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[Bill's Booze Blog] Kilikanoon Covenant Shiraz » Bill's Booze Blog: Not some medium bodied, fruity thing from France, where the Shiraz/Syrah is watered down with Grenache and Mourvèdre. Now strictly speaking, this Kilikanoon Covenant Shiraz is from the Clare Valley, about 100 km north of the Barossa, but give or take, we’re talking about something pretty similar.

[Lonely Grape - Wineries & Wines of Mclaren Vale] McLaren Vale Wines - Redheads Studio « Lonely Grape - Wineries ...: Adam makes wine that I am consistently impressed with.  He has managed to get his hands on old vine fruit – in some cases 80 to over 100 year old vines) and has a simple wine structure.  Make a Grenache wine and a Shiraz wine.  Take the best barrels into the Reserve wines and the rest goes into the blend of the 2 varieties.  The blend has turned out to just a wonderful wine as well –

[Wine Deals Worldwide] Types Of Red Wine - Sensational Shiraz | Wine Deals Worldwide: Generally Shiraz is thought of as being a big and robust red wine, made for a juicy steak or just for drinking all on its own. While much Shiraz is made in this style, especially from McLaren Vale and the Barossa Valley regions, Shiraz is made made to suit drinkers of any palate.

[Lonely Grape - Wineries & Wines of Mclaren Vale] Lonely Grape TV Episode # 48 - Dyson Cabernet & Vasarelli Shiraz ...: Join me and my helper Son in brining to you 2 small wine maker wines. A Cabernet from the Dyson Wines stable and a Shiraz from Vasarelli Wines a McLaren Vale family icon name and now a cellar door and restaurant.

[What I Drank Last Night] 2010 CWG auction wines rated | What I Drank Last Night: The palate shows ripe citrus fruit and soft acidity. Not unappealing but lacks the distinction of some of the other whites on offer.  Comes across as sweet, lacking mid-palate and has a relatively short finish.

[Southern Oregon Wine Blog] Southern Oregon Wine Blog: Seattle's Sustainable Sommelier ...: He and Hilda set up about ten acres and slowly over the years, the winery has expanded and production now includes Tempranillo, Malbec, Garnacha, Dolcetto and Syrah for reds, and Albarino and Viognier for whites. They also make a lovely port style wine out of traditional Portuguese varietals like Tinto Roriz, Bastardo (my favorite name for a grape!)

[Katy Lifestyles & Homes] Katy Lifestyles & Homes » Ready Yourself for Fall: Of the two sections of the Martin Stelling Vineyard this wine is produced from, one delivers bright, forward fruit and the other adds the necessary tannic structure (the Nickel and Nickel Martin Stelling Cab is also fantastic). Beautiful aromas of blackberry, boysenberry and cassis, followed by layers of ripe fruit and ample tannins, which should fully resolve in a couple of years.

[Online10.info] Pinot noir | Online10.info: It is also used in the production of Champagne (usually along with Chardonnay and Pinot meunier) and is planted in most of the world’s wine growing regions for use in both still and sparkling wines. Pinot noir grown for dry table wines is generally low-yielding and often difficult to grow well.

[WineAlign] Top 50 Value Wines from the LCBO - Steve Thurlow « WineAlign: In this new monthly report, we feature the Top 50 wine values available at the LCBO.  Over the past three months, WineAlign critic Steve Thurlow has tasted close to 800 wines to ensure that his reviews include the vintage of the wines currently available at the LCBO.  The wines featured in this report are often referred to as General List wines and Vintages Essentials.  This report does not cover wines that are released on a bi-weekly basis through Vintages.  The average price of wines on this list is $9.50.

[285bound.com] 285bound.com » Blog Archive » Syrah vs. Shiraz”¦ What's the ...: In general, the vines enjoy sunnier and easier growing conditions in Australia, than they do in France, which results in some different characteristics while still holding on to the basic Syrah qualities. Vines grow in abundant supply in the sunny and warm area of Southern Australia and produce dark, lush wines full of fruity notes like plum and blackberry.

[Wosa Blog] Rocky starts « Wosa Blog: The first is the name of a Chenin Blanc from grapes sourced in the area - and it’s a beautiful name meaning the reflection of a cat’s (in this case, leopard’s) face in one of the pools of water which form in the shallow rock.

[WineAlign] 10th Annual Wine Access Canadian Wine Awards & John Szabo's ...: Mission Hill is on a mission, and will stop at nothing to make the best wine possible from their 900 acres of vineyards scattered throughout the Okanagan from Kelowna to Osoyoos. Compendium is a classy blend of cab sauv and franc, merlot and petit verdot full of ripe fruit, oak and spice all judiciously measured.

[Missile Puppy: The Blog] Tasting with Tom & Tom: Naked Grape Shiraz vs Naked Grape Cabernet ...: we than cast him aside whilst Tom and I agreed that the Shiraz leaves a last resonant note on your pallet that seems to kiss your enamel leaving a sweet yet sharp signature letting you know that a delectable wine as just passed through spent the night and will be leaving in the morning. On the abridged Tom&Tom scale out of ten we rate this wine to be: a Woodchuck, cute yet something native nothing special to be honest.

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