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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 […]
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: AN ‘AUSSIE BORDEAUX RED’
IDEAL at the table from entreesthrough to decadent desserts. Wc11Jul11 David Ellis IT’S best-known throughout Europe and the UK simply as “Bordeaux Red,” a blend of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc that’s sold by the millions of bottles annually because of its affinity with a huge diversity of dining ideas from the more-casual starters […]
AN ENTICEMENT BACK TO THE CHARDONNAY FOLD
NICE match with roast porkor pan-fried Atlantic salmon. Wc11Apr11 David Ellis LAPSED devotees of Chardonnay looking for an enticement back to the fold, should look to Katnook’s just-released 2009 Founder’s Block as good reason to once more take up a glass of what was once Australia’s favourite varietal. Because this is a Coonawarra wine that […]
16-MILLION BOTTLES IS A LOT OF BUBBLES
Wc07Feb11 David Ellis A FIZZ bang for your buck:Germany’s Henkell Trocken claims titleto being Europe’s “favourite sparkling wine.” GERMANY’s most famous sparkling wine, Henkell Trocken Sekt goes back 155-years to 1856 when Adam Henkell began making a bubbly little drop that whilst popular, took three generations of the family to really hit its straps. And […]
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 […]
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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 […]
PUTTING YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS
Wc08Nov10 David Ellis MUST for the long-term investor– or a prize wine cellar. A MUST for the long-term investor, or those putting together a prize cellar for their own future enjoyment, is Katnook Estate’s limited release 2006 Prodigy Shiraz. First made in 1997, with that release going on to win the Jimmy Watson Trophy the […]
WONDERFUL WHITES FROM SLOW-RIPENING VINTAGE
Wc01Nov10 David Ellis PROLONGED periods of warm weather in Western Australia’s Margaret River in 2009, punctuated by short, cool and dry spells, gave growers and winemakers wonderfully slow-ripened fruit with great concentrations of flavour and natural grape acidity for their 2009 labels. Evans & Tate have now-released three beautifully flavoured white wines from this vintage, […]
PETER’S PITCH FOR HISTORY – ’OWZAT?
Wc25Oct10 David Ellis WHEN lack of funds forced the sale of Coonawarra’s historic old Penola Cricket Ground in 1996 just four years short of its 50th anniversary, Jim Barry Wines’ Peter Barry bought the 12ha property to plant to Cabernet Sauvignon grapes. But he kept both the original pavilion and the pitch as important pieces […]
