Chris, on Wine
Welcome to my wine cellar, where I tell you about the wines I’m thinking, drinking, and sometimes cellaring.
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I’m passionate about wine! I’ve been enjoying and collecting it for over 50 years and I’ve built several home wine cellars during that time.
I started this blog to share my thoughts on the wine that I’ve been drinking. I’d welcome your comments … Chris Miley
Mount Pleasant 2000 Rosehill (Hunter) Shiraz 14.5%
The Americans refer to a PVR (price value ratio) sometimes in assessing wine quality. This Mount Pleasant 2000 Rosehill Shiraz from the Hunter Valley has the best PVR of any wine I've ever bought and must be in any serious Australian cellar. The...
How To Hold A Wine Glass
There is a Right Way to Hold a Wine Glass! It may seem a bit unnecessary to discuss how you should hold a wine glass; but, there is a right way and a wrong way and it does make a difference. Wine is served in stemware because the temperature at...
How To Choose Wine Glasses
Choosing wine glasses, also called stemware is easy with a little knowledge. The shape, size and color of a wine glass can dramatically affect your perception of the wine that's contained in it. Wine’s appeal is not just in its taste and smell, but...
… And Another Rosé
As Sydney's summer continues it is difficult to go past a rosé that we haven't tried before. Yesterday we came across a bottle of Cowra Estate 2003 Cabernets Rosé. After our previous experiences a week or so ago with the Turkey Flat rosé and even...
Wine Cellar Inventory Control
If you are one of the many who have a desire to grow your cellar, who have the best in temperature control and racking, who have a collection of wonderful wines and a personal way of picking a wine which ranges from the lucky dip system to...
Some Rosés of Note
Recently in The Australian James Halliday wrote that thirty years ago, rosé accounted for a small but significant part of Australian wine consumption. It then went into a prolonged, seemingly unending, period of sales decline. It was not that the...
A Superb Cabernet
Last night we drew the cork from a 2002 Saltram Mamre Brook Cabernet Sauvignon from South Australia. What a masterful example of Barossa wine. Rich, luscious, some big tannins and a hint of vanillin oak. It was a joy to drink. It complemented the...