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…produced there.
Screwcaps share some of this history . They were first developed in the late 1960's by a French company, popularized by wineries in the New World ( Australia and New Zealand deserve most of the credit here) and now have reached sufficient acceptance that they're even being used for noble French terroirs like Meursault.
Cheers to good ideas, wherever they originate.
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…Kalahari by Laurens van der Post. This year it will be The Honey Thief , a beautifully written collection of fictional stories by Najaf Mazari, a Hazara Afghani refugee living in Australia, and his collaborator, novelist Robert Hillman.
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…imported by Old Bridge in Napa, were previously made in an area of Australia's Victoria region called Alpine Valley. What to call this color? Topaz? Copper? Coral? Embarrassed peach? In any case, the wine, made all in stainless steel, offers notes of melon, sour cherry and pomegranate with a tease of cloves and an initial tantalizing strain of candied orange rind. Clean, vivid acidity keeps it dry from mid-palate back through the spicy, slightly limestone-and lime-peel-flecked finish. …
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…appear to be tightening simultaneously," with government policies in Europe and Australia deliberately discouraging production, while bad weather in South America had the same effect.
The problem is exacerbated by increasing demand from China for U.S. and particularly California wineries, some of whom are selling a surprisingly high percentage of their top wines there.
Several highly placed producers have openly fretted to me about the shortage, wondering what their companies …
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The annual Hobbs & Co. tasting was held at Berkeley Church in Toronto. 14 winery principals from a variety of wineries from as close as Ontario to as far away as Australia poured their wines of which there were more than 90 to taste. I believe I tasted most, but I'm sure some slipped through the cracks. Here are my top selections:
Plume 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon ($35.00) - California
big vanilla, chocolate and cherry
(****) Boomtown 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon ($26.00) - Washington
…Skillogalee 2009 Take Two Shiraz Cabernet - $ 23.95 ( Australia)
this Shiraz-Cab blended is well-balanced and food friendly
cocoa and eucalyptus play a big part along with good acidity on finish
(****+) Castello di Verduno 2010 Barbera D'Alba - $ 24.95 ( Italy)
great red licorice notes amongst the fruit
(*** 1/2)
Castello di Verduno 2007 Barbaresco ' Faset' - $ 49.95 ( Italy)
plenty of cherry and spice in this one
(****+) Domaine Michel Mallard…
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Plantagenet Omrah Unoaked Chardonnay 2011, Great Southern, Western Australia. 13.5% alc. Pale gold color; a really pretty chardonnay — lemon, lime, lime peel and grapefruit; smoke and a hint of mango, touch of jasmine — but crisp acidity, oyster-shell and limestone all the way through the finish; dry with a bit of austerity. Very Good+. About $ 15.
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