Category Archives: Shiraz

I’m sure I would’ve have mentioned the talented winemaker, Rebecca Willson, at Bremerton by now.  I’m on their mailing list and get there wines delivered relatively regularly and drink the wines too regularly. This was in the last box that … Continue reading →

Switch on…now!!  That’s what the label tells you to do and precisely what happened when I opened then poured this wine.  No muckin’ about with this Barossa Shiraz I gotta say. Straight up it gives you what you would expect, … Continue reading →

  I tried find out what the middle initial stands for in S C Pannell but I lucked out.  I’m going to say, Collector.  Collector of awards. The fact his wine won the 2014 JWT and in 2015 he was … Continue reading →

The label tells you pretty much everything you need to know about this wine.  “Crushed 24/3/14, 50% whole bunch, wild ferment, 25 days on skins, into barrel (100% French oak with 17% new) 21/4/14 for seven months, out of barrel … Continue reading →

Let’s be honest.  Sometimes, when you pay $15 for a young Shiraz, your expectations are not high. They can be a thin, fruit bomb of a wine that hangs around as long as Clive Palmer in an administrators meeting about … Continue reading →

When it comes to the Australian wine industry there are some names that everybody is familiar with.  Seppelt is one of those names.  If you haven’t heard of them, you must be living in a Tibetan monastery (and probably wouldn’t … Continue reading →

In 1912, Joseph Osborn made the difficult decision to sell his most prized horse, Footbolt, to purchase what is now the d’Arenberg property.  I’ve no idea how hard it must have been but, dare I say it, I’m glad he … Continue reading →

Everybody knows Taylors so I’m not going to go on too much about them except to say, they are still family owned and would have to be the largest winery in the Clare Valley. I’m not sure how long this … Continue reading →

Co-founded by winemaking brothers-in-law Daniel Chaffey Hartwig and Theo Engela, Chaffey Bros has developed quite a following with their cool labels and very good wines. (Daniel’s great uncle William Chaffey founded Seaview Wines in McLaren Vale so grapes/wine/winemaking/drinking wine was always in … Continue reading →