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STICKY TIMES NOW WINTER’S APPROACHING
LOOK forward to winterpuddings and this one. Wc28Mar11 David Ellis COOLER autumn nights and the thought of approaching winter bring two things to mind: steaming rich puddings, and good dessert wines – “stickies” – to go with them. And a name we associate immediately with the latter is Robert Fiumara and his wonderfully rich and […]
PIROMIT’S A DRIVE-AWAY SUCCESS
THERE was a time, thirty-odd years ago, when the folk of Griffith in the NSW Riverina would take themselves to their Hanwood drive-in theatre, and ’tween catching snatches of whatever was on the screen, quaff the wine hits of the day – things like Ben Ean Moselle, Porphry Pearl and Mateus Rose. Today those classics […]
BEING ADVENTUROUS BEARS FRUIT
ROBERT Fiumara, Chief Winemaker at Lillypilly Estate in the Riverina, is an adventurous soul, his latest effort an usual dessert wine he thinks will appeal to those who like their sweets and puddings, but not of the overly-rich variety. Robert’s stepped away before from the Semillons and Rieslings that are the usual backbones for botrytised […]
