Tag Archives: Shiraz

Billy’s Online Wine School

13th
Apr. × ’10

Billy’s Online Wine School
Lesson #8 MAKE FRIENDS with RUSTIC REDS
There was a time when almost all red wines were rustic. Bone dry with a tangy bite. A bit challenging but refreshing and appetizing. Today’s fashion is for smooth, rich reds – and while these are delicious drinks they are not great companions at the dinner [...]

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Online Wine School – Lesson 3

27th
Jan. × ’10

Drink your way through Billy’s Best wine book – a bottle or two at a time.  Follow the instructions and you’ll be a wine wizard by Easter. New lessons are posted every Wednesday. Looking forward to hearing about your ‘homework’!
Lesson #3  Does the situation call for the old wine camp or the new?
The old wine [...]

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Forget Shiraz, Think Bistro

11th
Jun. × ’09

Yvon Mau Shiraz looks like an attempt to cash in on the popularity of that grape. I expected it to be soft and smooth but instead it’s rustic and mouth puckering. Refreshing with an appealing honest feeling. No fuss, bistro wine that invites elbows on the table bottle, home cooking and hanging out. Perhaps with [...]

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Creekside Shiraz

2nd
Jun. × ’09

Local Shiraz is very different from Little Penguin.
Creekside winery is the master of local Shiraz and if you get a chance to visit you’ll be able to taste some sensational, limited production bottles. Fortunately they also produce lots of an everyday edition that’s my favourite. I call it local Chianti.
Niagara is not Australia, and local [...]

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