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RINGMASTER: A CRACKING GOOD DROP
WHEN Andrew Michael, owner of the Clare Valley’s Koonowla Wines wanted to come up with an eye-catching name for a high-quality second tier wine, he didn’t bother with concept companies to come up with an answer. Rather, he and his small staff and a few vignerons, winemakers, marketers and other mates in the industry simply […]
Keeping the Legend Alive
It made its debut only in 1994, yet in it’s short lifetime it’s become as legendary as the winemaker it’s named after, garnering 22 two Show Trophies, 67 Gold Medals and countless Silvers and Bronze from only seven vintages, and has already become a benchmark of Australian wine investment. We’re talking about Houghton’s Jack Mann […]
Keeping the Legend Alive
It made its debut only in 1994, yet in it’s short lifetime it’s become as legendary as the winemaker it’s named after, garnering 22 two Show Trophies, 67 Gold Medals and countless Silvers and Bronze from only seven vintages, and has already become a benchmark of Australian wine investment. We’re talking about Houghton’s Jack Mann […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: Angus the Bull Cabernet Sauvignon 2005
ONE FOR LUNCH: Hamish MacGowan struck gold when he brought together fruit from over a half-dozen vineyards in Victoria and South Australia to create a wine for one reason: to enjoy with red meat, and which he aptly labelled Angus the Bull. His new-release 2005 (92 per cent Cabernet Sauvignon and the remainder Cabernet Franc, […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: Angus the Bull Cabernet Sauvignon 2005
ONE FOR LUNCH: Hamish MacGowan struck gold when he brought together fruit from over a half-dozen vineyards in Victoria and South Australia to create a wine for one reason: to enjoy with red meat, and which he aptly labelled Angus the Bull. His new-release 2005 (92 per cent Cabernet Sauvignon and the remainder Cabernet Franc, […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: Angel’s Peak Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon
ONE FOR LUNCH: When Henry and Alice Reschke migrated to Coonawarra in 1906 and started a cattle stud, they also planted a small vineyard. Over the years their families put growing focus on the vines, and in 1991 started a nice tradition of making 30 cases of wine every vintage to give family and friends. […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: Angel’s Peak Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon
ONE FOR LUNCH: When Henry and Alice Reschke migrated to Coonawarra in 1906 and started a cattle stud, they also planted a small vineyard. Over the years their families put growing focus on the vines, and in 1991 started a nice tradition of making 30 cases of wine every vintage to give family and friends. […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: Brand’s of Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon
ONE FOR LUNCH: Winemaker Peter Weinberg at Brand’s of Coonawarra confesses that working with the region’s Cabernet is one of his greatest pleasures, so add this to a classic 2003 vintage and you’ve got a classic wine. This one’s loaded with wonderful ripe and robust red fruit flavours, regional characters of cassis and blackcurrant, typically […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: Brand’s of Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon
ONE FOR LUNCH: Winemaker Peter Weinberg at Brand’s of Coonawarra confesses that working with the region’s Cabernet is one of his greatest pleasures, so add this to a classic 2003 vintage and you’ve got a classic wine. This one’s loaded with wonderful ripe and robust red fruit flavours, regional characters of cassis and blackcurrant, typically […]
SHAW THING OUT OF ORANGE
ICONIC Philip Shaw has released an interesting new blend of merlot, cabernet franc and cabernet sauvignon under his own name, bringing to a half-dozen the range of wines he’s now produced from the Koomooloo Vineyard he established at Orange in the NSW Central West in 1988. The Philip Shaw No 17 from the 2005 vintage […]
