Category: Food and Drink

This one is definitely over aged at the moment, but of the two bottles I had (one went down the sink) one was very nice to drink – I had it with a curry.

The second of the Chapel Hill wines in this update Sangiovese Rose is an absolute bargain at $14/bottle. Its not too sweet, not too dry and a perfect accompaniment to any barbecue (or even a chicken salad). Unfortunately I drank this quite some time ago when the weather was still warm down here in the…

Starting the update of the wines consumed over the last 10 weeks or so – we have a port, now this one was not finished in a few nights, but rather over a few weeks. This is an extremely pleasant port, it’s only aged 12 years – so its no oldie in the age stakes,…

Spicy and fruity. Its beyond well tasty. Wants to get some air into it for its full yumminess to be released. VERY GOOD!

This is truly a blended wine being made from 40% shiraz, 25% cabernet sauvignon, 25% merlot, and 10% cabernet franc grown in the Barossa (Eden Valley and Barossa Valley). The interesting thing about this wine is that it is so well balanced and caters to differing tastes (in red’s of course). We drank this prior…

This is a rather nice combination of the ever delightful Shiraz with the usually rather not my taste white Viognier, it is much darker than you would expect from a Red/White blend in fact as dark as any Cab or Shiraz out there. It has a very pleasant mix of the spice of a Shiraz…

This is a passable blend of Cab Sav and Merlot – not entirely my favorite variety (merlot) combined with one of my stable drinks. I actually enjoyed this drop post airing and it went rather well with my Mushroom & Chizoro Sausage spag bol.

This is definitely past its best, but it was never very good to begin with. Decanted and opened up its drinkable with a meal, but not something that you would want to take to a dinner party.