{"id":6201,"date":"2012-08-12T20:29:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-12T20:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/couple-of-best-evers-from-a-virtual-winery\/"},"modified":"2012-08-12T20:29:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-12T20:29:00","slug":"couple-of-best-evers-from-a-virtual-winery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2012\/08\/couple-of-best-evers-from-a-virtual-winery\/","title":{"rendered":"COUPLE OF BEST-EVERS FROM A \u2018VIRTUAL WINERY\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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INTERESTING and worthy
investment from a “virtual winery.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Wc13Aug12<\/span><\/p>\n

David Ellis<\/p>\n

WHEN I told my wife that Melbourne Shiraz enthusiast, Peter Mornement had come up with the idea of a “virtual winery,” she was absolutely delighted \u2013 and suggested that that night I forego uncapping the usual bottle, and instead taking a “virtual drink” from an empty glass.<\/p>\n

Her joy evaporated when I told her that Peter, a highly-respected specialist wine merchant, had not only achieved his goal, but had bottles of what he (and others) are convinced will prove to be some of Australia’s best-ever Shiraz.<\/p>\n

Peter contracted three leading winemakers in areas renowned for their Shiraz, financed the purchase of 10 tonnes of fruit and 30 new oak barrels for each, and gave them a free hand from there-on to each produce an ultra-premium drop. He dubbed his venture Palmarium (Latin for “outstanding,”) and registered the brand-name Exemplar (Latin for “original.”)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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AND equally so this one from
the same fascinating concept.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The first two wines \u2013 Exemplar 2010 Heathcote Shiraz from Central Victoria made by John Ellis, and a South Australian \u00a0Exemplar 2010 McLaren Vale Shiraz created by Walter Clappis \u2013 have just been released in a 6-pack featuring three of each. John Ellis made his from fruit off Joe Marton’s Heathcote vineyard, and Walter Clappis used that from his own biodynamic McLaren Vale vineyard.<\/p>\n

John’s is dominated on the palate by soft chocolate and dark cherry characters balanced by rustic oak and firm tannins and will only improve over 10-15 years; Walter’s is all about dark berry fruits and spices with tinges of oak and is soft and velvety, and again one that can only improve over 10-15 years. The 6-pack of three each is a worthy investment at $390 through www.palmarium.com.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A second Palmarium 6-pack will contain two each of the 2011 vintages of these wines plus two 2011 Exemplar Barossa Valley Shiraz made by Kym Tuesner, and will be released in 2013.<\/p>\n

(NEED A FOOD\/DRINK IDEA? Check out \u00a0http:\/\/www.vintnews.com<\/a> )<\/p>\n

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