Vinaceous Wines
Vinaceous Wines are the brainchild of Nick Stacy and Mike Kerrigan. The wines are made, blended and bottled at West Cape Howe Wines, Mount Barker. Nick and Mike are also the team behind […]
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Rymill Coonawarra – The Yearlings
The Rymill family have a long association with Coonawarra. Current Managing Director John “JR” Rymill is now the fifth generation of his family to be involved in the Terra Rossa district […]
Lowe Wines Nullo Mountain Pinot Noir 2013
From high high high up above Mudgee from David Lowe’s Nullo Mountain range, comes this light bodied, spiced little number. Cinnamon, cloves, little flowers and orange peel. Almost mulled wine than […]
d’Arenberg Original Reds 2012
I have a soft spot for the McLaren Vale’s d’Arenberg “Original” red range. My first aged magnum I ever purchased was a mid 90s “d’Arry’s Original” Shiraz Grenache and it […]
Mosse Moussamousettes PetNat 2013
Roger Dyson & Sue McShane are a wonderful pair. Running their wine business, Living Wines from Hobart, they source wines from organic, Biodynamic and all sorts of “-ic” exciting producers […]
Taylors Jaraman
Taylors Jaraman Bill Taylor senior and his 2 sons Bill Jr and John, purchased their 178 hectare site in the Clare Vallley the 1960s. Now headed up by Mitchell, Bill […]
Rockridge Reds
Rockridge wines from the Clare Valley. Not a label I was intimately familiar with and the website is, like a good Clare Valley Riesling, quite austere. Let the wines speak […]
World Sauvignon Blanc Day
Apparently yesterday, April 24th, was World Sauvignon Blanc Day and with today April 25th being ANZAC Day, here’s a few SBs that have been lying about the tasting pile for a […]
Home Hill Estate Pinot Noir 2013
This was a welcome home to Tasmania present from a good family friend. A good welcome home indeed. Home Hill have scooped up many trophies and medals with the top […]
Taylors Special Release Clare Valley Shiraz 2013
An exclusive release from Taylors Wines for Aldi. Mitchell Taylor has just taken the mantle as Chairman of Australia’s First Families of Wine (AFFW), so you can’t imagine that an […]
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