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Ladies who Shoot their Lunch 2009 Shiraz

November 4, 2011
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I first came across the Ladies who Shoot their Lunch Shiraz at a Naked Wines tasting about a year or so ago. At the time I was knocked out by the complexity of the wine. I was accustomed to Australian Shiraz that was all about big, gobby mouthfuls of fruit. But this wine was something [...]

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2009 Bella Riva Sangiovese/Merlot

September 9, 2011
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Bella Riva is Italian for “beautiful riverbank” according to the winery website and seeing as the vines are situated overlooking the King River in the King Valley of the state of Victoria in Australia. Bella Riva is part of one of the big players in Australian wine, the De Bortoli winery. De Bortoli makes a [...]

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Willow Bridge Estate Black Dog Shiraz 2008

August 30, 2011
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Australia is constantly surprising me nowadays. First it was Mac Forbes’ Syrah and now I have been introduced to a new wine region of SW Western Australia, the Ferguson Valley. The Ferguson Valley is located between Perth and the renowned wine region, Margaret River Valley.  It’s here where you will find Willow Bridge Estate. The [...]

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Mac Forbes, 2007 Yarra Valley Syrah, NOT Shiraz….

July 25, 2011
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Blind tastings are always tricky: especially nowadays where winemakers are pushing the boundaries of what can be done with grapes in widely diverse regions of the world. So it was with a bit of trepidation when Le Meurice sommelier Estelle Touzey asked me what I thought she had poured for me recently at a blind [...]

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McGuigan Shortlist GSM 2009

May 31, 2011
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McGuigan Estate is one of the biggest wineries in Australia but that doesn’t mean they don’t produce wines of excellent quality. Their wines are such excellent value for money that Majestic has just taken on the entire UK order of their new range, The Shortlist for all their shops in the UK. I was able [...]

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