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RICH IN HISTORY, BUT NOT FOR THE CELLAR
IDEAL partner with your favouritepastas and creamy sauces. Wc04Apr11 David Ellis ANDREW Margan won’t be the least offended if you don’t even think of the word ‘cellar’ when buying a bottle of his 2010 Margan Hunter Valley Verdelho. Because this is a more-ish wine that once you’ve enjoyed the first bottle you’ll be looking for […]
Wheels, wineglasses, water & websites…
Media release Wheels, wineglasses, water & websites-Just some of the latest from New Generation Hunter Valley- Kicking off on May 5th, six of Australia’s hottest winemakers will be taking their wines to the masses in what will be a whirlwind tour of the east coast of Australia, and if you haven’t already heard – it’s […]
Watch out Australia…"Not Your Usual Caravan of Courage" coming to a town near you!
Media release It is time to get your surfboards waxed, sunscreen packed and wine glasses polished as the New Generation Hunter Valley winemakers are getting ready to embark on an epic two-week, east coast Austalia road trip they’re calling “Not Your Usual Caravan of Courage”. With six top Hunter Valley winemakers, 10 locations, 20 events […]
NSW Wine Festival | Feb 26 to March 31 2011
Media Release 2011 set for Wine & Food Heaven! NSW Wine Festival ~ Feb 26 – March 31, 2011 NSW wines are set to star at the annual NSW Wine Festival launching February 26, 2011. Every year New South Wales toasts its most talented winemakers and award-winning wines with a collection of exciting public tastings […]
LUNA INFLUENCE ON SUMMER BOTTLERS
Wc29Nov10 $12 BEAUTY with Sunday brunchseafood-filled omelette. David Ellis WITH Australians’ growing love-affair with Rosé-style wines, Cumulus Wines at Orange in the NSW Central West have released their 2010 Luna Rosa Rosado that’s a steal at just $12 for summertime enjoyment. And interestingly they brought out Portuguese winemaker Francisco Antunes from a Cumulus stakeholder, The […]
FESTIVE IDEAS YULE LOVE TO GIVE OR GET
FRENCH connection: a great dropfor a really memorable Christmas Wc22Nov10 David Ellis IF this is the year you’ve reason to treat yourself to some of the best of French Champagne with the Christmas turkey, give serious thought to a bottle of Champagne Taittinger’s 2004 Brut Millésimé. This is a wonderfully flavoursome drop with aromas of […]
RAINS NO DAMPENER FOR HUNTER’S MARGAN
Wc27Sep10 GO exotic with this and a sautéof white beans, Spanish morcilla,scallops and picada David Ellis ASK most winemakers in the Hunter Valley about the 2008 vintage and they’d more than likely tell you it was one they’d happily forget about – except Andrew Margan who got the fruit for his White Label Shiraz Mourvedre […]
HUNTER ALMOST HOMES IN ON THE GRANGE
Wc13Sep10 David Ellis POINT scoring with Grange:here’s a worthy investment IF you move quickly, you’ve still a chance to grab a bottle of a Shiraz that when reviewed in this year’s The Big Red Wine Book scored just one point below the most famous Shiraz of them all, Grange. Wine critic Campbell Mattinson and wine […]
O’SHEA STELLAR SHIRAZ A STAR ACT
SPECIAL occasion wine to sharewith a classic prime rib Wc16Aug10 David Ellis A STELLAR vintage in the Hunter Valley in 2007 has resulted in a stellar wine for McWilliam’s with one of their flagship reds, the Mount Pleasant Maurice O’Shea Shiraz from that outstanding year. First created in 1987 in honour of the legendary Mount […]
MARGAN WHITE LABEL – MADE TO IMPRESS
Wc28June10 david ellis BACK in 2003 Hunter Valley maker Margan decided that with an outstanding vintage they’d launch a new White Label range of wines that stood out from the rest, and that being from generally smaller single vineyards such wines would be made only in small batches. And wisely they decided that in years […]
