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Sometimes money is a bit tight, sometimes it’s just not the sort of night you need to spend too much. Either way, there are great options of making sure you end up with a quality wine without spending too much dosh!

This week we check out the Mount Pleasant Elizabeth Semillon, the Wirra Wirra Church Block and the Mount Langi Ghiran Billi Billi Shiraz. All under $20, all ripper wines!

This week’s recommendations are:

• Mount Pleasant Elizabeth Semillon 2010 ($12-$16)
• Wirra Wirra Church Block 2009 ($18-19)
• Mount Langi Ghiran Billi Billi Shiraz 2008 ($14-18)

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Cheers… and happy wine buying!

Brad and Danny

Many years ago we talked about a winery producing quality wines but which most wine drinkers considered a bit of an old, tired brand. Back then we asked people to look beyond the old-time brand and enjoy the wine.

These days that winery, Best’s Great Western, are definitely not seen as daggy! Danny looks at the Best’s 2011 Riesling as many people did online yesterday.

Brad checks out a new single vineyard shiraz from boutique producer The Story and a 2007 Cab/Merlot from Voyager Estate that has been worth the wait!

This week’s recommendations are:

• The Story Sableux 2009 ($43-$45)
• Best’s Great Western Riesling 2011 ($22-25)
• Voyager Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2007 ($60-65)

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Cheers… and happy wine buying!

Brad and Danny

Brad was recently invited to Sydney to look over 35 vintages of the Wolf Blass Black Label. Not a bad day by the look of it!

In between tasting back through three and a half decades of great wine he managed to catch up with Wolf and chief winemaker, Chris Hatcher, to talk about the past and present of the Wold Blass label.

This week’s guests:

• Wolf Blass
• Chris Hatcher – Winemaker @ Wolf Blass
• Wolf Blass Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz Malbec 2007 ($120-$130)

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Cheers… and happy wine buying!

Brad and Danny