by Chris | 30 Apr 2009 | France, Red Blends |
This is a wine that was available through Vintage Cellars; I say was because it may now be pretty hard to find. I discovered this little treasure at a Bordeaux masterclass at the recent Vintage Cellars Wine Fair at Darling Harbour. This was tasted alongside some of...
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 | 20 May 2008 | Australia, Red Blends, South Australia
I think I’ve mentioned the Wirra Wirra Church Block blend previously and it has just turned up as wine of the week in today’s SMH. Huon Hooke says:”Rarely have I been so impressed by this familiar blend of McLaren Vale cabernet sauvignon, shiraz and...
by Chris | 24 Mar 2008 | Australia, Red Blends, Red Wines, South Australia
This is Huon Hooke’s wine of the week from last week’s Sydney Morning Herald.The Thorn-Clarke Shotfire Quartage is always an elegant style of cabernet for the Barossa Valley and I suspect there’s a fair bit of high-altitude fruit in it. the...
by Chris | 11 Mar 2008 | Australia, Red Blends, Red Wines
Huon Hooke’s Wine of the Week in today’s SMH is the Wyndham Estate George Wyndham Shiraz Grenache, 2005. He says: “Its two trophies at the Sydney Royal Wine Show, including best red wine not exceeding $20, were well deserved. Though named after the...
by Chris | 3 Jan 2007 | Australia, Red Blends, Red Wines, South Australia
In James Halliday’s 2007 edition of the Australian Wine Companion he writes “Thorn-Clarke is one of the Barossa’s largest wine grape growers,with 270 ha across 4 vineyard sites. Most of the grape production is sold, but the best is retained for the...
