Taste McLaren Vale: Recent Episodes
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It is in May each year for the last few years that Graham Stevens Wines have their birthday and this year has some extra significance as it is Graham’s 75th birthday early June. Before I review their wines I have to admit that Graham Stevens Wines is a favourite of mine and when I get […]
Check out my summary of the McLaren Vale Scarce Earth Project and a number of the wines from the 2012 intake – click here Haselgrove “The Ambassador” Single Vineyard Shiraz ($85) The ambassador is Les Burdett (of Adelaide Oval curator fame) and all profits from the sales of this wine goes to charity. The wine […]
Well it is that time of the year again – around Easter each year the Scarce Earth wines are getting ready for their 1st May release. So what I hear you say is the Scarce Earth Project all about? Well it is all about Shiraz and Shiraz in it’s purest form. McLaren Vale is know for producing […]
Vintage is a magical time of year with the hopes and dreams of the 12 month cycle there for all to reap. This growing year has been challenging to say the least. During flowering the vines we buffeted with high winds – causing many flowers to break and thus not forming grapes. So from early […]
September 2oth 2013 – one of my favourite days of the year. The International Grenache Day and McLaren Vale makes some excellent Grenache and Grenache based blends. The concept behind International Grenache Day is to raise the profile of Grenache to the wine drinking punters. Here in McLaren Vale, Grenache has a long history. Grenache […]
Something old is new again. I have been a big fan of Paul Petagna and his wine for a number of years. Both under his “old” label Petagna Wines and the Sellicks Hill Wines label that Paul was making for his in laws. Now Paul has bought the rights to Sellicks Hill Wines and has […]
A collection of McLaren Vale small scale winemakers have bandied together to form a collective called the “Vale Cru”. For the last 4 years this group has gathered for an afternoon tasting, during October, at the Victory Hotel. I must admit I am biased towards this group, even to the point that resistance is useless. […]
Last time I wrote for you I discussed the preliminaries and blending of the first Lonely Grape wines – check it out here. This time I will be discussing the bottling process. I had heard about bottling but I had not previously seen what happens. I will not bore you with the details of finding […]
The first 2 wines of the Lonely Grape series have been a journey of exploration for me. I have worked with a local winemaker (more on that later) to produce small volumes of wine that have been blended just for me. The organisation to get the wine bottled was also done by me – I […]
It does not seem like 6 months have passed since the previous release of the Taste McLaren Vale membership wine pack – called Backyard Shed Cru, but is has been. The concept of calling tha pack the “Backyard Shed Cru” comes from the fact that most of these wines come from producers that are so […]