{"id":6537,"date":"2009-10-19T05:10:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T05:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/take-a-tumbler-to-this-cool-drinking-red\/"},"modified":"2009-10-19T05:10:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-19T05:10:00","slug":"take-a-tumbler-to-this-cool-drinking-red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2009\/10\/take-a-tumbler-to-this-cool-drinking-red\/","title":{"rendered":"TAKE A TUMBLER TO THIS COOL-DRINKING RED"},"content":{"rendered":"
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david ellis<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>REGULAR readers will know that we’ve long advocated the enjoyment of lighter and softer reds off the ice on warmer days and balmy summer’s evenings.<\/p>\n

Quite a few of makers suggest on their back-labels popping some of these reds in the fridge or in the ice-box an hour or so before opening, and Joe Grilli at Primo Estate in McLaren Vale has now gone one step further.<\/p>\n

He and fellow maker at Primo, Daniel Zuzolo have created a light 2009 red they call ‘Merlesco’ (Little Merlot) that’s got loads of fresh blackberry, blueberry and cherry fruit flavours \u2013 and it’s unoaked.<\/p>\n

This \u00a0soft and fruity wine is designed to be enjoyed young, fresh and chilled, and goes especially well with pizza or pasta; and at just $15 a bottle set aside some room in the beer fridge now for a few for summer, and take Joe’s advice and don’t drink it from traditional wine glasses \u2013 he says it will taste even better chucked down from a glass tumbler.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>ONE FOR LUNCH: THIRTY years ago you could count the number of vineyards in the NSW Orange region on the fingers of one hand.<\/p>\n

Today there are 30-something wineries and cellar doors in the region that at 600m is our highest-altitude wine-growing region, and amazingly now attracts around 5000 visitors a year for its annual Orange Wine Week in October \u2013 showing they’ve got to be doing something right.<\/p>\n

One winery earning a particularly enviable reputation for its Chardonnay is Climbing Wines. Its just-released 2008 is full-bodied with lovely citrus notes and typical Orange elegance and refinement \u2013 the reason the region is often referred to as “Australia’s answer to Burgundy,” with its food-friendly Chardonnays (that go particularly well with seafoods and platters of fish pat\u00e9, quality cheddars and crackers,) driving much of this reputation.<\/p>\n

(NEED A FOOD\/DRINK IDEA? Check out\u00a0 http:\/\/www.vintnews.com<\/a> )<\/p>\n

PHOTO CAPTIONS:<\/p>\n

[] SUMMERY enjoyment with this red to quaff off the ice<\/p>\n

[] CLIMBING in reputation: one for a platter of fish pat\u00e9, quality cheddars and crackers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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