by elarkin_ewgbgj | Sep 9, 2020 |
2022 Halliday Wine Companion The Halliday Wine Companion has always been the domain of the great man who started it: James Halliday. In the early days, James was able to taste all wines himself, and the publication was his way of informing the readers of the...
by elarkin_ewgbgj | Aug 30, 2020 |
Wendouree 2013 + Wendouree 2017 A friend emailed and mentioned that he intended on opening 12 bottles of Wendouree across two vintages for lunch, and was I interested in coming earlier in the day and having a look at them. Is the pope a catholic. The two...
by elarkin_ewgbgj | Aug 20, 2020 |
Galafrey Mt Barker, with winemaker Kim Tyrer Galafrey was started in 1977 by Kim’s late father Ian Tyrer. He planted 12ha of vines, and the vineyard is fully unirrigated. The vineyard sits at 260m above sea level which accounts for the natural acid in...
by elarkin_ewgbgj | Aug 20, 2020 |
2020 Grosset Release – Of course 2020 was low-yielding. 2020 has been everything else this year, it might as well be tight on the yields, too. The year has remained true to its obstreperous and frankly objectionable nature and delivered us not only a tiny...
by elarkin_ewgbgj | Aug 14, 2020 |
Seven Sensational Cabernets From 30 cabernets from predominantly Western Australia (17 from Margaret River, 12 from the Great Southern, 1 from Barossa Valley) I’ve narrowed this list down to a top 7 only. A wide variation of styes, these are all...