by Chris | 15 Jan 2013 | Australia, Chardonnay, Other Reds, Other Whites, Pinot Noir, Red Wines, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia |
Huon Hooke’s SMH wine of the week is this wine from the fabulous 2010 vintage, Huon writes: ‘Silverwood Estate is a tiny three hectare vineyard run by the Dennis family, with just three grape varieties, the others being chardonnay and sauvignon blanc. This...
by Chris | 1 Aug 2012 | Chardonnay, Other Whites, USA, White Blends, White Wines |
Well here we are on our last day at the beautiful Reid Family Vineyard in Napa Valley. Mary Ellen, that chef of unbounded talent, prepared our lunch of grilled ahi over caesar salad. The ahi is rubbed in sesame oil and crusted in sesame seeds. This was accompanied by...
by Chris | 9 Aug 2011 | Australia, Other Whites, Victoria |
The wine of the week in today’s SMH Good Living section is the 2010 Delatite Dead Man’s Hill Gewurtztraminer from Central Victoria. Huon Hooke writes: Delatite gewurtztraminer has for years been one of Australia’s best; grown and made at the Ritchie...
by Chris | 14 Aug 2009 | Australia, Other Whites, South Australia |
This week’s SMH wine of the week is the Pikes Gill’s Farm Viogner, Clare Valley 2008. Huon Hooke writes:’Gill’s Farm is the old name of the Pike family’s vineyard property in the Polish Hill River sub-region. Neil Pike is the winemaker...
by Chris | 6 Aug 2009 | Australia, Other Whites, South Australia |
This weeks SMH Wine of the Week is the d’Arenberg The Last Ditch Viogner, Adelaide Hills and McLaren Vale 2008. Huon Hooke writes:’Viogner is a difficult beast: the good ones are few and far between but d’Arenberg’s Chester Osborne nails it...
by Chris | 14 Oct 2008 | Other Whites, White Wines |
The 2006 Villa Wolf Pinot Gris from Pfalz, Germany, is the wine of the week in today’s SMH. Huon Hooke writes:”This expression of pinot gris reminds more of Alsace than any other place, no doubt because the Pfalz region lies just across the Rhine River...
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...
by Chris | 27 Feb 2006 | Australia, Other Whites
I guess this is the second label for the Yalumba viognier range. And we need to remember that Yalumba is the Australian leader in the production of viognier and covers all the bases with this variety, from the under $10.00 range through to the Virgilius at around the...
by Chris | 18 Feb 2006 | Australia, Other Whites |
A cool climate Victorian wine of the unusual blend (for Australia) of these Rhone grape varieties. It may cellar for a few years, however it is superb right now. Again Seppelts shows off yet another outstanding example of a great Victorian wine. Although indicated at...
