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RED THAT BALANCES WINTER COMFORT FOODS
Wc9Aug10 David Ellis SAVE on the kilojouleswith this lower alcohol Shiraz OUR cooler months usually see a jump in sales of red wines as we go for heavier “comfort foods,” and whether we like it or not it’s usually at the cost of some extra kilojoules both from the food and the wine. McWilliam’s have […]
WINE GUIDE A MUST FOR BAR OR CELLAR
HELPING hand for all with aninterest in juice of the grape Wc2Aug10 David Ellis NO buff worthy of their wine glass should be looking to the coming twelve to eighteen months without a copy behind the bar or in the cellar of Matt Skinner’s informative and entertaining Wine Guide 2011. A writer for some of […]
WINNING SHIRAZ FROM OUTSIDE THE SQUARE
Wc31May10 david ellisMANY of us tend to categorise Australia’s regions and wine varieties without too much thought to the possibilities of those regions throwing up a few surprises with varietals out of the norm. And a surprise out of the norm is exactly what Evans & Tate have achieved with their Redbrook Shiraz 2007: this […]
MUSING ON PENFOLDS’ “HEAVENLY INDULGENCES”
Wc10May10 david ellisA NEIGHBOUR with a penchant for only the best when it comes to his cellar, was musing the other day that should he suddenly win $10,000 in the lottery (or even less likely on the gee-gees,) he’d go out and buy for six of his closest mates a bottle each of Penfolds’ just-released […]
OWNERS BUCKET THEIR OWN WINES
Wc26Apr10david ellis THE Adelaide Hills’ Longview Vineyard has come a long way since its first vintage when the owner’s realised the only thing they had to store the fruit from that initial crop, was some old red buckets from the property’s earlier dairy farm days. But it proved a good omen and ever since they’ve […]
Penfolds Bin Range: “POOR MAN’S GRANGE” IS A REAL TREAT
Wc08Mar10david ellis FOR true believers, March 1 is a day that is looked forward to each year with an anticipation that goes well beyond the norm. Because it’s the day that Penfolds release their Bin range of wines, a collection of just a half-dozen or so labels that for a half century now have rewarded […]
CLASSIC MCWILLIAM’S FOR CLASSIC OCCASIONS
Wc08Feb10 david ellis McWILLIAM’S have released their 2005 flagship 1877 Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz, a classic wine for that classic very special occasion or celebration. Labelled 1877 after the year that Samuel McWilliam planted his first vines at Corowa in the NSW Murray Basin, this latest release has been created from premium fruit from some of […]
FORLORN IMBIBER REJOICES AT SEEING THE LIGHT
Wc18Jan10 david ellis A mate who ended 2009 somewhat forlornly after being told by his doctor to reduce by a third his propensity for a bottle of red or white with dinner every night, has now begun the new year with surprising enthusiasm. Its because he’s found that rather than having to have a couple […]
NEW YORK TO GUNDAGAI – JIM’S APPLES
Wc21Sep09 david ellis WE’ve long subscribed to the view that the Australian wine industry is made up of some of the world’s more interesting characters who display a diversity of interests, pastimes and lifestyles not found in the Old World – where wine-making is more-largely simply handed down from father to son or daughter. Jim […]
A SHIRAZ WE’LL TALK ABOUT FOR YEARS TO COME
Wc13Jul09 david ellis THERE are some vintages that can be rated as no better than just another vintage, there are others that can be rated as better than other vintages, and there are vintages that can simply be rated as greater than other vintages. And then there are vintages – few of them, mind you […]
