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We like big calls here on Wine Week, and there’s no bigger call than to name a wine as the best single vineyard white wine in the world. That’s exactly the accolade that the Mount Pleasant Lovedale Semillon picked up this week in London at the International Wine and Spirits Competition. After a call like that, we had to check it out.

While no one has ever called the Mamre Brook Shiraz the best wine in the world, we’ve never been unhappy drinking it, and think the new label design is pretty good too.

To round out the week, and our last episode before number 200, we check in with a Chardonnay from Yabby Lake. Tom Carson and the folks from Yabby Lake are taking part in the Wine Rules touch footy competition this weekend in Elwood, so why not drop past and try his wine if you haven’t already had the chance to.

This week’s recommendations are:

• Mount Pleasant Lovedale Semillon 2005 ($40-$45)
• Saltram Mamre Brook Shiraz 2008 ($25-$35)
• Yabby Lake Chardonnay 2007 ($32-35)

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We are also super excited to announce the brand new Wine Week Radio podcast!

You can subscribe to the Wine Week Radio podcast via iTunes and every week we’ll have a new episode where we look at what’s happening in the wine industry.

Cheers… and happy wine buying!

Brad and Danny

We try not to talk about wines we haven’t tried yet, but this week in an exception. In fact, we’re glad we haven’t tried it yet, because this coming week Best’s are holding a tweet-up where we, along with lots of others across the globe, will be opening some of their new releases and tweeting our tasting notes. It should be loads of fun, so why not join in!

A wine we have deinitely tasted is the Kalleske Clarry’s red blend. This bargain GSM blend underlines exactly why we think Troy Kalleske is such a great winemaker – it’s not just expensive wine that he does really well.

And speaking of blends, Brad checks out the Cabernet-Shiraz blend from Majella in the Coonawarra region known lyrically as the Musician.

This week’s recommendations are:

• Kalleske Clarry’s 2008 ($16-20)
• Best’s Great Western Riesling 2010 ($20-22)
• Majella The Musician 2009 ($15-$17)

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We are also super excited to announce the brand new Wine Week Radio podcast!

You can subscribe to the Wine Week Radio podcast via iTunes and every week we’ll have a new episode where we look at what’s happening in the wine industry.

Cheers… and happy wine buying!

Brad and Danny

After last weekend’s tasting at the Seddon Wine Store we look back at what was a great fun afternoon meeting lots of our new wine friends. We check out one of the crowd favourites, the Plunkett Fowles Stone Dwellers Riesling. This “just right” wine was a big winner last weekend with you all. Brad also looks at another of Colin McBryde’s funky Some Young Punks wines. This time it’s the Passion Has Red Lips Cabernet / Shiraz blend, yet another of his ripping wines with an ultra-cool label.

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This week’s recommendations are:

• Plukett Fowles Stone Dwellers Riesling 2008 ($20-$23)
• Some Young Punks Passion Has Red Lips 2008 ($22-$24)

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Cheers… and happy wine buying!

Brad and Danny

Ahead of our first real world wine tasting event this Saturday March 13 at the Seddon Wine Store we thought we’d look at two of the wines that are the theme for the tasting. So Brad kicks off with a Riesling from Frankland Estate, one of the Western Australian producers who are doing great things with our favourite white grape. Danny looks at a Pinot from Dog Point, a New Zealand producer, proving his bias isn’t anti-Kiwi, just anti average wine. And although it’s not on tasting this weekend we round out the week with a wine from Rymill in the Coonawarra that’s blended to be drink worthy right now.

Tasting event details:
Where: Seddon Wine Store. 2/101 Victoria St. Seddon Vic 3011
When: Saturday 13th March, 2pm-5pm.
What: Rieslings and Pinot Noir – More than 2 dozen wines on tasting.
How much: Free!
RSVP: Via Facebook or just turn up on the day

This week’s recommendations are:

• Frankland Estate Poison Hill Riesling 2009 ($25-28)
• Dog Point Pinot Noir 2008 ($40-$45)
• Rymill MC2 2005 ($15-$18)

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Cheers… and happy wine buying!

Brad and Danny