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Sometimes when you visit the bottle shop it feels like they must be handing out medals to wines just for turning up. This week we start by looking at the Margaret Semillon from Peter Lehmann, a wine that picked up a prize for best in show that you can trust!

We also check up on the latest vintages of the Penley Phoenix Cabernet Sauvignon and the Stonier Pinot Noir.

This week’s recommendations are:

• Peter Lehmann Margaret Barossa Semillon ($32-$35)
• Stonier Pinot Noir 2009 ($23-$28)
• Penley Phoenix Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 ($19-25)

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Have you seen our Best Dozen purchase offer? You can purchase 6 of our Best Dozen of 2010! Details here.!

Cheers… and happy wine buying!

Brad and Danny

Over the past few years we have received many emails and tweets asking – where can we buy these wines? Or even better – can you provide us a direct link to purchase the wines straight away?

We’re happy to announce that today we have teamed up with the guys at Boccaccio cellars to offer the first in a series of wine packs based on the wines we have selected on Wine Week.

The selection from our Best Dozen of 2010 are:

• De Bortoli Rococo Blanc de Blancs NV
• Andrew Thomas Wines Braemore Semillon 2010
• The Story Grampians Shiraz 2008
• Yalumba The Cigar Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
• Toolangi Chardonnay 2008
• Glaetzer Wallace Shiraz Grenache 2009

The pack is offered at the great value price of $130 (plus shipping)

Due to the fact that Boccaccio doesn’t stock every wine that we review, so it’s not possible to offer a link to purchase every wine from every episode. But we are planning to bring you a series of different packs during the year based on the selections that can be offered.

We hope that some of you find this a convenient way of purchasing the wines that we have recommended on Wine Week, and most importantly – enjoy the wines when they are delivered to your door!

After a couple of weeks where we featured our interview with Maynard from Tool/Caduceus Cellars we’re back behind the desk talking about wines you won’t find as hard to get in Australia!

The first a brilliant Shiraz from Bests Wines, a winery that has suffered like so many in the floods that have been so heartbreaking across the country. Brad looks at a Pinot Noir that he picked up on recent trip down to Tasmania and Danny talks about the Sorrenberg Chardonnay.

This week’s recommendations are:

• Bests Bin 0 Shiraz 2008 ($62-$65)
• Freycinet Louis Pinot Noir 2009 ($25-$28)
• Sorrenberg Chardonnay 2008 ($45-50)

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Make sure you get your ticket in The Australian Wine Trade Flood Relief Raffle!

Cheers… and happy wine buying!

Brad and Danny

his week Danny, Brad and Caroline talk about the floods affecting Australian wineries, the May demerger of Fosters & Treasury Wine Estates and more.

Download episode 23 of the Wine Week Radio Podcast
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Make sure you get your ticket in The Australian Wine Trade Flood Relief Raffle!

Follow the Wine Week Radio podcasters on twitter: @WineWeek (Danny & Brad), @bellabacchante (Caroline).

In this, the second part of our interview with Maynard James Keenan we talk about who introduced him to wine, and what’s more important – tending the vines for Caduceus Cellars or touring with Tool, Puscifer or A Perfect Circle?

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Remember, there’s still time to get into the running to win our Best Dozen of 2010! Subscribe (for free) and you’re in the running to win! Following us on twitter and facebook will double or triple your chances of winning!

Cheers… and happy wine buying!

Brad and Danny

This week we were lucky to be able to catch up with Maynard James Keenan backstage in Melbourne, Australia before he took to the stage with his band, Tool. But it wasn’t music we wanted to talk to Maynard about, but his winery Caduceus Cellars.

In this, part one, we chat with Maynard about choosing to grow wine in Arizona along with tasting his latest white blend of Chardonnay and Malvasia.

Download the video: (10 min 38 sec)
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Remember, there’s still time to get into the running to win our Best Dozen of 2010! Subscribe (for free) and you’re in the running to win! Following us on twitter and facebook will double or triple your chances of winning!

Cheers… and happy wine buying!

Brad and Danny

his week Danny, Brad and Caroline talk about interviewing a rock-star wine maker who doesn’t like giving interviews, as well as all the other wine news going around.

Download episode 22 of the Wine Week Radio Podcast
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Make sure you get your ticket in The Australian Wine Trade Flood Relief Raffle!

Follow the Wine Week Radio podcasters on twitter: @WineWeek (Danny & Brad), @bellabacchante (Caroline).