Good Food - Latest Wines
2006 Villa e Prata Brunello di Montalcino
Majestic Tuscan sangiovese.
Drink | Ralph Kyte-Powell | Wed Mar 27 11:31:35 EST 2013
2012 Peter Lehmann Portrait Eden Valley Dry Riesling
This is a lovely riesling: great value for money and showing Eden Valley finesse.
Drink | Huon Hooke | Tue Mar 26 16:27:39 EST 2013
2012 De Bortoli La Boheme Act Three Pinot Gris and Friends
The friends in this Alsace-style blend are "aromatic varieties", probably riesling and gewurztraminer.
Drink | Huon Hooke | Tue Mar 26 16:27:10 EST 2013
2012 Beresford Highwood Pinot Grigio
This is remarkable value and looks good beside more expensive gris and grigio.
Drink | Huon Hooke | Tue Mar 26 16:27:28 EST 2013
2011 De Iuliis Steven Vineyard Shiraz
All the De Iuliis shirazes from 2011 are very good, this being the most concentrated and elegant.
Drink | Huon Hooke | Tue Mar 26 16:26:18 EST 2013
2011 Tscharke Only Son Marananga Tempranillo
The colour is profound red-purple and there's a meaty, plum-pippy, slightly animal aroma.
Drink | Huon Hooke | Tue Mar 26 16:26:59 EST 2013
2011 Saint Cosme Cotes-du-Rhone
This 100 per cent syrah from the Gigondas area has deep colour and a spicy, earthy, graphite and violet aroma.
Drink | Huon Hooke | Tue Mar 26 16:26:45 EST 2013
NV Champagne Barons de Rothschild Blanc de Blancs
Bright, light yellow with a superb creamy, savoury, toasted-bread bouquet and fine cracked yeast complexity.
Drink | Huon Hooke | Tue Mar 26 16:26:29 EST 2013
2010 Cumulus Shiraz
Cumulus comes from a 508-hectare estate belonging principally to Portugal’s Berardo family, owners, too, of several Portuguese estates.
Drink | Chris Shanahan | Tue Mar 19 14:31:07 EST 2013
2012 Richmond Grove Riesling
Richmond Grove is riesling royalty – combining the long, distinguished pedigrees of Leo Buring-Lindemans and Orlando.
Drink | Chris Shanahan | Tue Mar 19 14:27:19 EST 2013
2012 Montalto Pennon Hill Chardonnay
Montalto rates among the best producers on the Mornington Peninsula, its second label, Pennon Hill, delivering regional style and quality at a fair price.
Drink | Chris Shanahan | Tue Mar 19 14:23:50 EST 2013
2008 Brand’s Laira Stentiford's Shiraz
I had a dream. Nick O’Leary and Alex McKay appeared in Brand’s Stentiford vineyard (planted 1893) just weeks before vintage.
Drink | Chris Shanahan | Tue Mar 19 14:20:47 EST 2013
2012 Gaelic Cemetery Vineyard Riesling
Well-know Clare Valley winemaker Neil Pike makes two rieslings from Grant Arnold’s Gaelic Cemetery Vineyard, five kilometres north of Clare township.
Drink | Chris Shanahan | Tue Mar 19 14:18:30 EST 2013
2010 Brand’s Laira Tall Vines Shiraz
At the recent Winewise Championship, Tall Vines scraped in one point behind Wolf Blass McLaren Vale Shiraz 2010 ($34).
Drink | Chris Shanahan | Tue Mar 19 14:17:07 EST 2013
2012 Pitchfork Mount Barker Riesling
A whiff of sulphur breathes off to reveal flower and lime aromas.
Drink | Ralph Kyte-Powell | Tue Mar 19 12:37:15 EST 2013
2012 Voyager Estate Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
It buzzes with bright, fragrant fruit, but it's not just a simple refresher.
Drink | Ralph Kyte-Powell | Tue Mar 19 12:31:11 EST 2013
NV Dandelion Vineyards Pedro Ximenez
It's vibrant, tangy, long and intense.
Drink | Ralph Kyte-Powell | Tue Mar 19 12:29:46 EST 2013
2012 Chandon Pinot Noir Rosé
It's soft and simple in the mouth with easy texture, persistent, dry pinot flavour and a clean finish.
Drink | Ralph Kyte-Powell | Tue Mar 19 12:28:08 EST 2013
2012 Medhurst Yarra Valley Sauvignon Blanc
Mineral notes, savoury flavour and a lip-smacking finish
Drink | Ralph Kyte-Powell | Tue Mar 19 12:27:49 EST 2013
2012 Zilzie Estate Shiraz
Aromas of berries, dark plums and earth have a seasoning of vanilla.
Drink | Ralph Kyte-Powell | Tue Mar 19 12:25:42 EST 2013
