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NEIL’S NEW APPROACH TO AUSSIE SEMILLON
SOMETHING new to enjoy withpan-fried whiting – and just $12.99. Wc18Jul11 David Ellis THE Hunter Valley’s Neil McGuigan is without doubt Australia’s master-craftsman when it comes to Semillon, and he’s now both surprised and delighted his legions of fans by coming up with a virtually total new style that he’s labelled The Semillon Blanc. Because […]
2011 International Sweet Wine of the Year
BRINGING SWEET WINES OUT OF THE SHADOWS There is a growing international demand for sweet wines, with many countries producing an array of high-quality sweet wines, in a range of styles and from many different varietals. Here in Australia demand has also increased, lead in part by the popularity of new Italian-esque Moscatos. So what […]
HUMBLE BEGINNINGS FOR GRAND FRENCH ROSÉ
Wc02May11 LOVELY Rosé with lobsterand a black butter sauce. David Ellis IT’S been described as “one of the best Rosés in the world,” yet its priced at just $28 a bottle and comes from a chateau in France’s Bordeaux region that began life in the 14th century as a humble inn for passing pilgrims. Chateau […]
FESTIVE IDEAS YULE LOVE TO GIVE OR GET
FRENCH connection: a great dropfor a really memorable Christmas Wc22Nov10 David Ellis IF this is the year you’ve reason to treat yourself to some of the best of French Champagne with the Christmas turkey, give serious thought to a bottle of Champagne Taittinger’s 2004 Brut Millésimé. This is a wonderfully flavoursome drop with aromas of […]
WONDERFUL WHITES FROM SLOW-RIPENING VINTAGE
Wc01Nov10 David Ellis PROLONGED periods of warm weather in Western Australia’s Margaret River in 2009, punctuated by short, cool and dry spells, gave growers and winemakers wonderfully slow-ripened fruit with great concentrations of flavour and natural grape acidity for their 2009 labels. Evans & Tate have now-released three beautifully flavoured white wines from this vintage, […]
WHAT CLARE VALLEY SEMILLON’S ALL ABOUT
Wc11Oct10 FISH favourite – or with a simpleroast chicken if you’re not into fish David Ellis TIM Adams Wines have released a ripper 2009 Semillon from their Clare Valley heartland, a wine that’s what Clare Semillon is all about. Somewhat different to Semillons from such major growing areas as NSW’s Hunter Valley, Clare Valley Semillon […]
OWNERS BUCKET THEIR OWN WINES
Wc26Apr10david ellis THE Adelaide Hills’ Longview Vineyard has come a long way since its first vintage when the owner’s realised the only thing they had to store the fruit from that initial crop, was some old red buckets from the property’s earlier dairy farm days. But it proved a good omen and ever since they’ve […]
LABEL FUNKY, THE WINE ANYTHING BUT
Wc05Apr10 david ellis THEIR Wine by Brad name may be funky, the label even funkier, but the wine in the bottle is anything but a funky oddity, with the just-released Wine by Brad Cabernet Merlot 2008 up there with the best. Owner and winemaker Brad Wehr opted out of the big corporate wine scene and […]
A GREAT CANBERRA SEMILLON? SHAW IS
Wc22Feb10 HERE’s just the partner for a late-summer prawnsalad with a home-made mayonnaise dip. david ellis A ONE-TIME sheep station in the now-Canberra wine region is proving that it’s equally at home producing fine wines as it was when it once produced some of Australia’s finest wool. Shaw Estate Vineyard is a 280ha property at […]
FORLORN IMBIBER REJOICES AT SEEING THE LIGHT
Wc18Jan10 david ellis A mate who ended 2009 somewhat forlornly after being told by his doctor to reduce by a third his propensity for a bottle of red or white with dinner every night, has now begun the new year with surprising enthusiasm. Its because he’s found that rather than having to have a couple […]
