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 | 12 Nov 2008 | New Zealand, Sauvignon Blanc, White Wines
The 2008 Forrest Estate Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc is the wine of the week in today’s SMH. Huon Hooke writes:From one of New Zealand’s finest producers, this is about as good as Marlborough sauvignon blanc gets. They haven’t messed around with oak...
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 | 1 Oct 2008 | Australia, Riesling, Tasmania, White Wines
The wine of the week in yesterday’s SMH is the 2007 Josef Chromy Botrytis Riesling. Huon Hooke writes:”This remarkable Tasmanian sweetie wasn’t out of place alongside $250 German and Austrian trokenbeerenausleses at a recent wine tasting, despite...
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 | 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 | 16 Apr 2008 | Australia, Chardonnay, White Wines
Penfolds Thomas Hyland Chardonnay, 2006, is Huon Hooke’s wine of the week in today’s SMH Good Living. He says: “The big companies have come a long way with their inexpensive chardonnays. They’re subtle, light and refined yet intense, are not...
by Chris | 20 Feb 2008 | Australia, Riesling, Tasmania, White Wines
Bay of Fires Riesling, Tasmania, 2007 Huon Hooke’s Wine of the Week in the SMH 19/2/07… Bay of Fires is the Tasmanian winery of the Hardy group; Fran Austin is the winemaker. This riesling is a thrilling wine that really leaps from the glass. It is...
