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Jun 25, 2009, Zinfandel Wine in Australia

Zinfandel wine in Australia with it's pproducers, regions and food ideas

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Jun 22, 2009, James Hallidays Wine Companion 2010

James Hallidays Wine Companion 2010, order online the most comprehensive Australian wine guide

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Jun 22, 2009, Petit Meslier a Long Lost Champagne Variety

Petit Meslier is a rare champagne variety that is now being grown by James Irvine in the Eden Valley

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Jun 22, 2009, Fiano - Italian white wine variety

Fiano is a white wine variety from Southern Italy now being used in Australia

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Jun 21, 2009, Touriga Nacional Wine In Australia

Touriga Nacional is a Portuguese variety used to make port, but also varietal table wines

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Jun 21, 2009, Ranger Park in Strathebogie ranges

Adrian asks: I'm looking for a wine that I think was called ranger park from the strathbogie region, I can't seem to find a reference to it anywhere

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Jun 12, 2009, Port varieties to save us from high alcohol reds

Dry red from Souzao, Tinta cao, tinta roriz and Touriga, and just 13% alcohol.

One of the most boring things in Aussie red wines is the level of alcohol, regulalrly above 14%. the standard excuse is that high temperatures in Australia mean more sugar, hence more alcohol. This may be true of Shiraz but you an make good red wine in hot areas with less alcohol.

Paradoxically you do this with can do this with Port varieties. Stanton and Killeen from ruthrglen,not a cool region, have released a wine made fromport varieites at just 13%. See this article by Jeni Port.

Any other wineries doing this? Let me know via this page

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Jun 9, 2009, St MaCaire Wine

Today I opened a 1982 LoxtonMedia Estate Saint Macaire wine, fully expecting to have to pour it down the sink but I was pleasantly surprised when I

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Jun 6, 2009, Petit manseng and its big brother

There are a few wineries in Australia using Petit manseng, but no-one using Gros Manseng, as far as I know. Both are used here in the Southwest of

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May 28, 2009, Black Wines of Cahors

The Cahors region in South West France is justly famous for its Black Wines, made from Malbec. The name predates which destroyed the industry in

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May 21, 2009, Can I Recreate myself?

John, a reader in a forum that I frequent asked this question: I have been seriously considering recreating myself - sorry was listening to Dr. Phil

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May 19, 2009, The food and wine of Gascony

The region of Gascony in France is not clearly defined. It can be described as a Triangular region bounded on the west by the Atlantic ocean, to the

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May 15, 2009, Not Just Tomatoes in Cotes Du Marmandais.

Marmande is justly famous for its tomatoes. Rouge de Marmande is known around the world as a first class variety. It even tastes like a tomato. You

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May 3, 2009, Wines for Lunch on a Sunny Afternoon

A Cremant de Limoux and a rose from Cote de Brulhois on a warm afternoon. At our chateau in SW France (we don't own it, we have just borrowed it for

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