Category Archives: Australia

Wine Blogging Wednesday (aargh… Thursday, again) #45: Old World Riesling

By winecase | Published: May 8, 2008
I like riesling more than I think I do. What I mean to say is that as I pondered the theme of the May Wine Blogging Wednesday and tried to choose an Old World riesling for this contribution, I kept thinking about the many ways in which I’d enjoyed it, just over the last few months: [...]
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Biodynamics: up front or backstage?

By winecase | Published: April 18, 2008
I’m a huge fan of a great number of biodynamic wine producers, and several “natural wine” producers, this last category essentially meaning that they are not only made from organic grapes, but also totally free of added sulfur, a widely-used stabilizer (For a quick description of the various types of bio wines, click here). Very [...]
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Tasting note: Tahbilk Marsanne 2004

By winecase | Published: April 7, 2008
They’re no longer a Château, but the wine is still as good. I’ve loved Tahbilk’s Marsanne for years and years, and I’ve even laid down a few bottles over the years, to see how this inexpensive, well-made, original wine evolved over time. I had great fun drinking a 1994, two or three years ago, and [...]
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Smoke gets in your wine

By winecase | Published: March 19, 2008
An article published on the Australia Broadcasting Corporation’s web site (rural section), reports that heavy smoke will affect the taste of grapes hanging on the vine and, in turn, the taste of wine produced from the grapes in question. I imagine the question is highly important for winemakers in a country subject to brush fires [...]
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Tasting note: Kilikanoon 2004 Mort's Block Watervale Riesling, Clare Valley

By winecase | Published: December 4, 2007
The first whiff of this wine brought me back to memories of my youth. My grandparents often served riesling at family parties, and it had that particular aroma of limes, with kerosene or white petroleum jelly, as well as mineral notes and a lively acidity. For me, it’s like a very basic definition of what [...]
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