Mitchelton Riesling – the outsider with pedigree
A visionary decision by Colin Preece saw riesling planted at Mitchelton on Victoria’s Goulburn River, half a continent from the variety’s Aussie home in the Clare and Eden Valleys.
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111 years on Langhorne Creek’s Metala vineyard still pumps out a winner
Published in The Canberra Times 23 June 2002 The dazzling explosion of Australia’s wine industry is nowhere better seen than at Langhorne Creek, near Lake Alexandrina, South Australia. What was once home to a few small to mid sized wine producers and grape growers, with combined plantings of just 400 hectares of vines in 1992, is … Continue reading 111 years on Langhorne Creek’s Metala vineyard still pumps out a winner
Savouring magnificence – three beautiful Aussie shirazes: John Duval, Tyrrell’s, Clonakilla
If Australia owns any one wine grape variety, it’s shiraz. We grow around 40,000 hectares of it. Our shiraz vineyards cluster either side of the 4,000 kilometres from east to west coast, through 16 degrees of latitude (from south-eastern Queensland (27 degrees) to southern Tasmania (43 degrees) and from near sea level to 700 or … Continue reading Savouring magnificence – three beautiful Aussie shirazes: John Duval, Tyrrell’s, Clonakilla
Wine review – Richmond Grove, Thorn Clarke and St Erth
Richmond Grove Watervale Riesling 2012 $19–$22 Richmond Grove is riesling royalty – combining the long, distinguished pedigrees of Leo Buring-Lindemans and Orlando. The two streams combined in the nineties and included riesling luminaries Bernard Hickin (Orlando) and John Vickery and Phil Laffer (Buring-Lindeman). Hickin now heads the winemaking team, and Rebekah Richardson made the 2012 … Continue reading Wine review – Richmond Grove, Thorn Clarke and St Erth
Wine review — Moorilla, Chateau Semeillan Mazeau, Brookland Valley, Rob Dolan and Jim Barry
Moorilla Muse Pinot Noir 2011 $48 Moorilla Derwent vineyard, St Matthias Tamar vineyard, Tasmania The appointment of Conor van der Reest as winemaker in 2007 precipitated a dramatic turnaround in the quality of Moorilla’s wines, achieved largely by slashing yields from the company’s Derwent and Tamar vineyards. The two exciting pinots reviewed today demonstrate the … Continue reading Wine review — Moorilla, Chateau Semeillan Mazeau, Brookland Valley, Rob Dolan and Jim Barry
Wine review — Gaelic Cemetary, Brand’s Laira, Montalto, Richmond Grove and Cumulus
Gaelic Cemetery Vineyard Riesling 2012 $20 Gaelic Cemetery Vineyard, Clare Valley, South Australia Well-known Clare Valley winemaker Neil Pike makes two rieslings from Grant Arnold’s Gaelic Cemetery Vineyard, five kilometres north of Clare township. The first reviewed, today is made in a fresh, fruity style for current drinking; the second, for review next week, treads … Continue reading Wine review — Gaelic Cemetary, Brand’s Laira, Montalto, Richmond Grove and Cumulus
Book review — Wine Grapes by Jancis Robinson, Julia Harding and Jose Vouillamoz
Wine Grapes: A complete guide to 1,368 vine varieties, including their origins and flavours Jancis Robinson, Julia Harding and Jose Vouillamoz (Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, October 2012, $199) Page 1023 of Wine grapes brought me to a shuddering halt. Not that I’d read the preceding 1022 pages, instead skimming through Jancis Robinson’s … Continue reading Book review — Wine Grapes by Jancis Robinson, Julia Harding and Jose Vouillamoz
Richmond Grove sells historic riesling
An old wine-drinking mate, Mike Bond, recently told me about a stash of glorious old rieslings on sale at Richmond Grove. The Barossa winery makes some of Australia’s finest rieslings – much loved at Chateau Shanahan as they’re comparatively cheap and drink beautifully for many years. We’re currently enjoying Richmond Grove Watervale rieslings 1999 and … Continue reading Richmond Grove sells historic riesling
Wine review — Jacob’s Creek St Hugo, Yarrh, Cullen, Xanadu and Blue Pyrenees
Jacob’s Creek St Hugo Shiraz Cabernet 2009 $45–50 Barossa (shiraz) and Coonawarra (cabernet), South Australia I don’t believe any Australian cross-regional blend equals the symbiotic pairing of Barossa shiraz with Coonawarra cabernet sauvignon. For example, few wines in the world equal Penfolds Bin 60A 1962, the legendary Max Schubert blend that upstaged Grange. The new … Continue reading Wine review — Jacob’s Creek St Hugo, Yarrh, Cullen, Xanadu and Blue Pyrenees
Wine review — Tulloch, Best’s and Jacob’s Creek
Tulloch Pokolbin Dry Red 2010 $22–$25 The label dates from1952 and the company goes back 1895. Its modern history includes sale of J.Y. Tulloch and Sons to Reed Consolidated Publishing in 1969, followed by 32 years in corporate hands before Jay Tulloch and business associates bought the farm back in 2001. Since then we’ve tasted … Continue reading Wine review — Tulloch, Best’s and Jacob’s Creek