2019 Ravensworth Hilltops Nebbiolo, Canberra District The 15th of March is an auspicious day on our Gregorian calendar as it celebrates International Stab Someone In the Back Day, figuratively speaking. Harking back to less tolerant times, it is of course the Ides of March when Julius Caesar resigned to the smell of betrayal as theContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #392”
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Wine Code Breaker #391
2020 Passing Clouds Pinot Noir, Macedon Ranges, Victoria Growing grapes in cooler to marginal areas is tricky business. Let’s face it, agriculture is a tricky business where you can be confronted with frost during bud forming, managing light into the canopy to help with ripening and preventing disease in the canopy itself. Add into theContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #391”
Wine Code Breaker #390
2019 Musk Lane Vineyard Nebula #2 Nebbiolo, Macedon Ranges, Victoria The Carina Nebula is the largest of the nebulae that adorn our night skies and is visible only to residents of the Southern Hemisphere. A complex system with many features, it is amazing we do not hear more of its wonders. The Eta Carinae, HomunculousContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #390”
Wine Code Breaker #389
2008 Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz, South Australia Cellaring a single bottle of wine has its risks and rewards. Tasting it in its optimum drinking window is the spiritual experience that you are aiming for. Keeping it too long and you will be disappointed. Conversely, drinking it too young and you are regretful. And so,Continue reading “Wine Code Breaker #389”
Wine Code Breaker #388
2019 Fallen Giants Shiraz, Grampians, Victoria The Grampians dominates the township of Halls Gap in western Victoria. An imposing ancient sandstone mass with Dreamtime stories calling out the fallen giants that carved out the mountains, escarpments and ravines that the area is known for. And it is this landscape that provides a buffer to theContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #388”
Wine Code Breaker #386
2018 Oakridge Vineyard Series Henk Pinot Noir, Yarra Valley, Victoria The colour of a wine is seen as a marker of its quality. It can be enhanced through the winemaking process with a number of options available. Ultimately it will come down to the quality of the grapes. When it comes to Pinot Noir, thereContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #386”
Wine Code Breaker #384
2020 Ox Hardy Grenache, South Australia Grenache from McLaren Vale like other areas of Australia has evolved over the years into something that is very different from where it started. Amazing to discover that Grenache accounts for only 6% of the annual crush of this amazing region. From bush or trellised vines, there is somethingContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #384”
Wine Code Breaker #215
2015 Dexter Pinot Noir, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria One from the archives of 2017…When I heard Dexter mentioned, I immediately thought of the mini-series of the same name. A character who is an expert in the reading of crimson hieroglyphs and perversely hungry for justice. You constantly wonder if he is a hero or monster? IsContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #215”
Wine Code Breaker #382
2020 Ghost Rock Wines Oulton Pinot Noir, Tasmania The location; a series of paddocks woven into a tapestry of rolling hills abutting the Bass Strait. A small single vineyard paddock within this quilt hugging a hill is planted to Pinot Noir. The weave of the vines endure, survive and thrive as the seasons pass. TheContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #382”
Wine Code Breaker #381
2019 Nocturne Cabernets, Margaret River, Western Australia A nocturne has two meanings in relation to the arts. On one hand, it can refer to a short musical composition that is romantic in nature and evocative of the night, typically for the piano. The other references a picture of a night scene, romantic or otherwise. ThereContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #381”
The Unexpurgated Wine Code 