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BILL CONFOUNDS THE CYNICS – AGAIN
WHEN Westend Estate’s Bill Calabria let it be known he was planting Sauvignon Blanc, mates reminded him he lived in the broiling NSW Riverina, not in cooler “cardigan country” regions where the variety flourishes. But Bill proved such skeptics wrong, and for the past eight vintages has been making an exceptional Sauvignon Blanc he sells […]
RARE – SAUVIGNON BLANC TO CELLAR
SAUVIGNON Blanc is generally considered one of those buy-now, drink-now wines for everyday enjoyment, but over the past half-decade or so Wayne Stehbens at Katnook Estate has been creating a different Sauvignon Blanc from Coonawarra – one to cellar and enjoy down the track. He’s just done it again with his 2006, a stand-out wine […]
RARE – SAUVIGNON BLANC TO CELLAR
SAUVIGNON Blanc is generally considered one of those buy-now, drink-now wines for everyday enjoyment, but over the past half-decade or so Wayne Stehbens at Katnook Estate has been creating a different Sauvignon Blanc from Coonawarra – one to cellar and enjoy down the track. He’s just done it again with his 2006, a stand-out wine […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: Chalkers Crossing 2006 Sauvignon Blanc
WINEMAKER Celine Rousseau at Chalkers Crossing in the Hilltops Region of NSW has spun her magic again with the label’s 2006 Sauvignon Blanc. This smooth-textured wine from fruit from the cool-climate Tumbarumba area has intense citrus and tropical fruit flavours, and reflects very much the European way of making Sauvignon Blanc; restaurateurs who were amongst […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: Chalkers Crossing 2006 Sauvignon Blanc
WINEMAKER Celine Rousseau at Chalkers Crossing in the Hilltops Region of NSW has spun her magic again with the label’s 2006 Sauvignon Blanc. This smooth-textured wine from fruit from the cool-climate Tumbarumba area has intense citrus and tropical fruit flavours, and reflects very much the European way of making Sauvignon Blanc; restaurateurs who were amongst […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: McWilliams 2006 Lillydale Sauvignon Blanc
ONE FOR LUNCH: Cool climate Sauvignon Blanc styles are making big inroads amongst those who enjoy youthful buy-and-drink whites whose upfront fruit flavours to go so well with a variety of al fresco meal ideas. McWilliams’ just-released 2006 Lillydale Sauvignon Blanc, a blend from three of the company’s Yarra Valley vineyards, has loads of kiwi […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: McWilliams 2006 Lillydale Sauvignon Blanc
ONE FOR LUNCH: Cool climate Sauvignon Blanc styles are making big inroads amongst those who enjoy youthful buy-and-drink whites whose upfront fruit flavours to go so well with a variety of al fresco meal ideas. McWilliams’ just-released 2006 Lillydale Sauvignon Blanc, a blend from three of the company’s Yarra Valley vineyards, has loads of kiwi […]
