Shiraz! Wine not I say. It’s a great food-friendly wine and also great by itself. I received this free sample from The Nut House Wine Co which is part of the Curtis Family Vineyards (thank you!!) who have been making wines in McLaren Vale, South Australia since 1973.
Just a hot tip, Father’s Day is 5 weeks tomorrow. And if your Dad is anything like mine, then he loves his wine. Which makes present shopping very easy. The lovely team at Dialogue PR + Communications recently sent me this lovely free gift (thank you!) of the Grant Burge Wines ‘Filsell’ 2018 Old Vine Shiraz from SA’s Barossa Valley. And I…
So this is how I spent my Shiraz Wine Day last night. I dipped into the cellar for this Gilbert Wines 2012 Reserve Shiraz which we bought from the cellar door in WA’s Great Southern back in 2017. And oh my, it’s drinking beautifully – you were right Clint!
96 Points in the 2020 Halliday Wine Companion, Gold Medal at the 2019 Royal Adelaide Wine Show and a Gold Medal at the 2019 Rutherglen Wine Show are just some of the accolades this Taltarni Vineyards 2017 Old Vine Estate Shiraz has received Wow!
I must admit, I love pulling out the corkscrew. It seems to be so far and few between uses these days. There’s just something romantic about hearing that cork pop don’t you think?
Tahbilk Old Vines 2017 Cabernet Shiraz Tasted: 14 June 2020 Ending the weekend on a high note with a taste of this newly released old vines 2017 Cabernet Shiraz from Tahbilk Winery in Central Victoria’s Nagambie Lakes region. Tahbilk are celebrating their 160th anniversary this year having been established in 1860! They have blocks of Shiraz vines…
BBQ wine! This Deakin Estate 2018 Shiraz from here in Victoria (Mildura on the Murray River) is the perfect quaffer for around the barbie. It’s easy drinking and super cost effective at only $10 a bottle.
Tasted: 4th June 2020 Introducing the Hirsch Hill Estate 2015 Shiraz from Victoria’s Yarra Valley. Mr Spittoon and I recently cracked into this sample bottle (thank you Hirsch!) once the bub was in bed and it went down incredibly easily! Hirsch Hill has been operating since 1998 and are family owned. You can visit them in the…
This is one of those wines that is impossible to stop at just one glass. Trust me! Taltarni Vineyards kindly sent me this sample bottle to taste recently and it’s safe to say we enjoyed every last drop.