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Brand’s Laira Blockers Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

ByCasey Bryan October 23, 2018October 23, 2018

Red wine + a delicious home cooked meal = my kind of Saturday night in. After drooling over A Secluded Foodie’s recent Turkish-style spicy lamb pide, I was very keen to try the recipe out. I was also keen to try out this bottle of Brand’s Laira Coonawarra ‘Blockers’ 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon. I added a…

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Brand’s Laira Blockers Shiraz 2014

ByCasey Bryan October 13, 2018

Any guesses what ‘blockers’ may mean? I wasn’t too sure, so after a bit of Googling I found this explanation on the Brand’s Laira website: Named in honour of founder Eric Brand, one of the original ‘Blockers’ (landholders who sold their grapes to larger wineries in the 1950s and 60s). The wines have developed a name…