{"id":16312,"date":"2008-03-10T00:12:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-10T00:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/1974-winerys-2007-debut-2\/"},"modified":"2008-03-10T00:12:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-10T00:12:00","slug":"1974-winerys-2007-debut-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2008\/03\/1974-winerys-2007-debut-2\/","title":{"rendered":"1974 WINERY\u2019S 2007 DEBUT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>wine with david ellis<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/R9R9OOEnASI\/AAAAAAAACqQ\/hqoFj6qmcnI\/s1600-h\/Capel+Vale+Debut+Verdelho-788679.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/R9R9OOEnASI\/AAAAAAAACqQ\/hqoFj6qmcnI\/s320\/Capel+Vale+Debut+Verdelho-788679.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>WESTERN Australia&#8217;s Capel Vale wines have come a long way since Sydney<br \/>radiologist Dr Peter Pratten bought a block of land and set up a<br \/>winery in a tin shed a quarter-hour&#8217;s drive outside Bunbury back in<br \/>1974.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Today under the guidance of son Simon, Capel Vale draws fruit from all<br \/>WA&#8217;s major cool climate growing areas, and not content to rest on its<br \/>many well-earned laurels, the forever innovative outfit has just<br \/>released an outstanding 2007 Verdelho under a newly-conceived Debut<br \/>Series label.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>This is a wine with nice sweet fruit character, a dry and clean<br \/>finish, and gorgeously rich tropical fruit aromas<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Try it with roast duck, salt and pepper prawns, spicy Asian dishes,<br \/>basil chicken, or simply crackers and gherkins; it&#8217;s enticingly priced<br \/>at $17.95.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/R9R9EuEnARI\/AAAAAAAACqI\/9UXw4bOcsC4\/s1600-h\/FG-CR00747-746797.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/R9R9EuEnARI\/AAAAAAAACqI\/9UXw4bOcsC4\/s320\/FG-CR00747-746797.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ONE FOR LUNCH: NIGEL Dolan leads a very creative and imaginative<br \/>winemaking team at Pepperjack in the Barossa Valley, one that&#8217;s<br \/>constantly working to showcase the outstanding qualities of the Valley<br \/>for which all have a truly genuine passion.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Their 2006 Shiraz is rich red in colour with soft purple hues, big on<br \/>rich and softly concentrated berry fruit flavours, and has a bouquet<br \/>with plenty of blackcurrant, cherry, plum and a touch of spice.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Well priced at $23.99 to share outdoors with a barbecued leg of lamb<br \/>spiked with sprigs of rosemary.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>BUY OF THE WEEK: KIRRIHILL&#8217;s 2007 Clare Valley Ros\u00e9 was made from<br \/>Garnacha, a variety that&#8217;s little-known here but is Spain&#8217;s<br \/>most-widely grown wine grape; it&#8217;s got nice strawberry and raspberry<br \/>flavours, and is vibrant in Ros\u00e9 colour. Pay $14.99, chill and<br \/>toss-down with Indian butter chicken.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(David Ellis&#8217; wine column is archived on <a href=\"http:\/\/vintnews.com\/\">http:\/\/vintnews.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                        \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>PHOTO CAPTIONS:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>EXCELLENT with a range of dishes from salt &#038; pepper prawns to gherkins<br \/>and crackers, Capel Vale&#8217;s 2007 Debut Verdelho.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>TOSS a leg of rosemary-spiked lamb on the barbie to go with this Pepperjack<\/p>\n<p>2006 Shiraz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>wine with david ellis WESTERN Australia&#8217;s Capel Vale wines have come a long way since Sydneyradiologist Dr Peter Pratten bought a block of land and set up awinery in a tin shed a quarter-hour&#8217;s drive outside Bunbury back in1974. Today under the guidance of son Simon, Capel Vale draws fruit from allWA&#8217;s major cool climate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}