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PETER’S PERFECT ANSWER TO A DRY ARGUMENT
WINNING fans amongst thosewho don’t like their Riesling too sweet. Wc18Jun12 David Ellis THE Clare Valley’s Jim Barry Wines has just released a 2012 Watervale Riesling that it’s made not for the masses, but for an admittedly small percentage of buffs who like their Riesling well below normal sweetness levels. “We’ve made this one crisp […]
REWARDS OF A 2008 INSTANT DECISION
A CLARE Valley specialty, Cabernet Malbecto enjoy with osso bucco Wc23Apr12 David Ellis TIM Adams isn’t a bloke who normally makes spur-of-the-moment decisions, but he did just that in 2008 and now he – and his many fans – are enjoying the rewards with an exceptional just-released 2008 Reserve Cabernet Malbec. Tim says he was […]
REWARDS OF A 2008 INSTANT DECISION
A CLARE Valley specialty, Cabernet Malbecto enjoy with osso bucco Wc23Apr12 David Ellis TIM Adams isn’t a bloke who normally makes spur-of-the-moment decisions, but he did just that in 2008 and now he – and his many fans – are enjoying the rewards with an exceptional just-released 2008 Reserve Cabernet Malbec. Tim says he was […]
RIPPER BLEND THAT HARKS BACK TO THE ’70s
LIKE father like son: a crackajack Jim BarryPb Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon made by son Peter. Wc23Jan12 David Ellis THE late Jim Barry often delighted in telling of his “scientific approach” to creating his first Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon blends in the 1970s – he’d make up a few with varying proportions of each wine, leave them […]
RIPPER BLEND THAT HARKS BACK TO THE ’70s
LIKE father like son: a crackajack Jim BarryPb Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon made by son Peter. Wc23Jan12 David Ellis THE late Jim Barry often delighted in telling of his “scientific approach” to creating his first Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon blends in the 1970s – he’d make up a few with varying proportions of each wine, leave them […]
UNUSUAL CHRISTMAS STORIES FROM THE HEART
Wc19Dec11 FLASHING idea from NSW’s Southern Highlands’Diamond Creek Estate with Christmas seafood. David Ellis THIS is the story of how three colleagues will celebrate Christmas this year, and some quite different wines they’ll be doing it with. The first is a group of around a dozen couples who through Mother Nature’s misfortune, have never experienced […]
UNUSUAL CHRISTMAS STORIES FROM THE HEART
Wc19Dec11 FLASHING idea from NSW’s Southern Highlands’Diamond Creek Estate with Christmas seafood. David Ellis THIS is the story of how three colleagues will celebrate Christmas this year, and some quite different wines they’ll be doing it with. The first is a group of around a dozen couples who through Mother Nature’s misfortune, have never experienced […]
Cabernet in the Cabinet for Koonowla
(from left) President Clare Valley Winemakers Association, Governor of South Australia Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce (middle) and accepting the trophy, Andrew Michael from Koonowla Wines It was a Cabernet from Clare which took out the Trophy for Best Dry Red at the Clare Valley Wine Show last Friday 28th October. The team at Koonowla couldn’t […]
Cabernet in the Cabinet for Koonowla
(from left) President Clare Valley Winemakers Association, Governor of South Australia Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce (middle) and accepting the trophy, Andrew Michael from Koonowla Wines It was a Cabernet from Clare which took out the Trophy for Best Dry Red at the Clare Valley Wine Show last Friday 28th October. The team at Koonowla couldn’t […]
GREAT POSITIVES FROM WEATHER’S ADVERSITIES
NICE drop to take along toyour favourite Chinese BYO. Wc07Nov11 David Ellis WHILE few had anything positive to say about the 2011 harvest in the Clare Valley – and most of the rest of a very sodden South-Eastern Australia for that matter – Koonowla winemaker Andrew Michael says it was one of those times when […]
