by Chris | 20 Jan 2015 | Australia, New South Wales, Semillon, White Wines |
Tasted 19/01/2015 for no other reason that it is now 10 years old and I’m terrified of losing one. Six trophies and 18 gold medals seems like gorging, but it has earned every single one of them. This may be 10 years old but it could have been made yesterday; I have no...
by Chris | 22 Apr 2014 | Australia, New South Wales, Semillon, White Wines |
Huon Hooke’s Wine of the Week in this week’s Sydney Morning Herald is this great bargain aged Semillon from McWilliams. Huon writes: ‘Hunter Semillon is one of the world’s greatest ageing white wines. Elizabeth is always released after some ageing (the 2012 and ’11...
by Chris | 7 May 2013 | Australia, Semillon, South Australia, White Wines |
Huon Hooke’s SMH Wine of the Week this week is this wonderful Semillon from the Barossa Valley. Huon writes … ‘This is simply a beautiful wine. Its low alcohol, un-oaked, early picked style does a good impersonation of a classic from the Hunter...
by Chris | 27 Apr 2013 | Australia, New South Wales, Semillon, White Wines |
I wrote about this wine after a tasting trip late last year to the Hunter Valley; but in a day of tasting so many wines, though this wine made me stand up and take notice, there was always another wine we needed to look at. So here we are now 11/03/2013 pulling one of...
by Chris | 12 Jun 2012 | Australia, New South Wales, Semillon, Shiraz |
On a bleak, cold, rain-sodden Queens Birthday holiday we set out to reacquaint ourselves with two of the famous Hunter S’s; Shiraz and Semillon. Well at least the foul weather kept the crowds away, most tasting rooms we had to ourselves, which means we get the...
by Chris | 5 May 2009 | Australia, New South Wales, Semillon, White Wines |
I’m sure enough people have already responded to this man’s take on the Sydney food and, especially, Hunter Valley wine, but I just can’t resist adding my bit to the list.It’s the following passage that mostly interests us...
