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PIONEERING WINE VENTURE INSPIRED BY DROUGHT
Wc22Aug11 PERFECT match withprime rib and roast vegies. David Ellis WORLD War II Air Force rear-gunner, later wheat farmer and wool-grower, Peter Robertson was all of these things before turning his hand to wine-grape growing and planting the very first vines in NSW’s Hilltops Region. That was after a disastrous drought in 1969, and Peter […]
PURE PLEASURE: FIRST CREEK’S ORGANIC WINES
NICE one with pan-fried veal chopstopped with winter vegies. Wc25Jul11 David Ellis THE Hunter Valley’s First Creek has come up with a couple of interesting wines for those into an organic-food lifestyle: a 2010 Organic Bianco Puro (Pure White) and a 2010 Organic Rosso Puro (Pure Red.) And while production was around 4000 cases you […]
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 […]
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: AN ‘AUSSIE BORDEAUX RED’
IDEAL at the table from entreesthrough to decadent desserts. Wc11Jul11 David Ellis IT’S best-known throughout Europe and the UK simply as “Bordeaux Red,” a blend of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc that’s sold by the millions of bottles annually because of its affinity with a huge diversity of dining ideas from the more-casual starters […]
Reserve a space for Tintilla Estate
After a month of food, wine and festivities, the Hunter Valley Wine and Food Month has come to an end and one new release which received much attention was Tintilla Estate’s iconic Hunter Valley shiraz, the… Tintilla Estate Reserve Shiraz 2007 (rrp $30) As is well known, the 2007 vintage was one of the best […]
DAD’S VINE CUTTINGS HEAVEN-SENT FOR JULIE…
DIVINE: extraordinary resultfrom a heatwave vintage– try this with lamb shanks baked inthyme or a winter’s rabbit stew. Wc27Jun11 David Ellis BOUTIQUE Clare Valley maker Julie Barry has come up with a stunner of a 2008 Shiraz under her quirkily-named Good Catholic Girl label, a wine that could possibly have had some Divine intervention as […]
MAKER FINDS HER DOMAINE IN YARRA VALLEY
Wc20Jun11 COOL: careful blending has made thisone a great match with seafoods. David Ellis LILIAN Carter wasted no time in making her presence known as Stills Winemaker when she joined Victoria’s Domaine Chandon at the beginning of 2010 after a six-year stint working in South Australia. Her 2010 Domaine Chandon Chardonnay that’s just been released […]
HOT, DRY, DROUGHT – PERFECT !
FLAVOUR-packed to enjoy withsweet and spicy beef short ribs. Wc13Jun11 David Ellis WHEN you get hot, dry drought conditions in the Hunter Valley, you can bet you are going to get low-yielding, wonderfully-flavoursome fruit from the Shiraz vines there at simply thrive under these harsh circumstances. And such was the 2007 vintage, giving Tintilla Estate’s […]
Happy 40th Birthday to the Canberra District Wine Region!
It was back in 1971 that the first of now more than 35 commercial wineries was established near Canberra and the region has been growing from strength to strength ever since. Shaw Vineyard Estate is a relative new-comer having been established in 1998 but they have quickly become a hot topic in this cool climate […]
EVERY GOOD RIESLING TO ENJOY THIS ONE
Wc30May11 David Ellis DON’T give up on Riesling, its great withspicy Asian and Mexican dishesor with Beurre blanc Morton Bay Bugs. RIESLING has dropped off the twig as a wine of preference for many these days, which truly is a shame because it can be a delightful choice with dishes ranging from spicy Asian and […]
