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”
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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 #419
2018 Teusner Sparkling MC Shiraz, Barossa Valley, South Australia An update from the archives…one of the more remarkable and less celebrated Australian inventions is sparkling Shiraz. Yes, that’s right, sparkling Shiraz. The famous sparklers from Champagne are made by the methode champenoise. This same process is used to make sparkling Shiraz. Pouring a sparkling ShirazContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #419”
Wine Code Breaker #416
2022 SC Pannell Fi Fi Fiano, McLaren Vale, South Australia Fiano, as a grape, is a producer of a sugary pulp that is highly attractive to bees. Its origins are thought to date back to ancient Roman times, evolving from the grape Apianum, which of course is a Latin derivation of bees. Being a relativelyContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #416”
Wine Code Breaker #410
2021 Eden Road The Long Road Chardonnay, Tumbarumba, New South Wales There is a Latin saying, in vino veritas. In wine, there is truth. Of course in too much wine, there is ruin. Too little, and there is a riot. This is precisely what “International Stab Someone in the Back Day” advocates. Not heard ofContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #410”
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 #342
2017 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon, Coonawarra, South Australia Eric Carle’s The Hungry Caterpillar was first published in 1969. A simple story, of 22 pages, tells a tale of a caterpillar that is hungry, very hungry. Working his way through an apple on Monday, two pears on Tuesday, three plums on Wednesday, fourContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #342”
The Unexpurgated Wine Code 