http://wineweek.com.au pouring rapid tips Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:27:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://wineweek.com.au/2010/03/wine-week-163-tasting-rieslings-and-pinots-and-cab-blends-too/ Three different vintages and three very different wines this week. Wines from the 07, 08 and 09 vintages. The first is one of Australia's gifts to the wine world: Hunter Valley Semillon. Andrew Thomas, "Thommo" to his mates, shows just how good the region can be with this grape. Brad follows ... http://wineweek.com.au/2010/03/wine-week-162-counting-the-beat-7-8-9/ The hot days down under aren't done with just yet. And vintage, when vineyards are picking their grapes, is in full force too. With both those things going on at once we look at a sparkling wine from Blue Pyrenees which is picked in the cool of the night to ... http://wineweek.com.au/2010/02/wine-week-161-a-midsummer-nights-dream/ Most weeks the wines we have on our desk are bottles that are full of wine. This week we're looking at bottles that we opened very recently, and haven't gotten around to replacing yet! We look at one of Australia's best gamays, produced by Sorrenberg. Barry and Jan's very special winery ... http://wineweek.com.au/2010/02/wine-week-160-empty-bottles/ Sometimes wines we intend to review get overlooked. Not for any good reason other than there's lots of good wine about. So this week we say 'sorry' to a couple of great wines by finally getting around to looking at them on the show. The first is a lovely Pinot Gris ... http://wineweek.com.au/2010/02/wine-week-159-why-havent-we-seen-you-before/ When a winery can charge, $60 to $100 for their best know wines you known they're doing something right. But not all of us can afford three figures for a bottle of wine everyday. So many of the most respected wineries have wines commonly referred to as 'second' wines. But ... http://wineweek.com.au/2010/02/wine-week-158-second-not-second-rate/ This week we announce the two lucky winners of our Best Dozen of 2009 competition. They each receive a complete set of our favourite dozen wines from the almost 150 wines we reviewed in 2009! As well as announcing the winners we look a couple of bargain options for everyone who ... http://wineweek.com.au/2010/01/wine-week-157-and-the-winners-are/ This week is the last chance for you to be in the running to win our Best Dozen of 2009! But before we draw the winners over at http://wineweek.com.au/ we check out three wines hoping to make it to the top in 2010. The first is a great Riesling ... http://wineweek.com.au/2010/01/wine-week-156-last-chance-to-win/ Sometimes a little bottle is all you need. It might be you're out to dinner and one or two glasses each is enough. This week we kick things off by looking at a big, powerful wine from Henschke that's also available in a little bottle. In the spirit of sharing, ... http://wineweek.com.au/2010/01/wine-week-155-a-little-wine-to-share/ 2009 is done, and we've started a new decade. And what better way to kick things off than with three bottles you might open at the start of a an afternoon or evening with good friends and good food. But, not everyone starts off with a wine... so this week we ... http://wineweek.com.au/2010/01/wine-week-154-for-starters/