2021 Yangarra Blewitt Springs Grenache Shiraz Mourvèdre, McLaren Vale, South Australia The Blewitt Springs is a highly regarded sub-region of McLaren Vale where the rainfall is a fraction higher and the temperatures a fraction cooler. This is of course in comparison to the wider McLaren Vale wine region. Combine this with soils that are sandyContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #431”
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Wine Code Breaker #430
2023 Ravensworth Gamay Noir, Tumbarumba, New South Wales Chardonnay and Pinot Noir are the two grapes that are putting Tumbarumba on the wine map. Perhaps this is not surprising as the region experiences a large daily range in temperatures that is not dissimilar to Burgundy where Pinot Noir and Chardonnay hail from and have continuedContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #430”
Wine Code Breaker #429
2022 Longhop Old Vine Grenache, Adelaide Plains, South Australia Eliza Doolittle’s elocution lessons centred around enunciation through repetition. Most will recall the scene where Eliza transforms her speech under the tutelage of Professor Henry Higgins; “the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.” One line that suffered the editor’s curse was: “the stash ofContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #429”
Wine Code Breaker #428
2021 Giant Steps Sexton Vineyard Chardonnay, Yarra Valley, Victoria Perpetual motion is the concept of a machine that can continue to operate indefinitely without any external energy source. Of course, this is theoretical as its greatest enemy is friction. Friction, however, is the friend of wine. We experience this through mouthfeel and the textural sensationContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #428”
Wine Code Breaker #427
2023 Turkey Flat Rosé, Barossa Valley, South Australia If wine was invented today, what would it be released in? Glass bottles as per today? Probably not. Tetra packs? They offer some advantages. What about aluminium cans? Aluminium is infinitely recyclable and offers a seal of high integrity. It is light, making transport and lifting moreContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #427”
Wine Code Breaker #426
2022 John Duval Cellars Annexus Grenache, Barossa Valley, South Australia Maz Kanata has lived more than 1,000 years. Better known, of course, as the Pirate Queen, Maz is the owner of a castle on the forest planet of Takodana. Until more recent times, she was also the keeper of the lightsaber of Luke Skywalker. The PirateContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #426”
Wine Code Breaker #425
2021 S.C. Pannell Grenache Shiraz Touriga, McLaren, South Australia Another Federal budget looms over the heads of the tax paying public. The PAYG again will be hit hardest. We will bemoan what will be, but will ultimately move on to create more wealth to be taxed like a masochist. One element that won’t be touch is theContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #425”
Wine Code Breaker #424
2021 Philip Shaw The Idiot Shiraz, Orange, New South Wales Mt Canobolas dominates the Orange wine region at 1,309 metres above sea level. Sitting on the Great Dividing Range, it is a goading instrument for the clouds that can shroud it in the wintery months. There are some vineyards sited on its slopes; some atContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #424”
Wine Code Breaker #423
2021 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon, Coonawarra, South Australia An update from the archives…Homer Simpson introduced viewers to the world of topology in an episode called “the Wizard of Evergreen Terrace”. This line of mathematics considers a square and a circle to be identical or homeomorphic because a square can be transformed intoContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #423”
Wine Code Breaker #422
2020 Tonic Chardonnay, Yarra Valley, Victoria To white ant someone is to subvert or undermine from within. It is an Australian slang expression often used in reference to political groups. Of course, it comes from the action of termites that surreptitiously eat away at wooden structures from the inside, only for you to discover tooContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #422”
The Unexpurgated Wine Code 