Aussie Worries….

Bashing the Australian wine industry seems to becoming a bit of a trend in certain wine circles with journalists loving putting the boot in. The problem I have is it’s all getting a little bit boring and a little bit personal. Sure Wine Australia, the body responsible for promoting Australian wine, have had some issues
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Matthew Jukes’ 100 Best Wine Australian Tasting

A great night, with Matthew on form being both informative and entertaining as he talked us through the twelve wines selected from his top 100. Unsurprisingly all the wines showed well, and during the evening Matthew reminded us of the need to seek out balance in wines as well as pointing to the need to
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Tasting List out!

The wines we are tasting with Matthew Jukes at the Top 100 wines tasting on Thursday have now been released and include some really exciting wines several of which feature highly in Langton’s Classification. SPARKLING NV JANSZ WHITE 2009 BREMERTON VERDELHO 2009 PEWSEY VALE RIESLING 2009 MITCHELTON AIRSTRIP 2005 MCWILLIAMS LOVEDALE SEMILLON 2007 LEEUWIN ESTATE
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Australian A+ Tasting

Anyone who has followed the wine industry over the last 18 months or so will know that Australia has been in a bit of bother on the wine front (cricket too apparently!!) directors of Wine Australia have come and gone, the messages and marketing have been mixed and allied with a weaker pound and a
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New World Icon Series 1

Jim Barry was perhaps THE pioneer of wine making in Clare Valley, certainly he was the first winemaker to make high quality wines, and today the company which is run by Jim’s son Peter is not only at the forefront of wine production in Clare but are very near the front of the queue in
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