by Chris | 9 Sep 2008 | Australia, Chardonnay, Victoria, White Wines
The Shelmerdine Yarra Valley Chardonnay is this week’s wine of the week in today’s SMH. Huon Hooke says:The Shelmerdine wines are more and more impressive and represent great value at their moderate prices. They are made by award-winning Steve Webber and...
by Chris | 2 Sep 2008 | Australia, Chardonnay, Western Australia, White Wines
I’ve missed a few weeks posting having been in Perth visiting family but I’m back at the computer now so here is Huon Hooke’s wine of the week from today’s SMH:Atticus Margaret River Chardonnay 2006A star is born in Margaret River. The 2005 and...
by Chris | 14 Aug 2008 | Australia, Cabernet, Red Wines, Western Australia
This week’s wine of the week in the SMH is the 2005 Moss Wood Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon from Margaret River. Huon Hooke writes:”The Wine of the Week concept involves a value-for-money consideration, so reviewing such an expensive wine here is indulgent....
by Chris | 29 Jul 2008 | Australia, Chardonnay, Western Australia, White Wines
The2007 Xanadu Dragon Chardonnay from Margaret River is this week’s Wine of the Week in today’s SMH.Huon Hooke says:”The Xanadu wines are much improved since the Rathbone family (of Yering Station) have been in charge. They are more polished and are...
by Chris | 22 Jul 2008 | Australia, Sauvignon Blanc, Victoria, White Wines
The 2007 Shelmerdine Yarra Valley Sauvignon is the wine of the week in today’s Sydney Morning Herald Good Living section. Huon Hooke says: “The Shelmerdine range is impressing more and more. As at De Bortoli, where the Shelmerdine wines are made, sauvignon...
by Chris | 15 Jul 2008 | Australia, Red Wines, Shiraz, South Australia
The St Hallett Faith Shiraz, Barossa Valley 2006 is the wine of the week in today’s SMH Good Living.Huon Hooke says:”Faith could be named after a Lutheran school in the Barossa, or chief winemaker Stuart Blackwell’s wife. It doesn’t matter....
by Chris | 8 Jul 2008 | France, Pinot Noir, Red Wines |
The 2006 Chanson Pere & Fils Le Bourgogne Pinot Noir is the wine of the week in this week’s SMH Good Living. Huon Hooke writes: “Bollinger has owned Chanson since 1999, boosting its fairly ordinary reputation enormously in that time. Vineyards have...
by Chris | 1 Jul 2008 | Australia, Red Wines, Shiraz, South Australia
The 2006 Pindarie Shiraz from South Australia’s Barossa Valley is the wine of the week in today’s SMH.”Former Penfolds viticulturist Wendy Allan and a sixth-generation South Australian farmer, Tony Brooks, have a vineyard in the Barossa Valley which...
by Chris | 17 Jun 2008 | Australia, Red Blends, Western Australia
Huon Hooke comments on the 2005 Stella Bella Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot in today’s SMH Good Living…”With its stylish, colourful labelling and modest pricing, winemaker Janice McDonald’s Stella Bella range is excellent and arguably undersung.This...
by Chris | 24 May 2008 | Australia, Cabernet, New South Wales, Red Wines
This Huntington Estate Special Reserve Cab Sauv was gleefully consumed recently with slow cooked Greek lamb and potatoes and sliced mushrooms and gravy. A truly wonderful wine drinking superbly right now but will cellar for another 10 years easily.This wine belies the...
