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Australian Gems When most people think of Australian Wine, they think bottles with a cute Australian animal on the label and a price point of under $10. Cheap, quaff-able, but ultimately unmemorable as well. We won’t be tasting any of those … Continue reading
The story of Malbec starts in Bordeaux, France, where it has been used as a blending grape for hundreds of years. One of the five classic grapes of Bordeaux (six if you count the “lost” grape of Bordeaux, Carmenere, thought … Continue reading
D’Arenberg winery in McLaren Vale Australia is famous for making Shiraz. In fact, one of their wines – their Dead Arm Shiraz – is considered by many to be part of Australia’s “Holy Trinity” of Shiraz, along with Penfold’s Grange … Continue reading
An unassuming show-stopper I often feel that Columbia Crest gets a bad rap. Columbia Crest is a winery that has huge production, putting out hundreds of thousands of cases of wine under their Two Vines and Grand Estates tiers. Because … Continue reading