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$10 MERLOT IS MATE’S RATES ENTERTAINING

$10 MERLOT IS MATE’S RATES ENTERTAINING

Wc14June10 david ellis YOU could be excused for thinking that a Merlot that sells for just $10 a bottle would be the product of some almost factory-like set-up, stored for a few weeks in tanks akin to an oil refinery, and then dumped on bottle-shop shelves just a month or so after the fruit came […]

WINE OF THE WEEK: De Bortoli’s Show Liqueur Muscat

WINE OF THE WEEK: De Bortoli’s Show Liqueur Muscat

ONE FOR LUNCH: IT doesn’t matter much whether you are a traditionalist and like to finish a celebratory meal with desserts of the wonderfully rich, dark Christmas pudd -style, or more modern playthings like horns of chilled dark chocolate filled with whipped soft white chocolate, a great wine that’ll match either is De Bortoli’s Show […]

WINE OF THE WEEK: De Bortoli’s Wild Vine Shiraz

WINE OF THE WEEK: De Bortoli’s Wild Vine Shiraz

ONE FOR LUNCH: IF you’ve a big winter’s-time BBQ on the horizon and you’ll be needing more than a few bottles of red to accompany those sizzling pepper steaks and jacket potatoes, consider De Bortoli’s inexpensive Wild Vine Shiraz. This one’s got everything going for it in the value stakes: plenty of berry fruit, varietal […]