Why don’t you rate wines? I have been asked several times why when I’m reviewing or writing about wines, why I don’t offer them a score or a numerical rating. Aside from not being a really efficient numbers person – maths has never been my strong suit – I don’t score wines because I want [...]
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The Ben Ean Still: for Breathe Magazine
Posted in Half Full or Half Empty?, tagged Australian, Ben ean, brandy, cessnock, chardonnay, dr Henry lindeman, evolution, fortified, heritage, history, hunter river Riesling, hunter valley, interview, Karl, lindemans, McDonald's road, mcguigans, Moselle, palate, palates, pokolbin, port, reds, Sauvignon Blanc, semillon, sherry, Shiraz, still, still house, stillhouse, stockhausen, sweet, taste, tasting, the semillon Blanc, wine, winemaking on December 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Ben Ean Still – 2011 Heritage Award winner …. Hunter Valley Living Legend Karl Stockhausen shares the history & stories of this wonderful Hunter Valley icon with Rhiannon Stevens. Each year in the Hunter Valley, we celebrate and acknowledge excellence with our Wine Industry Awards and induction of our Hunter Valley Legends. In 2011, [...]
Something Fishy: Breathe Magazine Edition
Posted in Wine Knowledge, tagged albumin, alcohol, astringency, bacteria, breathe magazine, brightness, buttery, carbon dioxide, casein, cellar door, chardonnay, Cheers!, clarity, colour, creamy, eggs, fermentation, fining agent, fining agents, Fish, flavour, floaties, flocculation, gelatin, grapes, haze, hunter valley, isinglass, lactic acid, lees, malicious acid, Malo, Malolactic, milk, mouth feel, parvalbumin, phenolics, protein, protein haze, Sauvignon Blanc, science, secondary fermentation, Shiraz, sugars, tradition, wine, wine faults, wine industry, wine judge, wine production, wine show, winemaker, Yeast, yeast cells, yeast lees on October 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Breathe Magazine requested for me to rewrite my original “Something Fishy” article for their Hunter Valley Wine Show edition. Something fishy… What’s the Story of Fish in Wine? I often get asked why there are warnings on wine labels pertaining to fish, milk and egg products. Aren’t the basic ingredients of wine just grapes and [...]
Too many Cooks spoil the broth? Not at Cooks Lot
Posted in Wine Reviews, tagged 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, al/vol %, blue cheese, Botrytis, Botrytis Chardonnay, chardonnay, Cooks Lot, Duncan Cook, Merlot, Mudgee, orange, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Riesling, Roquefort, Rose, Sauvignon Blanc, Shiraz, Sticky, Western NSW, Winery on September 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
{EAV_BLOG_VER:9effd5808aa702ef} Cooks Lot is one of those under-rated classic labels, unique to country New South Wales. A smaller scaled family operation, Cooks Lot wines are indicative of their origins whilst showing unique character and flair that only comes from small production and passionate wine making. If you haven’t yet visited Mudgee you’re overdue and I [...]
Bring back the romance
Posted in Half Full or Half Empty?, tagged 2007 Vintage, Australian, bottle shop, breathe magazine, cellar door, Chambourcin, chardonnay, Charmat, convenience, dan murphys, French oak, Gartelmann, Graveyard, hunter valley, iga liquor, labels, Leaves & Fishes, Lovedale, never-never wine rack, New Zealand, quaffers, quality, regions, romance, Sauvignon Blanc, Shiraz, styles, terroir, varietals, Viognier, Wandin Valley, wild yeast, wine, winemakers on March 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The subject of wine has allure, fable and mystery interwoven within its being. The practice of buying wine should also be a romantic experience, right? Imagine this: Driving slowly through the entrance, you’ve been looking forward to this all day. You steer the car into the next available park. It’s busier than you expected, nevertheless [...]
Tulloch Hunter Valley 2010 Verdelho
Posted in Wine Reviews, tagged bottle shop, chardonnay, citrus, clean, hunter valley, lemon, mandarin, orange, people-friendly, pineapple, Sauvignon Blanc, semillon, smooth, spicy food, stelvin, varieties, verdelho on January 6, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Dear Blog, I regret not writing sooner. The longer I left it… the more embarrassed about not writing I became. But the truth is, I did miss you and my attentions, although redirected – were good. I have started to pursue post-graduate study and have simply concentrated all into that over the past few months. [...]
I [HEART] Chardonnay
Posted in Half Full or Half Empty?, tagged Chardies, chardonnay, Cuvee, fashion, lady gaga, oak, palate, people, Petaluma, Petersons Wines, rich, Sauvignon Blanc, Scarborough, unoaked, Viognier, wild yeast, wine on July 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
For those of you who know me, you would know that I love Chardonnay. Call me old fashioned – BUT in my favour I am a product of the 80′s, and I am very similar to my mum who also loves Chardonnay. I might talk wine all day, and enjoy a large plethora of varieties, but [...]
*From a Bottle!*
Posted in Half Full or Half Empty?, tagged Bingo, Blue Rinse, bouquet, Bowling Club, bubbly, Cask, chardonnay, Charmat, cheap, colour, Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley, Dry red, flute, From a Bottle, hunter valley, Karl Stockhausen, Legend, Methode Champenoise, Muscatel, oak, oak chipped, palate, Peacock Hill, Sparkling Wine, stone fruits, Stony Peak, supermarket wines, varieties, wine, winemaker on June 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Recently, I visited my local Bowling Club. Don’t judge me. Yes I know where my local club is, yes I’m a member. I ordered a glass of Chardonnay absent mindedly. Then I realised this could be fatal and sharply added *From a Bottle!* as a stipulation to my order. Until this moment, I had no [...]
What’s in a Name? Mules of the Wine World.
Posted in Half Full or Half Empty?, Wine Knowledge, tagged ancestries, Australia, bastard, blackcurrant, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, cassis, Chambourcin, chardonnay, Cheers!, cross-pollinating, dirty weekend, disease, disease resistant, DNA, Durif, Epic Fail, European Union, French, grape, herbaceous, hunter valley, hybrids, Italy, Johannes Seyve, Loire Valley, Merlot, North American, old world, pairing, parentage, Peloursin, Petite Sirah, Primitivo, raspberry, regional, romantic, Sauvignon Blanc, Shiraz, Sparkling red, Syrah, terroir, tobacco, tradition, varieties, vineyard, wine, zinfandel on June 20, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Hybrids. What do we know about them? Cheap to run, fuel saving, energy efficient… Disease Resistant?! Hybrids of the wine world are those single varieties which are genetic result of two or more other grape varieties. But how prominent are hybridised varieties in the Australian Market? They might be more common than you think. Is Chambourcin the mule [...]
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