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Rare Ozzies. A Hundred Rare Australian Wine Varieties. Author: Darby Higgs (Vinodiversity)
I used to read a lot. I still read quite a bit but not as much as I used to or should. I’ve read pretty thick books that involved plenty of pages, almost into the four digits. From what I … Continue reading
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Hastwell & Lightfoot ‘Fat and Skinny’ Pinot Grigio & Rosé
How good is it that summer is only a 27 days away. I don’t know about you but I tend to start scanning bottle shop shelves, checking out Instagram and looking at wine websites for summer wines that people are … Continue reading
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2020 Selena Estate ‘You, Me and Pinot Gri…gio’
If you’re like me, and you just have to visit a bottle shop for one reason or another, you have to have a bit of scour of the shelves and see what’s there. I call it research. Someone very close … Continue reading
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2019 Yelland & Papps Second Take Vermentino
I like the word ‘Vermentino’. When I say it, I feel I don’t have to put any emphasis on any of the characters. They seem to speak for themselves. When the word adorns a bottle of wine, I have a … Continue reading
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Hastwell & Lightfoot ‘Fat and Skinny’ Range Releases
I don’t know who else will be able to relate to this but, when I read the name of these wines, and saw the picture on the label, I immediately thought of Laurel & Hardy, the comedy duo from the … Continue reading
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2019 Serere Beechworth Rousanne
Chinese businessman and philanthropist Jack Ma is quoted as saying, “Trust the young people; trust this generation’s innovation. They’re making things, changing innovation every day. And all the consumers are the same: they want new things, they want cheap things, … Continue reading
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2019 Hastwell & Lightfoot Vermentino
I’m a creature of habit. A bit of routine man. I can’t help it, especially of a morning when I do certain things in a particular order. One of those ‘things’ is to check the news headlines. As we all … Continue reading
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2019 Hastwell & Lightfoot Fiano
Unfortunately, these days there is no overseas travel occurring anywhere, or interstate for that matter. You don’t even see any advertisements on television spruiking cheap flights or fancy holiday destinations, and definitely not cruise ship holidays! Getting to taste a … Continue reading
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Yalumba Y Series Whites & Rosé
On a beautiful day recently, I took the opportunity to go out onto my deck and take in as much vitamin D as mother nature was prepared to give me. Looking over my gardens, I was taken by the amount … Continue reading
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2019 Angullong ‘Fossil Hill’ Vermentino
Vermentino is a native grape variety of Italy grown in the small region of Luguira in the north west of Italy, and on the islands of Sardinia and Corsica off the west coast of Italy. The quality of the variety … Continue reading
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