During the Cellar Door Festival in March I overheard many people say “I’ll skip the chardonnay”, and I really don’t understand why. People were acting like they were scared of it! It’s a free taste, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Why anyone would have an apprehension towards trying something new is … Continue reading »
Pepperilly Estate Purple Patch 2010
Western Australian wine is something new to this Barossa boy, so I was doubly excited to receive an email offering me this as a sample. Pepperilly Estate are located in the Ferguson Valley, in the Geographe region, one of the many excellent wine regions of Western Australia. Purple Patch is a GSM blend, but the Western … Continue reading »
Sensi Collezione Nero D’Avola Sicilia 2011
The Nero D’Avola is another of the Sensi Collezione range that I purchased from Direct Wine Cellars before Christmas but I was yet to try. This wine had a lovely appearance, on the cusp of ruby/garnet, I’ve been told when it’s younger that the grape has a bit of a dark purple tinge too, I’ll have to … Continue reading »
A Marsanne comparison for Monday
Over the weekend I bought two different Marsanne’s to try and compare, the two I picked up were Paul Mas Marsanne from France 2011 and Tahbilk Marsanne 2010 from the NagambieLakes in Victoria. The appearance of both was quite similar, with a pale straw colour, although the Paul Mas seemed to be the lighter of … Continue reading »
Pirramimma Eight Carat Shiraz 2010
The wine I’m tasting today is one I picked up on a recent trip to McLaren Vale. One of my favourite parts of driving around wine regions is finding new ones I haven’t been to or even heard of before, one of the better vineyards from this trip was Pirramimma, where I ended up spending … Continue reading »
Why I drink out of cheap wine glasses
I don’t care. I mean I’m not drinking out of jars here, I am drinking out of wine glasses with a tall large bowl, medium thickness stem, and a solid base. However, they are not the $20+ per glass Riedel many wine writers recommend or “I won’t get the best out of the wine”. Firstly … Continue reading »
Mystery Wines
I have a confession. I am addicted to signing up to most wineries mailing lists and other wine sales email lists I can find. It’s a problem. I know I do it. I don’t really need to, but yet I can’t stop myself. I do enjoy perusing the many wines on my lunch hour and … Continue reading »
Annie’s Lane Clare Valley Cabernet Merlot 2009
I’m back. I’ve finally gotten over uni work, exams, the Christmas period and now I’m ready to focus back on wine, and to stop people saying ‘what’s happening with your wine blog’ all of which I have to thank because it has forced me to get into it again. To start myself back into this … Continue reading »
Low GI Shiraz? Summer Hues 2010 Shiraz
Summer Hues Shiraz 2010 – Miranda – $11 Okay first off, I bought this expecting to hate it. I like full bodied wines, I dislike the idea of taking something like wine and bastardising it to fit in with some diet, that will inevitably be broken within a week or two in some huge … Continue reading »
TINY UPDATE – Ingoldby Grenache Shiraz review
Just a quick note – I should have realised when it had grenache in it, but when I tried to have another glass last night it had oxidised very fast and wasn’t anywhere near as good. This is a characteristic of grenache and it isn’t a wine fault, but it is something I should have … Continue reading »
