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Import Selection: Shiraz/Cabernet Sauvignon, 1991. Hardys

August 29, 2016

Hardys is Australia’s second largest wine producer. The compa­ny dates back to 1953, when Thomas Hardy, just 23 years old, founded Bankside Cellars, three miles from Adelaide in the then “Colony of South Australia”. Ex­hibiting a pioneering spirit, an ex­cellent head for business and a nat­ural flair for wine making, the energetic young man from… read more »

Import Selection: Shiraz/Cabernet, 1984, Penfolds

April 7, 2016

Terms like Koonunga Hill, Coonawarra and Pokolbin most-likely don’t roll off the tongues of wine aficionados like Napa, Sonoma and Mendocino, but someday they will.  Our import selection, if you haven’t already guessed, comes from “down under”. . . Australia. With all the hoopla over the Australian tourist ads here it was time to find… read more »

Import Selection: Shiraz – Bin 50, 1985; Lindemans

April 6, 2016

Editorial Forenote: If you number among the misfortunate few – as I do – who tasted some of the unadulterated rubbish that was washing ashore from Down Under ’round the early 1970’s, you well understand my wholly pleasurable reaction to reviewing this wine and the many other fine Australian se­lections finding their way into the… read more »

Syrah/Shiraz

October 2, 2015

This wine is very strong grape that has a spice quality that flows smoothly in your mouth. This is commonly found in red blends wine.    

Peppery

October 2, 2015

Peppery wine contains an aroma of white pepper or black pepper with a spicy flavor. An example of a peppery wine is a Shiraz.  

Shiraz, 1979. Taltarni| Vintage Wine History and Information

August 28, 2015

SHIRAZ. 1979 – TALTARNI by Paul Kalemkiarian Sr | May 1983 Dominique Portet travels to Bordeaux at least once a year, and to Napa about that frequently too. It is a long way to go from Australia! But, he has many reasons to do so. His parents live in France, and his brother lives in… read more »

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