With a formidable reputation in Châteauneuf-du-Pape amd Rioja, grenache is finally finding favour in Australia. An impressive stash of old vines inspired this flourishing love affair, and it's showing no signs of waning.
Gourmet Traveller Wine rates our Sons of Eden Kennedy Grenache Shiraz Mourvèdre 2009 one to try!
Tuesday, 21 December 2010 - Geoffrey Dean discovers the best wine producers in the West to cheer up patriotic Englishmen still lamenting the cricketing loss to Australia in the Perth Ashes Test. "Picardy just keeps getting better and better, scotching the notion that the Adelaide Hills, Victoria and Tasmania are the only areas in Australia than can make top-end Pinot."
Arguably the most respected Italian Wine Guide, Gambero Rosso (Red Prawn!), is out with its English translation of the 2010 edition - with some Global Fine Wine inclusions!
Ciabot Berton, Camigliano, Monaci and Tommaso Bussola fêted in Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine.
We feel all of our Italian wines are stars ... but here is what the expert tasters at Gourmet Traveller WINE magazine wrote in search of the top 40 Italian reds under $50 retail price.
Down-to-earth flavour of Italy. Huon hooke, December 2009
“We aim to put the soil in the bottle,” says Giorgio Pelissero, whose Piedmontese wines are now available in Australia. He is not being literal, of course …
In November 2008, Bill Pannell of Picardy conducted a Masterclass tasting of current releases and back vintages of their excellent wines. The event was held at the Sydney Wine Centre, hosted by Porter's Pyrmont and Global Fine Wines. General consensus was ...
Sydney Morning Herald - Good Living - 28 October 2008
'A Cool Change'The Pannell family left the successful Margaret River vineyard and winery [Moss Wood] for the colder Pemberton region. ... The most recent [2007 chardonnay] ... is fresh, vigerous, youthful and intense, yet soft. It really sings on the palate. A stunner.
Read this review of our great value and fabulously satsifying Puglian (Italy) wine - 2003 Monaci 'Eloquenzia' Copertino Rosso, $22.50 RRP. By Peter Bourne.
For this issue, the Gourmet Traveller WINE tasting panel set out on a journey of discovery to assemble a collection of terrific, high-quality reds for winter consumption. ... Each member of the panel presented several exciting wines we’d encountered on our travels, wines we believed deserved group assessment and discussion. ... From 80 chosen wines, 32 were reviewed including the 2005 Picardy Shiraz.
Gourmet Traveller WINE - June July2008 edition. The Casa Defra Pinot Grigio 2006 is selected as the 'Best Buy - Imorts Under $25'. In fact the only Italian to be selected on this occassion.
Gourmet Traveller WINE - April May 2008 edition. Some of the countries top sommeliers are asked what are their 'Rave Wines'. Patrick White of Otto Ristorante kindly singles out the Coffele Soave Ca'Visco.
The most astonishing wine I've tasted this year is Tommaso Bussola TB Recioto della Valpolicella Classico 2003. ... It was a showpiece at a tasting staged by one of Australia's most passionate importers of Italian wine...
