‘The context in which we drink is as important as what we drink.’ – Josh Elias. Four years was far too short a lifetime for such an ambitious, far-sighted, quality drinks publication as Alquimie www.alquimie.com.au which recently announced sotto voce that its 8th edition, second quarter 2017 was its last. The perfect amalgam Though the […]
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Jackson Family Wines (JFW) – Part Two – Redoubtable reds.
Jackson Family Wines (JFW) – Part Two – Redoubtable reds. Following on from my recent JFW lunch – now for the remaining quartet of JFW redoubtable reds which are as follows: Yangarra High Sands 2006 Grenache Stonestreet Rockfall 2010 Cabernet Mount Brave 2012 Cabernet Cardinale 2012 Cabernet Yangarra High Sands 2006 Grenache, McLaren Vale, South Australia […]
Koshu wine – Quintessentially Japanese.
The Japanese love their shōchū, sake, whisky and beer, and lately even their wine, especially if it’s made from the emerging and increasingly popular Koshu grape grown in Katsunuma in Yamanashi Prefecture (the Bordeaux of Japan) among the foothills of Mount Fuji. I visited Yamanashi recently and was both surprised and impressed by Koshu’s delicacy, […]
MAKE MUSCAT A MUST – RUTHERGLEN’S LIQUID GOLD AWAITS DISCOVERY
Jancis Robinson readily admits that neither her palate nor her brain were at their freshest when the late John Charles Brown of the famous Brown Brothers clan at Milawa, dropped her off on a hot summer’s day in 1981 at Morris of Rutherglen. Australia’s most lauded fortified winemaker, Mick Morris, resplendent in filthy shorts and […]
NAGAMBIE LAKES – THE MODERNITY OF TRADITION
Spent a week recently in and around Victoria’s Nagambie Lakes region, which like its near neighbour the Strathbogie Ranges has much to offer. These regions complement one another well. There’s plenty to reward the most fastidious of wine lovers, including the ubiquitous Rhone whites and reds (long the region’s mainstay) and latterly some emerging, contemporary […]
