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
Christmas! …well it feels like it…
Okay, I know this probably sounds weird, but when I get wine it does feel like Christmas. This feeling is even greater when I’ve bought a mixed case of wines I haven’t had before, inside each 750ml bottle, a tiny adventure is sitting there waiting for me. Welcome home, dears!
Ingoldby Grenache Shiraz 2011
I had a realisation this afternoon that most people who have been reading this aren’t as likely to go out and search for the odd wines that I seem to gravitate towards, so for this review I went to the local bottle shop and bought this hoping that it was more easily accessible, the reasonable … Continue reading
Auctions! My new (second) favourite to buy wine!!
For a long time I have been subscribed to almost every winery mailing list I can lay my hands on, in addition to several wine websites. This system has worked quite well for me up until this point. I signed up to Wickman’s Fine Wine Auctions at some point, but it wasn’t until I received … Continue reading
An unplanned visit to Langhorne Creek
When I woke up on Sunday I had every intention of attending the Adelaide Hills ‘Winter Reds’ Festival, but when Luke and I arrived at the first vineyard and saw the number of cars we quickly realised it wasn’t really what we wanted. I prefer going to cellar doors when there are less people there so I … Continue reading
Grand ‘Arte Touriga Nacional 2008
This was a bargain imported Touriga Nacional from Portugal, purchased from Get Wines Direct. I found the wine to have a clear deep purple colour. It has a medium intensity on the nose, with dried fruit notes and earthy undertones. It had a medium to firm palate, with strong tannins and a well balanced acidity. I don’t feel … Continue reading
I don’t like red wine, I only drink some whites
This is a comment I seem to hear a lot from some of my friends. It seems to come around from most people drinking a lot of sweeter drinks like a base spirit and a mixer, and from this the change to a Shiraz or Cab Sauv is a huge leap. To get started with … Continue reading
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