Australia
A Good Value, Old Vines Barossa Blend from Hewitson
I’m a very happy camper when I feel like I had my money’s worth after drinking a bottle. Nothing worse than spending $20 only to drink a $15 wine. Hewitson’s Miss Harry was worth every penny, offering good value for the cost. I’m going to take a slightly different tangent with this site. Although I [...]
Wolf Blass Shiraz 2010 Yellow Label Review
Another middle of the road wine. I kind of like it but not going to go bananas over it. A decent wine to go with dinner during the week. The nose shows a nice fruity tone, cherry, hint of cough syrup – leads you into the wine with optimism – but not excitement. You never [...]
2009 Rosemount Estate Cabernet Merlot
I tried to start by digging out a bit of info for you from the Rosemount Estate website. It’s one of the worst sites I’ve seen in a while. I hope they didn’t pay too much for it. Lots of bouncing colors and not much information. On their Cabernet Merlot they only had to [...]
2009 D’Arenberg The Stump Jump Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre
I’m not sure what to make of this wine, a little confused. I tasted it this afternoon and wasn’t too excited with the experience. I thought it had too much acid, was off-balance a bit and didn’t show much of a finish either. Now it’s about 4 hours later, trying some more and I’m [...]
2009 Settler’s Cove Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon Blend
This is a very ‘accessible wine’. If you knew somebody that was giving wine a try it may be a decent recommendation. But for a wine lover, accessible translates as boring. It’s easy to drink, enjoyably but unfortunately not so memorable. On the nose I pick up a bit of a weird combination of green [...]
Very Old Grape Vines
Yesterday I cracked open and reviewed an old vine grenache from Yalumba and it got me curious about the region and about how old grape vines can be. Here’s a very pleasant tour of Yalumba’s tri-century vineyard, so named as the vines have thrived during three centuries and are still producing fine grapes. Enjoy [...]
Yalumba 2009 Bush Vine Grenache
This is a first for the site. I’m about to review a bottle that I already know I like. I’ve had five different Yalumba wines and really loved them all. I never took notes before so I wouldn’t have been able to add any personal thoughts on this grenache. I could have pasted together a [...]
Peter Lehman Clancy’s 2008 Shiraz blend
From the Barossa region in South Australia. As mentioned yesterday I have a soft spot for all things Aussie – after spending a very important time of my life living there. Stories to be shared another day. So for the next few weeks I’m going to get immersed in Australian wines, not a horrible situation [...]
Up Next Aussie Wines
I’m still finishing up that bottle of Rioja Reserva from last night -terrific wine, so I won’t be reviewing anything today. Over the last few years I’ve been drinking a lot of Australian wines. Not sure how it started but I really got into it and enjoyed most of them. I admittedly have a bias [...]
