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GIESEN ORGANIC TRULY REFLECTS TERROIR
Wc09Sep13 David Ellis NEW ZEALAND’S Giesen Wines, who’ve been in the business some thirty years, have just released their first-ever organic wine, and appropriately in the footsteps of their flagship Sauvignon Blanc. Fruit for this quite marvellous drop came off vines planted in 2010 on a vineyard that had been left fallow for two vintages, […]
MARGARET RIVER BLEND REALLY REWARDS
REWARDING blend with pennepasta and a meaty tomato sauce. Wc12Aug13 David Ellis FORESTER Estate in Western Australia’s Margaret River has released a very delightful 2011 Cabernet Merlot that’s 48% Cabernet Sauvignon, 41% Merlot and with a 6% splash of Malbec and slightly lower 5% Petit Verdot. Fruit was sourced from several neighbouring properties in the […]
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 […]
UNCOMMON BLEND THAT’S WORTH THE TRY
Wc03Jun13 SOMETHING a little different that’sgreat with steak and kidney pie. David Ellis THE Clare Valley’s Tim Adams has a problem: he’s tweaked one of his great reds, shown it to liquor retailers and restaurateurs who’ve all said he’s come up with a potential Aussie classic – but that no, they won’t put it on […]
NEIL’S WINE MADE WITH THE GIRLS IN MIND
MADE for the girls – if they cankeep the blokes away from it. Wc29Apr13 David Ellis THE Hunter Valley’s McGuigan Wines has released an interesting Shiraz that’s actually made from fruit from South Australia’s Langhorne Creek – and which has a touch of Viognier in it to give a softer mouth-feel than a straight full-bodied […]
GREAT VINTAGE ’TWEEN DROUGHT AND DELUGE
Wc22Apr13 BIG steak off the barbecuewritten all over this Shiraz… David Ellis HOPEFULS who flocked to Central Victoria’s Bendigo with the 1850s gold rush brought with them not just a hunger for gold, but for the good life they hoped it would bring – and within five years of their arriving, others drawn by reports […]
BILL’S RICHLAND BRINGS RICH REWARDS
COUPLE this one with rosemary scentedlamb or Italian penne arrabiata. Wc08Apr13 David Ellis BILL Calabria and his team at Westend Wines in the NSW Riverina have created a ripper Shiraz in their 2010 Richland label – a wine with forward ripe berry-fruit flavours, smoky oak and nicely recognisable varietal spicy black pepper. Westend’s premium commercial […]
A GLOBAL HIT FROM FORTY VINEYARDS
Wc11Mar13 ENJOY simply with garlicky prawnsand warm crusty baguettes. David Ellis NEW ZEALAND’s Giesen Wines used fruit from no less than forty vineyards to create one of their best-ever Sauvignon Blancs, a wine that’s already hitting the tables of Sauvignon Blanc buffs across the globe from Australia to the UK and China. And while broadly […]
SAUVIGNON BLANC AND AVOCADO – SUMMER HEAVEN
SIMPLY delicious: match this chilled withfresh-sliced avocado, or avocado ice-cream. Wc21Jan13 David Ellis WE’RE not suggesting there’s a new national dish in the offing, but when winemaker Phil Spillman invited us to try his 2012 Deakin Estate Sauvignon Blanc chilled with nothing other than a cold avocado on a very warmish summer’s day – and […]
ZESTY BUBBLY FOR CHRISTMAS PARTYING
Wc03Dec12 START Christmas Daycelebrations with this. David Ellis THE Adelaide Hills’ Wicks Estate has released a couple of great drops in time for Christmas – a 2010 Sparkling Chardonnay Pinot Noir that’ll be ideal with canapés as guests arrive for Christmas day lunch or dinner, and a delightful 2012 Sauvignon Blanc for those opting this […]
