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HONOURING A LEGEND
WAY back in 1880 Ferdinand de Lesseps started his ill-fated attempt on the Panama Canal, Wabash Indiana became America’s first city to be lit solely by electricity, Canada allowed women to practice medicine for the first time, and Ned Kelly was hanged in Melbourne. The same year the King family planted the Old Hill Vineyard […]
ICONIC SHIRAZ FROM CHARDY COUNTRY
SOUTH-Eastern NSW’s Bidgeebong Wines can justifiably lay claim to coming up with one of our more distinct drops of Shiraz, both because of the district in which it’s located and the methods used in the vineyard it gets its fruit from. Located on the outskirts of Wagga Wagga, its grapes come from the so-called Bidgeebong […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: De Bortoli’s Wild Vine Shiraz
ONE FOR LUNCH: IF you’ve a big winter’s-time BBQ on the horizon and you’ll be needing more than a few bottles of red to accompany those sizzling pepper steaks and jacket potatoes, consider De Bortoli’s inexpensive Wild Vine Shiraz. This one’s got everything going for it in the value stakes: plenty of berry fruit, varietal […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: 2004 Watershed Premium Shiraz
ONE FOR LUNCH: WATERSHED Wines in WA’s Margaret River region is just six years young, but is already making its mark with exceptional Shiraz that has some asking if this variety from the maritime-climate region (warm days, cool nights) could ultimately be hailed amongst Australia’s best. The 2004 Watershed Premium Shiraz has sweet cherry and […]
