{"id":6604,"date":"2008-07-14T03:02:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-14T03:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/age-of-devotion-houghtons-museum-white-burgundy\/"},"modified":"2008-07-14T03:02:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-14T03:02:00","slug":"age-of-devotion-houghtons-museum-white-burgundy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2008\/07\/age-of-devotion-houghtons-museum-white-burgundy\/","title":{"rendered":"AGE OF DEVOTION: HOUGHTON\u2019S MUSEUM WHITE BURGUNDY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SHrBx02SCWI\/AAAAAAAADms\/R1BM1RCMT40\/s1600-h\/barbera_2006+smaller-750879.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SHrBx02SCWI\/AAAAAAAADms\/R1BM1RCMT40\/s320\/barbera_2006+smaller-750879.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222699779633580386\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SHrByNIPNiI\/AAAAAAAADm0\/0bsgDiiAEOw\/s1600-h\/Houghton+MR+White+Classic-751703.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SHrByNIPNiI\/AAAAAAAADm0\/0bsgDiiAEOw\/s320\/Houghton+MR+White+Classic-751703.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222699786151343650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wc14Jul08<\/p>\n<p>wine with david ellis<\/p>\n<p>DEVOTEES of aged whites should be cock-a-hoop over Houghton&#8217;s Museum Release of their 1999 White Burgundy, a label originally launched back in 1937 and several years ago re-badged as Houghton White Classic.<\/p>\n<p> And they should be as equally impressed with the price as with the wine itself: this remarkable nine-year-old is available through good outlets at just $33 a bottle, a steal for such a classic that&#8217;s loaded with full-flavoured honeyed toast and hazelnut characters on the palate, and has an enticing nose of buttered-toast, boxwood honey and complex citrus.<\/p>\n<p> Known since 2005 as Houghton White Classic, the label is now one of our most-sought-after at release each year, both as a drink-now while young, and to put aside for up to eight or nine years in the cellar.<\/p>\n<p>Chenin Blanc has always been the backbone of this wine, with some Verdelho and Muscadelle being added in the mid-70s, and soon after that Chardonnay and Semillon to give even extra finesse and further complexity with aging.<\/p>\n<p> Grab a few at this price and enjoy with poultry or lightly-spiced Asian dishes.<\/p>\n<p> ONE FOR LUNCH: MARGAN Family Winegrowers were the first to plant the Italian varietal Barbera in the Hunter Valley, getting cuttings to do so from Carlo Corino in Mudgee a decade ago in 1998.<\/p>\n<p> It was a great decision and their 2006 is a blockbuster for those who enjoy this easy-drinking Italian-tucker red that&#8217;s got plenty of ripe blackberry and cherry fruit flavours and long savoury tannins: pay $25 and make a lasagna including lentils and sun-ripened tomatoes, top with Ricotta and Parmesan cheese, bake and serve with garden vegies \u2013 or if you&#8217;re lazy just buy a pizza.<\/p>\n<p>BUY OF THE WEEK: CLIMBING Wines&#8217; 2006 Shiraz from Orange in NSW&#8217;s Central West is all rich plum-fruit flavours, complex earthy characters, spici-ness and nice oak. Great buying at $21 to go with herbed meatballs &#8216;n mash. <\/p>\n<p> (Need a drink? We&#8217;re archived on <a href=\"http:\/\/vintnews.com\">http:\/\/vintnews.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..<\/p>\n<p> Photo Captions:<\/p>\n<p>ALMOST from another era: Museum Release of Houghton&#8217;s famed White Burgundy.<\/p>\n<p>BLOCKBUSTER Hunter Valley Italian-tucker red.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wc14Jul08 wine with david ellis DEVOTEES of aged whites should be cock-a-hoop over Houghton&#8217;s Museum Release of their 1999 White Burgundy, a label originally launched back in 1937 and several years ago re-badged as Houghton White Classic. And they should be as equally impressed with the price as with the wine itself: this remarkable nine-year-old [&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-6604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6604","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=6604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}