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PETER’S PASSION FOR THE AUSSIE PRODUCT
Wc16Sep13 David Ellis PETER Logan is a passionate Aussie, and the more-so when it comes to the product of our own home-grown wineries, because as he says, “with some of the most interesting, excellent value, and even quirkiest wines around, why go looking abroad for something to stand out from the crowd?” His own Logan […]
Two weeks till Taste Orange comes to town
The countdown has begun until Taste Orange is set to paint the town orange with their highly anticipated 2013 event Taste Orange @ Sydney. Sydneysiders are gearing up with only two weeks to go till the iconic Orange and District region brings their country hospitality and finest wares to Martin Place on Wednesday 21st August […]
TAMING OUR BIG AND JAMMY DURIFS
Wc05Aug13 REFINED from days “when you neededa knife and fork to drink it.” David Ellis BACK in the 1980s Colin and Malcolm Campbell of Campbells Rutherglen Wines decided to move their Durif away from the big, jammy, full-bodied and loads of tannin of Australian Durifs, and to give them a more refined structure and balance. […]
2012 VINTAGE PROVES LUCKY NUMBER 13
PERFECT this time of year with braisedlamb shanks and potato mash. Wc01Jul13 David Ellis 2012 proved Lucky Number 13 for Cumulus Estate Wines in the Orange region of Central Western NSW, with its Rolling label seeing its first-ever red using grenache and mourvedre fruit from vineyards planted back in 1999. Until then the two varieties […]
CAVE-IN TO THIS BLACK BOTTLE BUBBLY
Wc25Mar13 “BLACK Bottle Bubbly” that’s now theworld’s biggest-selling sparkling wine. David Ellis WHILE for many Australians Easter’s a 4-day holiday, chocolate eggs and bangers on the barbie, in Spain it’s a much more serious religious occasion celebrated with countrywide processions in which massive wooden crosses are borne tortuously through the streets, and huge floats depicting […]
A LIGHT MOSCATO FOR YOUR JUST DESSERTS
Wc12Nov12 SWEET-tooths unite around this one– with fresh avocados and chocolate. David Ellis FOR anyone with a sweet-tooth and a penchant for fresh-picked avocados, now’s the time to indulge your passions – and the more so with a sweet, low-alcohol 2012 Deakin Estate Moscato that’s wonderful buying at just $10. Made from Muscat Gordo Blanco […]
A LIGHT MOSCATO FOR YOUR JUST DESSERTS
Wc12Nov12 SWEET-tooths unite around this one– with fresh avocados and chocolate. David Ellis FOR anyone with a sweet-tooth and a penchant for fresh-picked avocados, now’s the time to indulge your passions – and the more so with a sweet, low-alcohol 2012 Deakin Estate Moscato that’s wonderful buying at just $10. Made from Muscat Gordo Blanco […]
PUSSYCAT’S PURR-FECT PITCH – OWL’SZAT?
PURR-fect with Italian tomato-based pasta sauce dishes. Wc27Aug12 David Ellis LIQUOR store group, Local Liquor have done themselves proud with a 2011 New Zealand Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc they’ve had made exclusively for their own stores and bottled under their own whimsical The Owl & The Pussycat label. The group asked contract winemakers Cheviot Bridge to […]
PUSSYCAT’S PURR-FECT PITCH – OWL’SZAT?
PURR-fect with Italian tomato-based pasta sauce dishes. Wc27Aug12 David Ellis LIQUOR store group, Local Liquor have done themselves proud with a 2011 New Zealand Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc they’ve had made exclusively for their own stores and bottled under their own whimsical The Owl & The Pussycat label. The group asked contract winemakers Cheviot Bridge to […]
APPLE TREE FLAT IS VALUE FOR MONEY
ONE reason why customers come back timeand again for the wines of Apple Tree Flat Wc07May12 David Ellis IN the decade-plus since he released his first Apple Tree Flat wines from the 2001 vintage, Peter Logan has striven to improve upon each vintage while at the same time also maintaining a philosophy of value for […]
