Better red, and far from dead |
Australia's best cabernet sauvignon regions persist with a variety that has drifted out of favour .
THERE was a time in the late 1970s when cabernet was king and shiraz added a certain je ne sais quo...
Posted by Australian wines uncorked on Sun, 30 Oct 2005 09:13:00 PST |
W.B. Yeats some of my Favourite Poems |
He wishes for the Cloths of Heaven Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I woul...
Posted by Australian wines uncorked on Wed, 19 Oct 2005 05:13:00 PST |
Notes on Decantering |
All red table wines benefit from further aging in the bottle and will continue to improve and develop over the years if stored horizontally in a cool place.
They are not stabilized prior to bottling t...
Posted by Australian wines uncorked on Wed, 19 Oct 2005 05:08:00 PST |
The wonder years Australian wines |
The wonder years
The 1952 Grange was one of the decade's great wines.
Australia's 40 or so wine areas have produced some outstanding vintages - and some not-so-memorable ones. Which are whic...
Posted by Australian wines uncorked on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
How to be a wine connoisseur |
How to be a wine connoisseur
No amount of reading and talking about wine will replace the tasing experience. Get out there.
Of the so-called mystery surrounding wine, there is none.
If you...
Posted by Australian wines uncorked on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
wines $A under 18 |
HARDYS SIR JAMES CUVEE BRUT
PRICE $A11-13
Pale with a fine bubble, it has quite a delicate stone fruit nose.
There's a little nutty depth, and essentially its freshness,
attractive texture and dr...
Posted by Australian wines uncorked on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
GOOD BUBBLY DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FRENCH |
Stories telling us Australia makes the best wines in the known universe
are everywhere and its hard to argue with the local drop's success here and overseas.
Despite this, in the sparkling wine stak...
Posted by Australian wines uncorked on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
THREE AUSSIE WINES JUST RATED |
Scorpo Pinot Noir 2002
$A 35 TO 37
Scorpo is a relative new name from the Mornington
Peninsula.This deeply coloured pinot is a good example of the concentrated,flavoursome Scorpo style, it sme...
Posted by Australian wines uncorked on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
RATING GUIDE FOR WINES LISTED |
RATINGS
FIVE STARS:
A superb example, a near- perfect
Wine of great character.
Worthy of the big occasion
And the best company.
FOUR AND HALF STARS:
First class, a wine of distinction...
Posted by Australian wines uncorked on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
WORTH THEIR WAIT 15 AUSTRALIAN WINES TO PUT IN YOUR CELLAR |
MY 15 AUSTRALIAN WINES TO DRINK AND PUT IN YOUR CELLAR...........
Wine should be your own taste so taste many to find yours.
PFEIFFER CHRISTOPHERS'S VP2001,A$22.50
Cellar for :at least 10 year...
Posted by Australian wines uncorked on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
