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BOTTLING UP A VINTAGE’S PERSONALITY
Wc26Aug13 David Ellis AUSTRALIAN sparkling maker, Domaine Chandon has launched Chandon Vintage Collection, a series giving its winemakers the freedom to select and blend exceptional parcels of fruit into bubblies they feel reflect the unique “personality” of each vintage. “We draw fruit from a diversity of sites, and by working closely with our growers, and […]
A GREAT CHANCE TO INVEST IN THE FUTURE
GRAB the opportunity to buy now– or you’ll need to wait until 2016. Wc08Jul13 David Ellis WE had the opportunity a few weeks ago to taste a wine that Hunter Valley maker, Andrew Margan has no intention of releasing until 2016 – his 2011 Margan Limited Release White Label Shiraz, that we can tell you […]
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 […]
HONOURING MICHELLE’S 27 YEARS AT THE HELM
DEDICATED to an amazing ladyforced to the helm 27 years ago. Wc10Jun13 David Ellis AFTER retiring from 27 years at the helm, Michelle Nugan can now invite friends to share a very special drop with her on the many big occasions that lay ahead – Nugan Estate’s Chief Winemaker, Daren Owers has created an exceptional […]
PINOT GRIGIO, OUR GREENER SHADES OF GREY
27 May 2013 SERVE well-chilled with mixed friedseafoods, or a Thai beef salad. David Ellis THE French have been making pinot gris for yonks, with references to it going back as far as the 14th century, while later it found its way to Italy where its grown and labelled as pinot grigio and is now […]
Robert Oatley’s impressive Signature Series win again
Media Release The second vintages of Robert Oatley’s impressive Signature Series wines continue to garner acclaim, both at home and abroad. In news released this week, Decanter, Europe’s most respected wine magazine has announced the 2013 World Wine Awards winners, where judges tasted a record-breaking 13,362 wines to award 156 trophies. Robert Oatley Signature Shiraz […]
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 […]
SHARKTOOTH’S A SHIRAZ WITH BITE
SPECIAL occasion treat withflame-grilled fillet of beef. Wc14Jan13 David Ellis WHEN you’ve made wine in the USA, France and Italy as well as Australia, and you’ve a Jimmy Watson Trophy under your belt as well, it’s saying something when you describe fruit from a particular vineyard as “the kind of thing winemakers dream of.” But […]
