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”
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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 #421
2021 Mollydooker The Boxer Shiraz, McLaren Vale, SouthAustralia Australian slang has a way of confounding and confusing in an amusing way. As Australian society has continued to grow and become more globally astute we have started to lose some of that Strine that makes us famous the world over. Take Mollydooker for instance. This isContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #421”
Wine Code Breaker #418
2022 Penfolds Bin 21 Grenache, Barossa Valley, South Australia Australia is girt by sea. A fact that is irrefutable. You could argue that Barossa Grenache is girt by Shiraz. In fact, the girtage factor of Shiraz to Grenache is 10 to 1. And like Australia as an island of the Southern oceans, Barossa Grenache standsContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #418”
Wine Code Breaker #417
2021 Fire Gully Farm & Vineyard Cabernet Merlot, Margaret River, Western Australia Ancient gravelly loam soils in the Willyabrup region of Margaret River are the home to vines now dating back to the 1980s. A system of brooks, along with the coast some 4 kilometres away, offers a tempering effect, providing the cooling blanket thatContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #417”
Wine Code Breaker #415
2021 Kalleske Greenock Shiraz, Barossa Valley, South Australia ‘Envy is the bond between the hopeful and the damned’ sings David Gilmour adding colour to the lyrics of Roger Waters and the music of Pink Floyd. From the song ‘Green is the colour’, it is laden with poetic references that link the metaphysical to the physicalContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #415”
Wine Code Breaker #413
2021 Longhop Old Vine Shiraz, Adelaide Plains, South Australia A winter Ashes series approaches the Antipodes; some five weeks away to be precise. This provides ample time to select a wine to match the cooler nights watching some devious swing from the medium pacers, deceptive flight from the spinners and toilers, vicious short pitched deliveriesContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #413”
Wine Code Breaker #412
2021 Bekkers Tome (Vol 1) Shiraz, McLaren, South Australia Rey spent her early life eking out an existence by scavenging on the planet Jakku. Her simple life disappeared as she was drawn into helping the Repulic and with this discovered the Force within her. She sought out Master Jedi Luke Skywalker for instruction in masteringContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #412”
The Unexpurgated Wine Code 