by Chris | 10 Apr 2009 | Australia, Red Wines, Shiraz, Victoria
This wine is from the Heathcote region and has been sitting in the cellar waiting for another taste test. I had it at a Manly cafe with smoked salmon and peas risotto; no fancy wine glasses here so we did our best. The colour is crimson while the nose has some exotic...
by Chris | 28 Jan 2009 | Australia, Riesling, Victoria, White Wines
The 2008 Mitchelton Blackwood Park Riesling is the wine of the week in yesterday’s Good Living segment of the SMH. Huon Hooke writes …Mitchelton has proven over many years that its home in Victoria’s Goulburn Valley is a great place to grow riesling, and...
by Chris | 9 Dec 2008 | Australia, Red Wines, Shiraz, Victoria
This week’s wine of the week in today’s SMH is the 2006 Summerfield Shiraz from Pyrenees. Huon Hooke writes:This is not a wine for everybody. If you have an aversion to American oak, look elsewhere. However, in its bold, full-frontal, uncomplicated style,...
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 | 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 | 5 Dec 2006 | Australia, Other Whites, Victoria, White Wines
Seppelts Bellfield Marsanne/Rousanne, 2004, from the Glenlofty vineyard, 12% The colour is lemon, straw, with a hint of gold. The nose displays citrus, stone fruit, pears with a hint of oak nuttiness. On the palate there is more of the stone fruit, limes and a subtle...
