Tempus fugit – another year has flown by with an eclectic array of vinous guests and an assortment of wines to match their entertaining and informative insights. Heard it Through the Grapevine’s aim is to tell the stories behind the labels, thus its often a heady mix not only of the wines but also of […]
Rutherglen
Liquid Red Caviar
For many sparkling reds remain a bit of an enigma, relegated to an occasional novelty when served chilled at Christmas dinner on a boiling hot summer’s day or when accompanying a lamb chop at an Australia Day barbecue – Mr.Lambassador Sam Kekovich take note! I used to be a closet sparking red drinker for yonks, […]
Rutherglen – more than you imagine.
‘Dig gentleman dig, but no deeper than six inches, for there is more gold to be won from the top six inches than from all of the depths below’ Lindsay Brown of ‘Gooramadda Run’ In the late 1870’s and early 1880s Victoria reigned supreme as the capital of Australian wine so much so that it produced […]
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 […]
