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Category Archives: Cabernet Sauvignon
Oxford Landing ‘One to One’ Wine Releases
Confucious is quoted as saying, “If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.” After receiving these wines to try, and … Continue reading
Téssera Wines Pop-Up Cellar Door Tasting
Recently I went to a Téssera Wines ‘pop-up’ cellar door at Lumbr Cafe in Brisbane. I knew the owners, albeit not for very long, and I knew Jen Venardos was a pretty vivacious person, so I expected to have a … Continue reading
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2021 Clandestine Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon
My late Dad was not (with emphasis) a wine drinker. He loved his beer and I’m pretty sure if a glass of wine came within a foot of him, he would recoil so quickly that people would have thought a … Continue reading
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2019 Yalumba ‘The Cigar’ Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon
There are three words in the heading that could not be more connected when it comes to wine than ‘Cigar’, ‘Coonawarra’ and ‘Cabernet Sauvignon’. It is widely known the Coonawarra area has a section where the dirt is commonly referred … Continue reading
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Huntington Estate Cellar Door
Way back in 2017 David Cumming of Define Wine Marketing kindly sent me some wines from Huntington Estate to try. What he didn’t know was I had tried these wines way back in the early 1980’s when Bob Roberts was … Continue reading
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Winesmiths Special Edition Wine Casks Release
American novelist Cormac McCarthy is quoted as saying, “If there is an occupational hazard to writing, it’s drinking.” Had novelist Charles Dickens (1812-1870) been born after this quote, I wonder, would he have taken a different approach to his drinking? … Continue reading
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Levantine Hill 2019 Estate Releases
The word ‘Estate’ can mean a lot of things to different people. The one that really resonates with me, in the context of wine, is the stately ‘manor style’ house, bathed in sunshine, on a vast property surrounded by grapevines … Continue reading
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Nightfall Wines 2019 ‘The Noble Beasts’
There are many photos posted regularly on social media of sunrises and sunsets. I have to admit, some are just beautiful. Recently, when I was working an afternoon shift, I drove along an Esplanade here where I live and the … Continue reading
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2019 Nightfall Wines ‘Draco’ Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon
The word ‘courage’ gets used these days mostly to describe somebody’s actions in a positive way where they have shown “the mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty.” (Merriam-Webster) but the original meaning was, … Continue reading
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2018 Levantine Hill Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
When I first tasted this wine, I couldn’t help but think, this is Cabernet and a serious one at that. Don’t get me wrong, there is a seriousness about it but, the more I tasted it (and I couldn’t help … Continue reading
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