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FROM LAUNDRY TUB TO WORLD-WIDE SALES
GREAT buying at $10.95 to enjoywith seafoods or Asian stir fries. Wc31Oct11 David Ellis WHEN one of the NSW Riverina’s early pioneers Francesco Calabria, who’d arrived from Italy in 1927 with wife Elizabeth, decided he needed a glass or three of good home-made red or white to ease the pains of a day on the […]
FROM LAUNDRY TUB TO WORLD-WIDE SALES
GREAT buying at $10.95 to enjoywith seafoods or Asian stir fries. Wc31Oct11 David Ellis WHEN one of the NSW Riverina’s early pioneers Francesco Calabria, who’d arrived from Italy in 1927 with wife Elizabeth, decided he needed a glass or three of good home-made red or white to ease the pains of a day on the […]
New Gen Hunter Valley | Putting the New into NSW Wine Awards
Media Release: Tonight was a big night for the New Generation Hunter Valley winemakers, with the 2011 Citibank NSW Wine of the Year and Trophy for Best Young Chardonnay going to Mistletoe Wines 2009 Reserve Chardonnay ($40), made by Nick “Doggy” Paterson – one of the 6 not-so-usual suspects! Andrew “Thommo” Thomas was not far […]
Winsor’s choice: De Iuliis 2009 Steven Vineyard Shiraz
Winsor Dobbin There is no doubt that Mike de Iuliis is among the brightest young winemaking talents in the Hunter Valley. His 2011 semillon was one of the standouts of a recent Twitter tasting and this is another excellent offering made from the Hunter’s other key grape variety. Inky, with intense black pepper and wild […]
TRUE BLUE – WITH A TWIST OF FRANCE
TASTES good, looks good andimmediately drinkable. Wc19Sep11 David Ellis WINEMAKER Scott Comyns at the Hunter Valley’s Tempus Two has created an interesting 2011 Sauvignon Blanc under the company’s Copper Series label, a wine that’s true-blue Aussie yet has suggestions of French Fumé Blanc about it. And by bottling the wine under an eye-catching copper label, […]
New Generation Hunter Valley | Raising the Bar
New Generation Hunter Valley | Raising the Bar Following the huge success of the New Generation Hunter Valley “Not Your Usual Caravan of Courage”, the boys are ready to hit the road again for another installment of east coast adventures and unexpected events. David “Hooky” Hook, Andrew “Thommo” Thomas, Rhys “Rise Arthur” Eather, Nick “Doggy” […]
GREAT DROP WITH WINTER STEWS OR CASSEROLES
PUT this on the table with winter’sbeef stews or lamb casseroles. Wc01Aug11 David Ellis WINTRY weather calls for hearty beef stews of casseroled lamb chops, and just right to enjoy with either is a good Merlot. One particularly nicely-flavoured and well-priced drop for just such pleasures is Margan Family Winegrowers’ 2009 Merlot from their red […]
PURE PLEASURE: FIRST CREEK’S ORGANIC WINES
NICE one with pan-fried veal chopstopped with winter vegies. Wc25Jul11 David Ellis THE Hunter Valley’s First Creek has come up with a couple of interesting wines for those into an organic-food lifestyle: a 2010 Organic Bianco Puro (Pure White) and a 2010 Organic Rosso Puro (Pure Red.) And while production was around 4000 cases you […]
