Bryan Martin, ( assistant winemaker to Tim Kirk at Clonakilla) will be attending and pouring the wines. Bryan will also be showing his fine Ravensworth wines from nearby vineyards. Bryan’s passion for wine and food is infectious -he has dual wine science and winegrowing degrees from CSU, is a wine show judge and has had…
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We've known for a while that The Gorge Shiraz 2007 by David Hook from the Hunter Valley is an amazing wine. Some more great reviews just in herald the same:
"Lovers of Hunter Shiraz should track this down pronto. Traditionally earthy and spicy. It's superb now and will also cellar well" - John Fordham, The Sunday…
Our friends, Ros & Richard Drake-Brockman of Hamelin Bay wines have been doing very well lately. Their vineyard is located in the south of Margaret River near Karridale named after the most pristine, white sanded, turquoise beaches in the area. They have plotted heat summation graphs and interestingly are a touch cooler than Bordeaux ...…
The Pannell family from Picardy Wines in Pemberton WA bring a strong Burgundian direction to their wines. Bill Pannell refers to this article from Huon Hooke back in 99 in Australian Gourmet Traveller to illustrate this motivation at Picardy:
"it puzzles many people why Australian pinot noirs are so different from the red wines of Burgundy, home…
In his travels through WA late in 2008, Rhys Connery of The Vine Press visited Picardy Estate(1½ hours drive south east of Margaret River ). Meeting Bill Pannell and his son Dan and tasting their superb wines reminded him why The Vine Press works with family owned producers who are so passionate about what they…
I was pleased to see some other reviews of the 06 Groom Shiraz..a barossa red wine which we have been impressed with for a number of years, now.
Groom 2006 Shiraz amongst the Best of the Best Shiraz in the recently released, bestselling James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2009 Edition.The…
We have been enjoying the newly released Groom Sauvignon Blanc 2008. Made a few enquiries about the Marschall Groom vineyard. 100% estate grown fruit is sourced from their 20 acre vineyard in Lenswood, Adelaide Hills. Sloping vineyard means they can pick and blend fruit sourced from the lowest section ( zesty & herbaceous…
It was interesting to note both these south australian wine regions take honours for top shirazes in Halliday’s 2009 Wine Companion. Have a squiz at Halliday’s article pasted below:
“The Holy Grail of Diversity by James Halliday Australian June 07, 2008
THE 2008 Third International Shiraz Alliance symposium will…
We have been enjoying Groom’s new 2008 sauvignon blanc and their 2006 shiraz and discovered an interesting article by Dan Berger, (well known wine writer (Los Angeles Times and others) in the USA ) which is definitely worth a read. I pasted the article below which is an interesting read… It sheds some light on…
We've just received stock of Teusner's The Albert Shiraz 05 here at The Vine Press. It really is an incredible wine. Its always great reading about the inspiration for a wine from the winemaker himself. Here, Kym Teusner tells us why this wine is an "Expression of Two Old Vine Shiraz Blocks".
"This…
