A beautifully elegant and textural rosé that harmonises cabernet franc, pinot noir and shiraz into tangy pomegranate, tomato leaf and guava flavours, finishing crunchy, dry and refreshing. The tongue-tingling tang of its cool, high altitude acidity makes for a lively and tightly composed summer refreshment. $20 at Cracka.
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An enticing and impressive 2011 Barossa red, this is a vintage of soft, supple tannins, making for an earlier drinking WillowBend. Layers of spice, black plums and rhubarb and a lifted rose hip perfume define a spicy and vibrant style of lively red fruits, finely textured tannins and lingering fruit persistence. $20 direct.
readThe low yielding 2012 vintage in the heights of Orange has given birth to a zesty and focused sauvignon of blackcurrant bud, mint leaf, grapefruit zest and guava fruit, underlined by taut, cool, high altitude acidity, layers of lingering fruit concentration and a crisp finish. A well crafted wine of subtle texture and pleasant balance. […]
readHow many Queensland wineries could you name? Most locals might have difficulty listing more than a handful. It may come as a surprise that the sunshine state is now home to no less than 177 wineries.
readTrevor Mast, longstanding winemaker at Mount Langi Ghiran and legend of the Victorian wine industry in Australia passed away last night, following a five year battle with younger onset Alzheimer’s.
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readWhile exploring France, Steve Webber and Leanne De Bortoli discovered that fine wine was made by understanding the land. “We realised we didn’t have an amazing understanding of what fine wine was…That was a revolution! We did a lot of soul searching in what fine wine was and what the Yarra could do.”
readAlice Springs may seem an unlikely place to produce one of Australia’s more important red winemakers. But if the Red Centre hadn’t been home to Sue Hodder, she would likely have never ended up in Coonawarra. And she would certainly have never had the spirit to transform the most fabled and historic estate of Australia’s other red centre, as Chief Winemaker at Wynns Coonawarra Estate.
readThis is quintessential party fizz for the masses. I took more than a dozen bottles of Aussie bubbles and champagne to a Christmas party on Sunday afternoon and the cheapest bottle in the ice bucket was the first to be emptied! Little wonder, with such a refreshing froth of strawberry and red cherry fruit and […]
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