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Tag: Wine

  • Thanksgiving wines…

    What will be on my table this year: – Majestic wines is having a sale on Lindauer Sparkling so I’ll be picking up a few bottles of their rose sparkling to start the evening off. It will have a bit of berry fruit and lots of big bubbles to make a delightful, festive start to

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  • New found Love: Neblina Carmenere

    Using my new favorite wine delivery service to prepare for my in-laws coming into town this weekend, I bought a case of wine a week ago. My goal? Keep the cost per bottle to £5 on average (keeping a look out for deals). I also wanted to buy a mix of red wine and sparkling

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  • Love: Post-Adina Petit Verdot!

    After the last, amazing drop of Adina’s ’05 Petit Verdot was consumed by my partner and I, I had resigned myself to probably not finding another PV so deliciously more-ish. But alas! Not a few months later and I have found another scrumptious bottle of this amazing grape made by another Aussie producer – Brown

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  • Happy New Year!

    I hope you enjoyed the holiday season and splashed into the new year with family and friends in grand style! We have Martin’s parents over from the UK so we took advantage of the view from Dudley Park Reserve in Sydney to watch the fireworks on the Harbour. After a bit of dancing and a

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  • Love: Ribbon Ridge Wedding Reserve Block 2005 Pinot Noir

    I shared this bottle with my family during my birthday celebration and it was drinking absolutely beautifully. This is a bottle that I saved for the last 3 years in my cellar in Seattle. Breathtaking. Dense, heavy but elegant – just like a proper Oregon Pinot Noir should be. I have just done a search

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  • Goodbye Adina Petit Verdot…RIP

    I have done it…or shall I say my army of friends, my fearlessly thirsty partner and me have done it. After buying four cases (yes…four entire cases or 48 glorious 750ml bottles) of Adina’s 2005 very last vintage of Petit Verdot, we have officially finsihed the last bottle. I have written about this wine previously…and

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  • Question: Wine Courses in Sydney

    I’m hoping to gather a list of good wine courses that are available in Sydney. Can you help? I’m looking for an introductory course on tasting, varietals, global wine regions, viticulture, etc. If you have been on a good course, please let me know. Thanks!

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  • Like: Bimbadgen Shiraz

    Not the best – but tasty enough. I have heard about Bimbadgen from friends but have never had the chance to visit their cellar door. I bought the bottle around the corner from my house in Tamarama, NSW at the bottleshop. Bimbadgen Estate, Hunter Valley/Orange, 2006 Shiraz ~$20AUD

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  • Love: Wine Odyssey

    Amazing – trying out 44 different wines by taste, half glass or full glass, picking out your own wine specific glasses by Chardonnay, Cabernet, Shiraz, etc., – in a self service lounge room. When you find one you like, they have beautiful and uniquely decorated rooms off to each side of the tasting room where

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  • Love: Cabernet Franc

    I adore a glass of beefy, intense red wine. The best type of wine to have at the end of a long day at work. One of my new favorites: Garlands “Saros”, Mt Barker, WA, Australia ($23 AUD) – With 80% Cab Franc, what is there not to love about this intense, oaky wine? Add

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