2016 Printhie Super Duper Chardonnay, Orange, New South Wales The Orange wine region is located about 300km due West of Sydney. It is an elevated landscape that belies its altitude. Dominated by Mount Canobolis as there is nothing higher to the West. A cool climate region that is relatively new, yet producing some stunning winesContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #362”
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Wine Code Breaker #361
2019 Fighting Gully Road Sangiovese, Beechworth, Victoria The making of wine is a process that clashes the technical with creativity and music can help meld the two together to deliver something delicious. I have recently wondered if you had a winery located in a former lunatic asylum, would you play Pink Floyd’s Dark Side ofContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #361”
Wine Code Breaker #360
2016 Castagna la Chiave Sangiovese, Beechworth, Victoria Regions that have been put on the map by some wonderful examples of Shiraz are now being put back on the map, or their spot on the map is enlarged, with Italian varieties. Beechworth is one. A region founded on golden known for its cool climate Shiraz, youContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #360”
Wine Code Breaker #359
2019 Singlefile Family Reserve Chardonnay, Great Southern, Western Australia The Zephyr of Great Southern has struck again. This Mistress of the Winds plays with the steep hills and valleys of the region and the Great Southern Ocean to deliver moisture laden breezes that cool the winters and warm the dry summers. The vines grown onContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #359”
Wine Code Breaker #358
2019 L.A.S Vino TNT Touriga Nacional Tinta Cao, Margaret River, Western Australia Wagner’s 1876 opera, Götterdämmerung, is the last of the four musical and theatrical masterpieces that are better know as the The Ring of the Nibelung or the Ring for short. This cycle tells the story of the killing of Siegfried by Hagen with a stab in the back. Of course,Continue reading “Wine Code Breaker #358”
Wine Code Breaker #357
2016 S.C. Pannell Nebbiolo, Adelaide Hills, South Australia International Nebbiolo Day is celebrated on the 5th March. Barolo in Piedmont, Italy, is the original home. The Nebbiolo grape is now considered one of the 18 noble grapes, a term given to those varieties that are internationally recognisable. It’s original style is of a wine that isContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #357”
Wine Code Breaker #356
2019 Mac Forbes EB57 Concrete Schoolyard Pinot Noir, Yarra Junction, Yarra Valley, Victoria Mac Forbes’s approach to winemaking starts in the vineyard. As he states, “the vines are only as good as the soil they are anchored in.” And with this, he works with the constraints of the seasons. His EB – Experimental Batch –Continue reading “Wine Code Breaker #356”
Wine Code Breaker #355
2019 Soumah Syrah, Yarra Valley, Victoria International Syrah Day appears to have got lost this year. Celebrated on the 16th of February, it seems to have slipped most of us by. Perhaps it was the hangover of the romance of the 14th or was it Global Drink Wine Day on the 18th. Perhaps it wasContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #355”
Wine Code Breaker #354
2018 Mayford Tempranillo, Porepunkah, Alpine Valley, Victoria A puppy whining in its youth for company can drive you spare. Without giving puppy raising guidance, they need to be left alone to cope by themselves. “Let it mature with you not in spite of you,” would appear to be the mantra. So to with Tempranillo. FromContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #354”
Wine Code Breaker #353
2017 Golden Ball ‘là-bas’ Chardonnay, Beechworth, Victoria A rural property located near the gold mining town of Beechworth is named Golden Ball. As the story goes, it was named after the original settler’s favourite hotel in London (c1850s). Golden Ball is also the name given to the granite that dominates the region. The granite shapesContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #353”
The Unexpurgated Wine Code 