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Bird in Hand Nest Egg Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2008 “great finesse” and 96 points!..

  Bird in Hand Nest Egg Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2008 is a follow up to the excellent 07 vintage which James Halliday rated 94 points.  In this years 2011 Australian Wine Companion Halliday the 08 got 96 points and this review: “The deepest crimson-purple of the three Bird in Hand shirazs, and takes the flavour…

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Bird in Hand Nest Egg Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2009 “immaculate balance” and 95 points.

Bird in Hand Nest Egg Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2009 received an outstanding 95 points in James Halliday’s 2011 Australian Wine Companion and this fine review: “Bright, light green-straw; a very elegant and fine wine with immaculate balance of fruit and oak; nectarine and white peach fruit is woven through quality French oak, fruit very much in…

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Ashton Hills Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2007 95 points from Halliday.

Ashton Hills Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2007 comes from the James Halliday rated 5 star winery – he also gave it 95 points in his latest edition of the Australian Wine Companion.  He wrote: “Brilliant green-yellow; the bright bouquet does not fully prepare you for the energy and drive of the long palate, built around grapefruit, nectarine…

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Bird in Hand Adelaide Hills Pinot Rose 2009 picked as Best Rose by Halliday for the year.

Bird in Hand Adelaide Hills Pinot Rose 2009 is one of our customer favourites – its also graced the stands at Wimbeldon.   It scored 94 points from Halliday and was named Best of the Best in the Rose Category – here’s his review from the 2011 Aust Wine Companion: “Bright pink; perfumed aromas of spiced strawberries,…

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Ashton Hills Reserve Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2007 named “Best of the Best” Pinot Noir.

Ashton Hills Reserve Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2007 was named “Best of the Best” in the Pinot Noir Category and awarded 95 points by James Halliday in his 2011 Australian Wine Companion.   In the review he said: “More texture and complexity than the varietal; no hint of mint, but spicy/foresty/bramble characters run alongside the predominantly…

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Bird in Hand Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2009 Top Sauvignon Blanc by Halliday

Bird in Hand Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2009 was rated 95 points and the Best of the Best in the Sauvignon Blanc category in James Halliday’s 2011 Australian Wine Companion “An elegant and quite juicy wine, with pleasing tropical fruit flavours on the palate, the finish lengthened and enlivened further by lemony acidity. Rating 95″

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Teusner Barossa Valley Joshua GSM 2009 is “Top Aussie Red”

Teusner Barrossa Valley Joshua Grenache Mataro Shiraz 2009 was named by Huon Hooke as his “Top Aussie Red” for the week in the Sydney Morning Herald October 5, 2010.  He wrote: “Grenache leads the way with a boiled-lolly aroma layered with spices and sweet berries.  Very ripe and charming.  No apparent oak, leaving the sweetly ripe…

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Ashton Hills Reserve Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2008 is “Best of the Best” and 96 points!

Ashton Hills Reserve Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2008 was rated “Best of the Best” in the Pinot Noir Category and given 96 points in James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion.  In his review he wrote: “Relatively light, but bright, hue; fractionally more purple than the Estate; very stylish, and in the mainstream of the Ashton Hills style,…

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Bird in Hand Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2009 picks up 93 points from Halliday.

Bird in Hand Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2009 has received some great awards so far this year.  Here’s what Australia’s leading wine critic James Halliday had to say in his 2011 Australian Wine Companion: “Bright, light green-straw; nectarine and melon fruit with light French oak aromas and flavours have good line and length and overall subtlety.…

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Longhop Shiraz 2009 named “Best Buy under $15”

Longhop Shiraz, Mount Lofty Ranges 2009 has been named a “Best Buy Wines $15 and under in Gourmet Traveller Wine’s Oct/Nov 2010 edition.   Max Allen wrote:   “The Longhop and Old Plains wines are a side project of Domenic Torzi (of Torzi Matthews in the Eden Valley) and old school mate, Tim Freedland, made from old vineyards on…

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