Author Archives: Tony Peters

2016 Huntington Estate ‘Basket Dried’ Shiraz

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Tony Peters

Tim Stevens, the Huntington Estate winemaker, picked the grapes for this wine at 12.9 baumé.  Normally this translates to a wine with about the same alcohol content by the time it finds its way into bottle.  The thing is with … Continue reading →

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2018 Yelland & Papps Second Take Shiraz

Posted on July 17, 2019 by Tony Peters

Pillow menus.  They seem to be in a lot of hotels these days.  There seems to be every ‘pillow possibility’ covered with every filling, firmness, softness and size available to suit every man, woman and child ensuring everyone gets a … Continue reading →

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2013 MacLean Bay Sparkling Rosé

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Tony Peters

If you speak to my wife she will tell you I am a creature of habit.  This may be correct but I prefer to say I have a routine.  I don’t think this is bad thing. There is one habit … Continue reading →

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2019 Jim Barry Watervale Riesling

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Tony Peters

Recently, my wife and I decided to go for a walk in the bush.  Not that we are bush walkers by any stretch of the imagination, it was just that we were in a pristine area of Tasmania so it … Continue reading →

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2018 Yelland and Papps Second Take Mataro

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Tony Peters

Mataro is so Spanish isn’t it?  I can picture a Spaniard doing the dance of the matador, dressed in his flamboyant costume, saying the word while extending the ‘a’ and rolling the ‘r’, followed by stomping his feet, then placing … Continue reading →

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2018 Yelland & Papps Second Take Vermentino

Posted on June 30, 2019 by Tony Peters

Recently my wife and I drove to the north of Tasmania and the closer we got to our destination, the more the weather turned a bit dirty.  A brief conversation about the change in the weather proved to be a … Continue reading →

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2018 Yelland & Papps Second Take Rousanne

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Tony Peters

Adding interest to a wine can be as easy as letting a wine add interest to itself. Take this wine for example.  Extended maceration, wild ferment, placed in 100% old French oak for a year, unfined and unfiltered and plenty … Continue reading →

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2013 Huntington Estate Vintage Fortified Shiraz

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Tony Peters

This was quite, let’s say, interesting for me.  I cannot remember ever reviewing a fortified wine…ever!  I mean, I’ve tried plenty of them and I am, without a doubt, a fan so to put one in a glass for me … Continue reading →

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2017 Wirra Wirra Scrubby Rise Shiraz

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Tony Peters

Scrubby Rise as a straight Shiraz?  Did Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot want nothing to do with it, or did Shiraz think it was that good it could go it alone this vintage?  Is there going to be a Scrubby … Continue reading →

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2018 Dr Edge Pinot Noir

Posted on May 29, 2019 by Tony Peters

In case you didn’t know, Dr Edge is a play on the surname of the winemaker and owner of this label, Peter Dredge.  If you have met him and/or know him, this sort of thing comes as no surprise.  He … Continue reading →

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