Wine Week 151: Good from d’A to X
Lost your shirt in the financial crisis? Tyrrell’s Lost Block Semillon might be just the answer. It’s a great semillon made by a top Hunter Valley producer but perhaps the best bit is just how...
View ArticleWine Week 162: Counting the beat 7, 8, 9.
Three different vintages and three very different wines this week. Wines from the 07, 08 and 09 vintages. The first is one of Australia’s gifts to the wine world: Hunter Valley Semillon. Andrew Thomas,...
View ArticleWine Week 181: An iPhone app for wine… buffs.
A while back we looked at an iPhone app that was perfect for casual wine drinkers. But what if, like us, you’re a bit more than casual about your wine cellar? We check out the new iPhone app Vinoteka,...
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Wine Week 199: The best single estate white in the world.
We like big calls here on Wine Week, and there’s no bigger call than to name a wine as the best single vineyard white wine in the world. That’s exactly the accolade that the Mount Pleasant Lovedale...
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Wine Week 201: Resuming normal transmission
After a massive episode to celebrate our 200th last week, it’s time to get back to reality. So instead of wines costing up to a couple of thousand dollars, this week we will try and keep things a bit...
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Wine Week 202: Grey, white and pink.
Some people put a lot of emphasis on the colour of wine. Certainly the Wolf Blass name is linked with colour, and this week we have a look at one of their Grey Label wines that impressed us at a recent...
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Wine Week 206: The Best Dozen of 2010!
Update: Just announced – our friends at Boccaccio Cellars are offering 6 of our Best Dozen in a special pack at just $130 plus delivery! It’s that time of year again! Yes, that time when we announce...
View ArticleWine Week 210: Well deserved medals.
Sometimes when you visit the bottle shop it feels like they must be handing out medals to wines just for turning up. This week we start by looking at the Margaret Semillon from Peter Lehmann, a wine...
View ArticleWine Week 216: Hunting for great wine.
To some the Hunter Valley is not the first place they think of when talking about great Australian wine. We’re not so parochial that we don’t recognise brilliant wine from Sydney’s closest wine...
View ArticleWine Week 233: Cheap and (very) cheerful!
Sometimes money is a bit tight, sometimes it’s just not the sort of night you need to spend too much. Either way, there are great options of making sure you end up with a quality wine without spending...
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