{"id":16346,"date":"2007-09-25T05:01:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-25T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/katnook-goes-informal-2\/"},"modified":"2007-09-25T05:01:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-25T05:01:00","slug":"katnook-goes-informal-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2007\/09\/katnook-goes-informal-2\/","title":{"rendered":"KATNOOK GOES \u201cINFORMAL\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.co.uk\/rodeime\/VINTNEWS\/photo?authkey=z2TXO9lQWUA#5115488007838463906\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.google.co.uk\/rodeime\/Rv3dPXf7d6I\/AAAAAAAABPs\/_wwDnYplWzI\/s288\/Katnook%20Founders%20Blk%20Chard.jpg\" align=\"left\"><\/a>COONAWARRA\u2019s Katnook Estate label has long been recognised as one of the region\u2019s super-premiums, covering wines of enormous intensity and flavour, and usually available in only limited quantities that are much sought-after by aficionados \u2013 particularly the label\u2019s reds.<\/p>\n<p>But in 2005 it introduced a Katnook Founder\u2019s Block, a label that Senior Winemaker, Wayne Stehbens calls \u201can introduction to the Katnook Estate label\u2026 and for Katnook Estate\u2019s devotees, their informal drinking wines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t think, however, that these are deliberately dumbed-down wines: Wayne and his team have maintained all of Katnook\u2019s full-on flavour and elegance with the six varietals under the label \u2013 a Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Chardonnay, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc and Sparkling Shiraz \u2013 that are on the shelf at a good-value $19.99 each.<\/p>\n<p>And although Coonawarra\u2019s reputation lays with its reds, the Katnook Founder\u2019s Block 2005 Chardonnay is one that will appeal to white wine lovers: its silky smooth texture is supported by generous peach, melon and grapefruit flavours, and there\u2019s lively acidity.<\/p>\n<p>A good everyday drinking wine to match it with pasta served with a pesto of blended basil, garlic, pine nuts, Parmesan cheese, olive oil, salt and pepper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COONAWARRA\u2019s Katnook Estate label has long been recognised as one of the region\u2019s super-premiums, covering wines of enormous intensity and flavour, and usually available in only limited quantities that are much sought-after by aficionados \u2013 particularly the label\u2019s reds. But in 2005 it introduced a Katnook Founder\u2019s Block, a label that Senior Winemaker, Wayne Stehbens [&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-16346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16346","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=16346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}