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PRIMO’S LA BIONDINA A FUN LITTLE BLONDE
Wc29Jun09 A ZINGY white to enjoy year-round with fish and seafoods is Primo Estate’s La Biondina, a 100 per cent fun-blonde Colombard from South Australia’s Adelaide Plains. First created by Joe and Dina Grilli a near-ten decades ago, this zesty drop was blended for several more-recent vintages with Sauvignon Blanc, but for the 2009 makers […]
TINTILLA’S “SUPER TUSCAN” HUNTER RED
Wc23June08 YOUR FREE WEEKLY WINE COLUMN for week beginning June 23 2008 david ellis ANYONE with a love of Italian food shouldn’t look past TintillaEstate’s 2006 Catherine d’M Sangiovese Merlot, a “super Tuscan” fromfather and son winemaking team Robert and James Lusby who were thefirst to plant Sangiovese in the Hunter Valley thirteen years ago. […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: Rosemount Show Reserve 2006 Chardonnay
ONE FOR LUNCH: The 2006 vintage in the Hunter Valley got off to a good enough start with cool and dry conditions, but a burst of heat in December and January reduced crop sizes… which in fact resulted in high quality fruit for makers like Rosemount, whose Show Reserve 2006 Chardonnay is loaded with stonefruit […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: McWilliam’s Mount Pleasant Philip Shiraz
ONE FOR LUNCH: IT’S over forty years since wine buffs experienced their first encounter with McWilliam’s Mount Pleasant Philip Shiraz, and in all those years they’ve certainly lost none of their enthusiasm for this great wine. Sourced from several Hunter Valley vineyards, it rewards with wonderfully sweet and soft red current fruit flavours, and classic […]
HUNTER’S LITTLE TASTE OF ITALY
THE Hunter Valley’s Little Wine Company has released a wonderfully drinkable Sangiovese under its 2005 Olivine label… a flavoursome yet light and food-friendly “Little Taste of Italy” made from the same red grape variety as the classic Chiantis of Italy’s Tuscany region. Suzanne Little who oversees red wine production at the family winery says Sangiovese […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: See Saw 2007 Semillon Sauvignon Blanc
ONE FOR LUNCH: SEE-SAW has done something unusual with its 2007 Semillon Sauvignon Blanc: the Semillon component comes from the Hunter Valley and the Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough in New Zealand – individually iconic regions for these two varieties. The resultant wine made by Andrew Margan and Hamish MacGowan is one of those wonderfully food-friendly […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: See Saw 2007 Semillon Sauvignon Blanc
ONE FOR LUNCH: SEE-SAW has done something unusual with its 2007 Semillon Sauvignon Blanc: the Semillon component comes from the Hunter Valley and the Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough in New Zealand – individually iconic regions for these two varieties. The resultant wine made by Andrew Margan and Hamish MacGowan is one of those wonderfully food-friendly […]
