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WELL-MATCHING VARIETY TO REGION
Wc30Jun08 YOUR FREE WEEKLY WINE COLUMN for week beginning June 30 2008 wine with david ellis SOUTH Australia’s Kirrihill Wines has long trumpeted the ideal of matching only the most suitable varieties to the best regions in which they grow, and its new Single Vineyard Series from the Clare Valley testifies to the wisdom of […]
TINTILLA’S “SUPER TUSCAN” HUNTER RED
Wc23June08 YOUR FREE WEEKLY WINE COLUMN for week beginning June 23 2008 david ellis ANYONE with a love of Italian food shouldn’t look past TintillaEstate’s 2006 Catherine d’M Sangiovese Merlot, a “super Tuscan” fromfather and son winemaking team Robert and James Lusby who were thefirst to plant Sangiovese in the Hunter Valley thirteen years ago. […]
LIGHT MY FIRE: A TASSIE TURN-ON
Wc16Jun08 YOUR FREE WEEKLY WINE COLUMN for 16 June 2008 david ellis TASMANIA’s Bay of Fires has been producing wonderful cool climate Pinot Noirs for the past seven years, and their 2007 that’s just been released is possibly their best yet. Some unusual weather conditions contributed to this: late frosts in October knocked the vines […]
WHITE AGE REALLY IS IMPORTANT
Wc05May08 YOUR WEEKLY WINE COLUMN for week beginning 5 May 2008 wine with david ellis WHAT do you do when you’ve a great winemaking team with all the skills to go that one step forward, you’ve access to the very best of fruit, but you don’t have a label that you think a resultant wine […]
PENFOLDS’ BINS BREAK NEW GROUND
Wc31Mar08 YOUR WEEKLY WINE COLUMN for 31 March 2008 wine with david ellis PENFOLDS’ BINS BREAK NEW GROUND THE annual release of Penfolds’ Bin range is always much anticipatedby aficionados, and this year’s Bins that have just hit the shelvesare sure to have the faithful lining up for their favourite numbersfor investment purposes or special-occasion […]
A GRAND WINE FOR SEAFOOD LOVERS
Wc3Mar08 YOUR WEEKLY WINE COLUMN for week beginning 3 March 08 wine with david ellis TIM Adams has done it again with his 2007 Clare Valley Riesling, crafting once more a wine that to our palate is a seafood-lover’s delight. Tim used only the very best 500 litres per tonne of grapes from a near-dozen […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: Rosemount Show Reserve 2006 Chardonnay
ONE FOR LUNCH: The 2006 vintage in the Hunter Valley got off to a good enough start with cool and dry conditions, but a burst of heat in December and January reduced crop sizes… which in fact resulted in high quality fruit for makers like Rosemount, whose Show Reserve 2006 Chardonnay is loaded with stonefruit […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: Brands of Coonawarra Chardonnay
ONE FOR LUNCH: Brand’s of Coonawarra winemaker, Peter Weinberg likes to describe his annual Chardonnay offerings as “the winemaker’s white wine,” and his just-released 2005 showcases his enthusiasm for making this variety. This one’s got lovely rockmelon and peach characters on the palate with a hint of creamy butterscotch; being a cool-climate Chardonnay it’s a […]
BUBBLY OFFERING FOR BASTILLE DAY
WE’RE assured there’re 45-million bubbles in every bottle of Champagne, but we’re unsure if they were ever counted, or if it’s just an educated guess. So we’re accepting the word of our French winemaking mates, and on the 14th of this month be amongst those world-wide who’ll enjoy a few million of those bubbles – […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: 2006 Fifth Leg Chardonnay
One For Lunch: Another West Australian, quirky-named Fifth Leg that’s grown to No. 3 best-selling WA brand in the $14 – $19 price range in just 10 years, has now released its first-ever single-varietal wine – all its previous reds, whites and rosés have been blends. Winemaker Stuart Pym was inspired to come up with […]
