Chapel Hill McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013
No need for cheeky or insightful introductions here….Michael Fragos and team have, as usual, created a very good wine indeed. Chapel Hill McLaren Vale Shiraz, 2013 Inky and earthy. Purple […]
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Calabria Bros. Barossa Valley Shiraz 2012
From the Calabria Family who make the excellent “Private Bin” range of alternative varieties sourced predominantly NSW Riverina. This wine is from their Barossa Valley plantings. Calabria Bros., Shiraz, Barossa […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Saltram Mamre Brook
The marketing blurb states that no history of the Barossa is complete without mentioning Saltram. And indeed, for over 150 years, Saltram have been part of the Barossa Valley. William […]
The Dusty Taste of Nostalgia
The De Bortoli Yarra Valley estate wines hold a special place for me. As I was working in pubs and bottle shops, the 1995 Cabernet Franc was one of […]
Glaetzer of the Barossa Valley
Ben Glaetzer is part of Barossa royalty. His dad Colin started Glaezter Wines almost a century after the family settled in the Barossa Valley in 1888 and started growing […]
Bimbadgen…Ringing out clear.
The 2014 vintage was Rauri Donkin’s first vintage as Head Winemaker at the iconic Bimbadgen Estate in the Hunter Valley. Now just finishing his 2nd vintage in charge of […]
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