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Granite Belt Primavera Festival 2011 – Food, Wine, Culture, Nature
Media Release Lovers of food, wine, culture and nature can indulge in the Granite Belt this spring. The 2011 Primavera Festival program offers 90 days of cultural, nature-based and gastronomic experiences. Meet the winemakers, providores and artisans; and celebrate with more than 55 events, festivities, workshops and master classes from September to November. From seven […]
DEBBIE’S SUCCESS IS ROLLIN’, ROLLIN’, ROLLIN’….
JUST the drop with abrunch of Eggs Benedict. Wc14Feb11 David Ellis WHILE we’ve still hopefully quite a few more weeks of warm weather to enjoy lazy late Sunday morning brunches, a wonderful drop to share these with is Rolling Wines’ 2010 Moscato. The first frizzante-style (small bubbled semi-sparkling) from Rolling’s innovative young winemaker Debbie Lauritz, […]
PETER’S PITCH FOR HISTORY – ’OWZAT?
Wc25Oct10 David Ellis WHEN lack of funds forced the sale of Coonawarra’s historic old Penola Cricket Ground in 1996 just four years short of its 50th anniversary, Jim Barry Wines’ Peter Barry bought the 12ha property to plant to Cabernet Sauvignon grapes. But he kept both the original pavilion and the pitch as important pieces […]
Shadowfax to toast a successful vintage
For Shadowfax’s end of vintage lunch, Mandozzi will prepare a three course ‘roasted’ feast using the wood fire oven and Victoria’s finest produce including Western Plains grain fed rabbit, Glenloth guinea fowl, Werribee cauliflower and Mount Zero bio-dynamic olives and olive oil. The lunch will be complemented by a range of Shadowfax’s latest releases including […]
$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 […]
“MARY DRINKING” WITH HUNTER’S TINTILLA ESTATE
Wc24May10david ellis HOLLER “Mary!” in Hunter Valley winemaker Bob Lusby’s household and you’ll be answered by either his wife, his mother, his aunt or his sister – because they’re all named Mary. Now to add another layer to the cake, Bob’s named one of his Tintilla Estate wines after this foursome, his 2007 Tintilla Estate […]
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 […]
MOUNT EYRE – JUST WHAT THE DOCTORS ORDERED
david ellis ALTHOUGH Doctor Aniello Iannuzzi and Dr Eve Tsironis only ventured into winemaking in the Hunter Valley in 1999, their appreciation for the juice of the grape is rooted back years in two of the Mediterranean’s most passionate winemaking regions. For centuries Aniello’s family tilled vines and made wine in the famed Campania region […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: 2006 Starvedog Lane Pinot Grigio
ONE FOR LUNCH: PINOT Grigio – or as the French call it, Pinot Gris – is gaining increasing favour in Australia, particularly with those who enjoy a splash of white with seafood-enhanced pasta dishes. The 2006 Starvedog Lane Pinot Grigio from the Mediterranean-climate Adelaide Hills is a great example of the variety, with fresh, rich […]
