]
RINGMASTER: A CRACKING GOOD DROP
WHEN Andrew Michael, owner of the Clare Valley’s Koonowla Wines wanted to come up with an eye-catching name for a high-quality second tier wine, he didn’t bother with concept companies to come up with an answer. Rather, he and his small staff and a few vignerons, winemakers, marketers and other mates in the industry simply […]
