Vino for Valentine’s Day…or A Duo of Duperrey
Valentine’s Day and Champagne. Has there ever been a more bourgeois pairing? Well, maybe throw oysters into the mix for the “menage a trois.” The UK trade seems to bank […]
Tag Archives: 2011
Taltarni Cuvée Rosé 2011
Taltarni, along with having large plantings in Western Victoria also hold the reins to premium Tasmanian sparkling house Clover Hill, so they know a thing or two about sparkling wine […]
Mitchell Wines Mataro Grenache 2012
Good work Clare Valley. You had Mataro growing well before it was trendy. The blending amount obviously changes vintage to vintage, currently the website lists the 2011 vintage as current […]
Voyager Estate Project V9 Old Block 2011
Sibling to the Project U12 North Block Cabernet. Voyager Estate Project V9 Old Block, Margaret River 2011 Dense colour with a dark black olive hue. Pencilled and herbaceous, steely and […]
d’Arenberg The Laughing Magpie Shiraz Viognier 2011
The nomenclature not quite so self explanatory here as with other d’Arenberg wines. “The Kookaburra is a native Australian bird famous for its distinctive laughing call, Chester’s young daughters named […]
d’Arenberg 2011 Icons
Funny old year 2011. There’s been a constant struggle with general (and somewhat ignorant) perception that the vintage was shithouse across Australia. It’s no secret that it was wet and […]
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