Wc31Mar08 YOUR WEEKLY WINE COLUMN for 31 March 2008 wine with david ellis PENFOLDS’ BINS BREAK NEW GROUND THE annual release of Penfolds’ Bin range is always much anticipatedby aficionados, and this year’s Bins that have just hit the shelvesare sure to have the faithful lining up for their favourite numbersfor investment purposes or special-occasion […]
ONE FOR LUNCH: McWilliam’s 2006 Lillydale Estate Pinot Noir must qualify as the closest you’ll get to a virtually “hand made” wine – beginning from the hand-picking of the fruit in its Yarra Valley vineyard, through to careful de-stemming, and 5-days pigeage (foot treading in vats in the winery.) This largely Old World treatment has […]