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Forklift Accident Destroys $1M in Premium Wine
Source: ABC A top drop has come to grief when more than $1 million of premium wine fell from a forklift during loading in Adelaide. A McLaren Vale winemaker whose hard work went down the drain in the accident says there was only one undamaged carton out of 462. The cases of Velvet Glove premium […]
Let the bells ring out as Wirra Wirra heads to a city near you
The Wirra Wirra tribe is packing up its wine, printing the tasting notes and departing picturesque McLaren Vale to head on a road trip for its much anticipated Bell Ringer Dinners 2011, which will take in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and for the first time they are heading west to Perth. Bell Ringer Dinners only […]
A big year for Oliver’s Taranga
Media Release Oliver’s Taranga achieves a rare milestone this year – racking up 170 years of grape growing in South Australia’s McLaren Vale. The third oldest known family business in Australia including present day vigneron Don Oliver (fifth generation), winemaker Corrina Wright (sixth generation) and Cellar Door Manager Brioni Oliver (sixth generation) is planning to […]
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WINE GUIDE A MUST FOR BAR OR CELLAR
HELPING hand for all with aninterest in juice of the grape Wc2Aug10 David Ellis NO buff worthy of their wine glass should be looking to the coming twelve to eighteen months without a copy behind the bar or in the cellar of Matt Skinner’s informative and entertaining Wine Guide 2011. A writer for some of […]
BRACKENWOOD VINEYARD TAKES FLIGHT
Boutique South Australian winery, Brackenwood Vineyard, is having some success with its unique Cellar Door in the heart of Willunga, which offers ‘Wine Flights’ as well as traditional wine tastings. The cellar door is one of the few in South Australia to be located in a prominent country high street location and adds to the […]
MOULD-BREAKER TO GET HOOKED ON
Wc26Oct09 david ellis DAVID Hook Wines have built up a nice reputation for single varietal reds and whites since being established in the Lower Hunter Valley by David and his family in the 1980s. But every now and again they break out of the mould with a blend, and one that’s just been released and […]
