This week Danny, Brad and Caroline talk about the new website launched for the Tamar Valley Wine Region, Chapoutier getting into Alsace, fake Jacobs Creek in the UK and much more!
The Grand Prix is on in our hometown of Melbourne this week, and while we record the F1 cars head out for a bit of practice.
The first across the line is a M. Chapoutier Côtes du Rhône that is a reliable everyday driver. Next is the Radenti from Freycinet, a high end sparkling that is a proven endurance performer. Taking out third place is a newer model from a stable with a host of followers, the Moppa Shiraz by Kalleske.
This week Danny, Brad and Caroline talk about the news that Fosters have stopped supplying Dan Murphy’s and First Choice with VB after they found out the two chains intended to sell it way under cost, just as they did a few weeks back with Penfolds Bin releases.
The lucky person who wins our Best Dozen of 2010 is announced this week! While we get ready to read out the name we check out a couple of wines that have a strong tie with the Best Dozen.
The first is the Heathcote Estate Shiraz. While it hasn’t appeared in the Best Dozen yet, the winemaker is the same as for the Yabby Lake pinot that did make it. We also feature a Ben Glaetzer wine, although this time not the winning Wallace, but it’s more expensive sibling the Anaperenna. In between we also look at a Chardonnay from Margaret River producer Flametree.
This week Danny, Brad and Caroline talk about Schild Estate getting in trouble for duplicating a winning wine with new fruit drawn from elsewhere, a tiny, tiny, tiny amount of Chinese visting Australia and much more!
Most people who are wine buffs know about the winery Clonakilla. Tim Kirk, the winemaker there, is famous for his Shiraz-Viognier. But if you don’t have the $100+ for a bottle of that why not try the Hilltops Shiraz they make that comes in a much more weekday friendly price and still impresses.
We also check out a pair of wines from two of McLaren Vale’s best know wineries; the Lost Watch Riesling from Wirra Wirra and the d’Arry’s Original from d’Arenberg.
This week in Australia marks the annual release of Penfolds Bin range. And this year there’s a new kid on the Bin block – the Bin 150 Marrananga Shiraz. It’s a big, bold, winning shiraz from the Barossa Valley floor and it’s hitting stores for the first time this week.
We also check up on some old family wines, the Tahbilk Marsanne and Oliver’s Taranga Vineyards Shiraz – both of which have history dating back more than a century and a half!