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 #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”
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 #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 #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 #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”
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