December Tasting Notes Roundup A few hits and misses from the tasting bench this month. A special mention to the Streiker (hit) and the Bleasdale (miss).La Linea TRKN Riesling 2013 (Adelaide …
Coriole Barbera 2013 (McLaren Vale, SA) 14%, Screwcap, $25 From one of the first wineries in Australia to really push Italian varieties comes a Barbera that captures much of the grapey Barbera …
From the notebook: Grand Italian Wines from the Grandi Marchi Masterclass I was doing a little tidying tonight of some old unpublished notes and discovered this little gem - a collection …
Working With Wine: The Nebbiolo Sessions It's rare when you leave a large tasting and immediately start thinking about how much wine you can buy. Bu there I was, trawling through …
Rootstock 2014 - 3 wine highlights Oh yes, it was busy Rootstock is Australia's first minimal intervention wine show, first held last year and now ramped up again for it's second iteration …
Topper's Mountain Barbera 2010 (New England, NSW) 14.9%, Screwcap, $32Source: Sample www.toppers.com.au Is there nothing that Topper's Mountain can't do? While this perhaps isn't the best wine under the label (I still think that …
Coriole Barbera. A goodun' Coriole Barbera 2010 (McLaren Vale, SA)14%, Screwcap, $30Source: Samplewww.coriole.com Barbera - one variety that we don't see/talk about enough here in Australia. At it's best, Barbera makes for some …
La Vendetta Langhe Barbera Nebbiolo 2007 (Piedmont, Italy) 13.5%, Screwcap, $19 Source: Sample www.fourthwavewine.com.au I opened this up alongside a brace of five wines under $25 and I think this was one of the …
