*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample for the PR firm for the winery. On the same night we tried the Chateau Tanunda Riesling we also tried the 2009 Chateau Tanunda Grand Barossa Shiraz. An Australian wine night in our house. It clocks in at 14.5% alcohol by volume, has a real cork closure, [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Wyndham’s PR folks. Normally you expect sparkling wine to be white or Rosé. But coming out of Australia is Sparkling Shiraz. I’ve had a couple over the years of writing this blog. They are interesting, but not truly my thing. I like them more for the [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the Terlato Wine Group. I’m feeling very non-committal about my wine selections these days. One day I’m craving the crisp whites I love, the net I want a huge red wine. Must be the weather which will not make up its mind as to weather we [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the pr folks for Wines of Chile. When I make a promise to drink more Chilean wines, I apparently deliver in a huge way. Of course, it helps when you get sent a full case of Chilean red wines! I chose the 2006 Ventisquero Queulat Shiraz [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the Terlato Wine Group Matt actually had a request for wine the other evening. Usually he pretty much leaves the wine selection up to me even though I bug him every night as to what he’d like to drink. He requested a Cabernet Sauvignon, seeing as [...]
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The wine for the evening was the 2004 Wyndham Estate Bin 555 Shiraz. This was a bottle my dad bought and left with us on his last visit. It had a screw-cap, clocked in at 14% alcohol by volume, and I see it’s available online for about $7.99. The nose showed cherry, blackberry, boysenberry, chocolate, [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Bottlenotes. Or rather, to a Pinotage/Shiraz blend. I received this wine quite a while ago as a part of a blogger trial of Bottlenotes. For the trial, I was given a credit at Bottlenotes which I could use to try out any of their wineclubs. I [...]
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I have to admit that I am scared of boxed wines. Really, quite terrified. It simply resurrects the image of pink Franzia, or Dr. Franz as we used to call it. Sickeningly sweet, disgusting plonk. So it was with great trepidation that I opened my box for the theme of WBW #31, Wines in Alternative [...]
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And it’s soon, so get cracking on this assignment! Though I think it will be much easier this month to find a wine that fits! WBW will be hosted by Tim of Wine Cast this month. You can find all the details over on Wine Cast in this post. The date is February 7th. That’s [...]
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First, some general comments about the restaurant. It was a little tough to find as the signs sort of fade into the windows! There was a nice bar area to wait in until your tabel is ready with plenty of places to sit. I liked where we were seated in the restaurant, at a comfy [...]
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