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WINE OF THE WEEK: 2005 Tulloch Moor Shiraz
ONE FOR LUNCH: CLARE Valley winemaker, Kirrihill has decided on a change in making- and marketing-direction: rather than drawing on fruit from a range of South Australian regions, in future it will concentrate on single vineyard wines solely from the cool-climate Clare and the Adelaide Hills. Former UK wine marketer, Matt McCulloch has been brought […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: Tamblyn Cabernet, Shiraz, Malbec and Merlot
ONE FOR LUNCH: ANOTHER South Australian maker, Bremerton in cool climate Langhorne Creek, has come up with one of its best-ever Tamblyn label reds, a carefully crafted blend by Winemaker Rebecca Willson of Cabernet, Shiraz, Malbec and Merlot that’s she’s brought together in a soft, mouth-filling wine loaded with dark-fruit flavours and soft tannins. Rebecca […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: Deakin Estate 2005 Shiraz
ONE FOR LUNCH: PIE-eaters rejoice: Deakin Estate’s released a 2005 Shiraz that’s a superb red for next time you put a gourmet beef pie on the table – and better still, it costs just $10. Fruit from the company’s vineyard at Red Cliffs in North West Victoria gives this wine a rich palate of dark […]
WORTH HOCKING THE FARM FOR
IT’S a brave man who decides to hock the successful 90-year old family farm and put the money into buying 70ha of virgin land to grow grapes and dream of hopefully launching his own premium quality wine label. But Murray Burton, a West Australian south coast farmer did just that in 1996, and after mortgaging […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: 2005 Pepperjack Shiraz Viognier
One For Lunch: A nicely balanced blend of Shiraz and Viognier from the Barossa and Eden Valleys can be found in the 2005 Pepperjack Shiraz Viognier that with its rich, ripe and plentiful fruit characters makes a good partner with game dishes or Chinese five spice quail. Certainly worth the $22.99 asking price for enjoyment […]
HONOURING A LEGEND
WAY back in 1880 Ferdinand de Lesseps started his ill-fated attempt on the Panama Canal, Wabash Indiana became America’s first city to be lit solely by electricity, Canada allowed women to practice medicine for the first time, and Ned Kelly was hanged in Melbourne. The same year the King family planted the Old Hill Vineyard […]
ICONIC SHIRAZ FROM CHARDY COUNTRY
SOUTH-Eastern NSW’s Bidgeebong Wines can justifiably lay claim to coming up with one of our more distinct drops of Shiraz, both because of the district in which it’s located and the methods used in the vineyard it gets its fruit from. Located on the outskirts of Wagga Wagga, its grapes come from the so-called Bidgeebong […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: De Bortoli’s Wild Vine Shiraz
ONE FOR LUNCH: IF you’ve a big winter’s-time BBQ on the horizon and you’ll be needing more than a few bottles of red to accompany those sizzling pepper steaks and jacket potatoes, consider De Bortoli’s inexpensive Wild Vine Shiraz. This one’s got everything going for it in the value stakes: plenty of berry fruit, varietal […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: 2004 Watershed Premium Shiraz
ONE FOR LUNCH: WATERSHED Wines in WA’s Margaret River region is just six years young, but is already making its mark with exceptional Shiraz that has some asking if this variety from the maritime-climate region (warm days, cool nights) could ultimately be hailed amongst Australia’s best. The 2004 Watershed Premium Shiraz has sweet cherry and […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: Starve Dog Lane’s McLaren Vale ‘crossbred’ Ibrido
ONE FOR LUNCH: Another interesting blend is Starve Dog Lane’s new McLaren Vale ‘crossbred’ Ibrido, five European-origin wines brought together into a drop that’s beautifully mouth-filling with sour cherry, dark chocolate and roasted coffee bean flavours, biscuity tannins and good acid. The Mediterranean-like climate of McLaren Vale is ideally suited to the varieties in this […]
