Perfect 10 Wines

• August 2017

  Apples, gourds, and snifters of port are right around the corner. Let’s cherish the last bits of summer before they’re all gone. Here are four choice picks, all under fifteen dollars, from some of the web’s top palates. Each one pairs well with sand and suntans. Cheers!Old Reliable Savvy-BThe 2016 Crowded House Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New ... Read More

  From the article The Last Wines of Summer

  
  
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  August 2017

  Mercurey Clos Fortoul 1999

  Snoothrank:

  I bought this bottle of wine for £10 from the website www.bidforwine.co.uk/auctions/show/114149.Mercurey is an appellation created in 1936[although there has been viticulture here for centuries] for red and white wines [90% are red] from the two communes of Mercurey and Saint Martin sous Montaigue on the Cotes Chalonaise in Burgundy.There are 32... Read More

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• July 2017

  After a relatively stressful couple of weeks which included a car accident with a Kangaroo [fortunately no major injuries] we decided that Saturday we would head down to the COast to our place at Middleton just south of AdelaideSaturday morning started with some shopping and getting prepared and then I had my usual duties helping oldest son out ... Read More

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• July 2017

  Stephen, any comments on the Aussie wines and their prices towards the top of this list?  Clos du Rouge Gorge, young vines, in the Roussilon A Connoisseur's Cellar, Part 10 of 8: some fine bits towards the endWe might get another round, but after today there will be a break for at least a little while from this relentless assault of interesting ... Read More

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• July 2017

  Now the wines, but first the food - the Chimichuri steak and the ribs and the burgers were the big hits.The worst wine of the night:Trash - mostly water - don't buy. About what we expected:The Carmenere was good the pinot was light.The surprise wine of the night:What a steal - sorta like a bottle Sauvignon blanc/off-dry Semillion with little mor... Read More

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• July 2017

  As usual the event will be at my house.  South American wines will poured for the most part - and most of those will be from the local area.  What does that mean?  Won't be any high end wines, just wines that are readily available to the people attending - which will be a different group also.This going to a family style backyard bbq, just frien... Read More

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• July 2017

  Friday night we were at Adelaide Oval for the Adelaide Crows against least years Premiers [playoff winners] Western Bulldogs, after a tight first half we destroyed them after half time to wine by 59 Points [~10 goals]Before the Footy shared some local craft beer with oldest son - Moo Brew Dark Ale at Udeberry, excellent winter dark AleAfter the ... Read More

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• June 2017

  Yes  - the June Public Holiday weekendFriday - 10th JuneI hosted a wine tasting/networking event for our under 30 professional staff who invite colleagues from other businesses around town - mainly young CPA's in US terms/lawyers/engineers/architects etc.  we had James Evers the Chief Winemaker from Nepenthe Wines from the Adelaide Hills and we ... Read More

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• June 2017

  I don't like the idea of canned wine, because can destroys the spirit and potentially quality of the wine.What do you think about the wine in cans?Here is an interesting article about this topic:"Can the idea that canned wine is the next big thing in wine packagingPeople who are supposed to know these things insist that wine packaging is about t... Read More

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• May 2017

  "with regard to Pinot Noir, I still prefer the ones from Oregon"You need to drink a lot more Burgundy, and of the others I mentioned, too.  ;-)   Oregon's getting there but still on the road, not yet fully arrived IMHO, even if I enjoy many of theirs. Was writing on these boards about Soter and Drouhin, for example, last decade. I certainly comm... Read More

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