Shelmerdine Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2004 $24-$26 This was the Chateau Shanahan preferred wine of three mid-$20’s 2004 Yarra Valley pinots tasted recently. St Huberts 2004, while pleasant, captured little of pinot’s magic; Giant Steps 2004 presented the dark-berry fruit, power and gaminess of the variety – a very, very good wine on a quality … Continue reading Wine review — Shelmerdine, Rolling & Redden Bridge
The Limestone Coast wine zone takes in all of South Australia south of Lake Alexandrina, bounded to the east by the Victorian border and to the west and south by the sea. This unique limestone plain is home to The Coorong, Naracoorte World Heritage caves, the extinct volcano, Mount Gambier, the Robe crayfish industry, vast … Continue reading Winners from the Limestone Coast show
The wine export boom is fuelling an unprecedented expansion in vineyards and winemaking capacity. This article looks at several aspects and covers the emergence of what later became ‘Wrattonbully’ in some detail