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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 […]
RAINS NO DAMPENER FOR HUNTER’S MARGAN
Wc27Sep10 GO exotic with this and a sautéof white beans, Spanish morcilla,scallops and picada David Ellis ASK most winemakers in the Hunter Valley about the 2008 vintage and they’d more than likely tell you it was one they’d happily forget about – except Andrew Margan who got the fruit for his White Label Shiraz Mourvedre […]
HUNTER ALMOST HOMES IN ON THE GRANGE
Wc13Sep10 David Ellis POINT scoring with Grange:here’s a worthy investment IF you move quickly, you’ve still a chance to grab a bottle of a Shiraz that when reviewed in this year’s The Big Red Wine Book scored just one point below the most famous Shiraz of them all, Grange. Wine critic Campbell Mattinson and wine […]
OLD SALT’S LATTER-DAY VINTAGE REWARDS
Wc06Sep10 GRAND drop from century-old vinesfor that very special occasion. David Ellis WHEN British sea captain, Henry Stentiford decided to call it a day way back in 1893, he didn’t settle in his homeland, but instead chose the colony of South Australia which he’d taken a fancy to during his days at the helm. And […]
O’SHEA STELLAR SHIRAZ A STAR ACT
SPECIAL occasion wine to sharewith a classic prime rib Wc16Aug10 David Ellis A STELLAR vintage in the Hunter Valley in 2007 has resulted in a stellar wine for McWilliam’s with one of their flagship reds, the Mount Pleasant Maurice O’Shea Shiraz from that outstanding year. First created in 1987 in honour of the legendary Mount […]
RED THAT BALANCES WINTER COMFORT FOODS
Wc9Aug10 David Ellis SAVE on the kilojouleswith this lower alcohol Shiraz OUR cooler months usually see a jump in sales of red wines as we go for heavier “comfort foods,” and whether we like it or not it’s usually at the cost of some extra kilojoules both from the food and the wine. McWilliam’s have […]
WINE GUIDE A MUST FOR BAR OR CELLAR
HELPING hand for all with aninterest in juice of the grape Wc2Aug10 David Ellis NO buff worthy of their wine glass should be looking to the coming twelve to eighteen months without a copy behind the bar or in the cellar of Matt Skinner’s informative and entertaining Wine Guide 2011. A writer for some of […]
WINNING SHIRAZ FROM OUTSIDE THE SQUARE
Wc31May10 david ellisMANY of us tend to categorise Australia’s regions and wine varieties without too much thought to the possibilities of those regions throwing up a few surprises with varietals out of the norm. And a surprise out of the norm is exactly what Evans & Tate have achieved with their Redbrook Shiraz 2007: this […]
MUSING ON PENFOLDS’ “HEAVENLY INDULGENCES”
Wc10May10 david ellisA NEIGHBOUR with a penchant for only the best when it comes to his cellar, was musing the other day that should he suddenly win $10,000 in the lottery (or even less likely on the gee-gees,) he’d go out and buy for six of his closest mates a bottle each of Penfolds’ just-released […]
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 […]
