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Fox Creek; a vertical of the Reserve Shiraz

On June 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The 2006 is a real class act. Combining elegance and intensity. It’s a total contrast to the cooler and more restrained 2007, a wine for europhiles. And oh, mustn’t forget about the so elegant 2005 or the concentrated 2004. 4 vintages. 4 wines with a common denominator but with differing styles. There’s one [...]

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McLaren Vale: 2007 Fox Creek Reserve Shiraz

On April 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment

I’m not much into the advanced cooking and the molecular gastronomy which reigns in so many restaurant kitchens today. I don’t want a show; I want great and honest food which I am convinced in the end will be number one for most  of us. My most precious food memories aren’t related to [...]

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Chapel Hill – 2007 The Vicar

On March 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment

I remember sewing was a part of the school chart when I was a kid. Must have been when I was 9 until 12 years of age. I sucked at sewing and my low-water mark must have been the green and white scarf I knitted. A scarf that not even the most loving [...]

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First, I cannot be. Second, I do not condescend to be. Two Hands aspiring on a future No.1 listing?

On November 29, 2010 · 4 Comments

 

Have you seen this year’s Top 100 list from Wine Spectator? Whether you like lists or not, think they’re stupid and rather prefer just drinking wine, this is one that can’t be totally neglected. Wine Spectator is a major player amongst wine critics, like it or not, and I actually [...]

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Actually, it’s the whole essence of wine….

On November 8, 2010 · 4 Comments

 

My wife doesn’t really get it – why I like Pinot. Don’t get me wrong – she too sometimes appreciates it – but the acidity driven red wines are simply not her thing. White and Riesling on the other hand….

At our house I’m the wine freak. She likes a good glass [...]

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Weekly reflections of a wine lover – #60

On October 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment

 

This year I feel like being back at my old school desk again. Although wine is a constant learning procedure it is also filled with sneaky pitfalls called prejudices. It’s easy to trumpet ‘I don’t like this or that’ and when you’re not keeping up with what’s happening within the regions one [...]

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A great heritage!

On August 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Hardly my average Wednesday sip and frankly, it shouldn’t be either. The 2006 The Armagh from Jim Barry is one of those wines which you should forget about for at least a decade – to give it the justice it deserves. Today it’s a bombardment of aromas and [...]

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Côte-Rôtie; watch out!

On August 8, 2010 · 3 Comments

 

Some wines just leave you with an urge to tell the world about its existence. No. 2 is one of those wines. For a while I was considering doing a more extensive piece on Yarra Yering but then I found Alder Yarrow’s eminent article on Dr. Bailey Carrodus – hence [...]

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