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A New Home For My Blog 3 Jun 2012 | 11:36 am
Finally, after posting here for many years, I've moved my wine blog to a home of its own: www.chrisonwine.com Please visit!
Delatite Dead Man's Hill Gewurtztraminer, Central Victoria, 2010 9 Aug 2011 | 10:35 pm
The wine of the week in today's SMH Good Living section is the 2010 Delatite Dead Man's Hill Gewurtztraminer from Central Victoria. Huon Hooke writes: Delatite gewurtztraminer has for years been one...
Head Wines Head Red Shiraz Viognier, Barossa Valley, 2010 2 Aug 2011 | 10:36 pm
The wine of the week in today's Good Living section of the SMH is the 2010 Head Red Shiraz Viognier from Head Wines in the Barossa Valley. Huon Hooke writes: Alex Head, who worked in Sydney wine ret...
Phillip Shaw The Idiot Shiraz, Orange 2009 26 Jul 2011 | 06:10 pm
The wine of the week in the Good Living section of the SMH this week is the Phillip Shaw The Idiot Shiraz, Orange 2009. Huon Hooke writes: Phillip Shaw's second ranked shiraz turned heads earlier th...
John Duval Plexus Shiraz Grenache Mourvedre, Barossa Valley 2009 19 Jul 2011 | 09:46 pm
The wine of the week in today's Good Living section of the SMH is the 2009 John Duval Plexus Shiraz Grenache Mourvedre from the Barossa Valley. Huon Hooke writes: John Duval seems able to weave more...
Leeuwin Estate Prelude Chardonnay, 2009 13 Jul 2011 | 12:37 am
The wine of the week in today's SMH Good Living section is the 2009 Leeuwin Estate Prelude Vineyards Chardonnay from Margaret River. Huon Hooke writes: Playing second-fiddle to the most famous chard...
Yalumba Bush Vine Grenache 5 Jul 2011 | 08:37 pm
Huon Hooke's wine of the week in today's SMH Good Living is the 2009 Yalumba Bush Vine Grenache from the Barossa Valley. He says: "Bush vines are the preferred way to grow grenache - as opposed to th...
1995 Houghton Jack Mann Cab Sauv/Shiraz/Malbec, Frankland River W.A. 22 Apr 2011 | 09:38 pm
This was a birthday present from my wife ten years ago and we figured it was time to bring it from the cellar for my birthday dinner in 2011. We tasted it with a whole thick piece of farm bought ste...
2007 Chateau De Dauphine Fronsac France 3 Jan 2011 | 03:18 pm
Fronsac is an appellation that lies just to the north of the Dordogne River before it becomes the true right bank of the Gironde River. This wine is 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc. The right bank ...
2006 Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay 1 Jan 2011 | 07:46 pm
From one of the coolest vintages in Margaret River's history comes this remarkable wine, a wine that some experts have described as the best white wine made in Australia. Well since there was just th...
