Boag’s Honey Porter, about $10 to $12 for 4 375ml bottles Luscious is the word for this wonderful new Tassie brew. It’s a tad paler than some Porters – a deep, appealing, mahogany rather than black. But it’s full-bodied and complex, combining malt and roast malt flavours with fragrant hops, a terrific, drying hops bitterness … Continue reading Wine & beer review — Boag’s, Redbank & Annie’s Lane
Two Tasmanian producers — Pipers Brook and Tamar Ridge — between them own a little over half the island’s approximately 500 hectares of vines. Both are set to boost production significantly and, through the hard-learned lessons of twenty-five years viticultural and winemaking experience, mechanisation of new vineyards and efficient winemaking processes, bring Tasmanian wines to … Continue reading Two Tassie wineries make half the State’s wine
Shiraz of varying styles and origin show real class at the 1996 National Wine Show of Australia
Lindemans maturation cellars have shaped opinion on the keeping qualities of wines from key Australian wine regions
The outcome of the Federal Government’s deliberations on wine tax will have a profound impact on the future of the industry. The draft report is not encouraging.
Large wineries that make outstanding top end wines tend to make outstanding commercial wines, too. This is a look at this trickly down effect at Hardys winery under winemaker David O’Leary
Just as the export boom encourage domestic price increases, Alambie Wine Company hit the scene offering everyday quaffers at the right price
The cool, wet 1993 vintage didn’t prove to be the disaster expected in Coonawarra and Padthaway. Whites in particular look good
Each year, Robert Hill-Smith, proprietor of Barossa based Yalumba wines indulges industry guests with a feast of wines from around the world. In 1993 the Sydney tasting took us back to 1845.
A wine drinker sees parallels with long distance running