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Category Archives: Australia

Semillon and Lemonade

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Sue Courtney
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There’s something about bottle-aged Hunter Valley semillon that is just sensational. It’s that scintillating acidity that’s so spine-tingling yet so smooth at the same time with that hard to put your finger on smell and taste. With the stunning Tyrrell’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, semillon | Tagged lemonade | Leave a reply

Thirty Year Wonder

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Sue Courtney
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Back in the day, the last decade of the last century actually, Neil and I used to buy wine at auction. Wines made before we got into wine appreciation. Wines no longer available in retail. At one auction a lot … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, blended reds, cellar-aged | Tagged 1986, Koonunga Hill, Penfolds, Shiraz Cabernet, South Australia | Leave a reply

Quirky d’Arenberg

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Sue Courtney
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A selection of d’Arenberg Wines from the McLaren Vale were tasted at First Glass on Auckland’s North Shore on July 6, 2016. Toby Porter, our winemaker host for the evening, has been winemaker with d’Arenberg Wines in South Australia’s McLaren … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, oddball reds, oddball whites, roussanne, shiraz syrah, viognier | Tagged d'Arenberg, first glass, McLaren Vale, shiraz | Leave a reply

Who, what or where is Crouchen?

Posted on July 6, 2013 by Sue Courtney

The wine pourer showed me the bottles of the two truly delicious fruity Rieslings we were tasting. The first a medium sweet wine with honey and limes and heavenly, almost nectar-like, textural viscosity, hinting there might be some botrytis in … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, oddball whites, riesling | Tagged 2009, 2010, Brown Brothers, Victoria
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