Introducing the ultimate party pleaser, d’Arenberg The Cadenzia 2009. Aussies may be celebrating the holidays grilling burgers on the beach, but at least Australian producer d’Arenberg has parcelled up a Chateauneuf-du-Pape style red, packed with cranberries and spice to keep us smiling this chilly winter.
By Rob Pickard
We first saw this new range of single vineyard wines from d’Arenberg when Chester Osborn and the team fly over to the UK for the London International Wine Fair. The grapes for these beauties are sourced by Chester from individual plots throughout the McLaren Vale, and with small batch production, they firmly sit at the top …
By Rob Pickard
It’s day 2 at the Fair, and following yesterday’s post on the Game Resrve range from Graham Beck, today it’s all about another New World big gun…Chester Osborn and the wines of d’Arenberg. Known for their offbeat wine names, red stripe labels and fantastic McLaren Vale juice, d’Arenberg have long been creating some of Australia’s top wines.
Not content with their wide range …
By Chester Osborn, www.darenberg.com.au
After the rain of late March, consistent sunny April days in the mid twenties, came as a welcome relief. Disease pressure remained high throughout, but the grapes were back in ripening mode, and fruit started rolling across the weigh bridge once again.
Botrytis was spotted in some vineyards, mainly in the areas that received the most …
By Chester Osborn, www.darenberg.com.au
After a mild, yet sunny weekend it rained consistently through the last week of March. There was a huge difference in rainfall across the region with some areas only receiving a few mm, while others received up to 14.8mm! Luckily this was considerable less than other wine regions and it was not heavy downpours, rather steady drizzle.
The greatest concern …
By Chester Osborn, www.darenberg.com.au
As expected there were a number of Shiraz blocks picked this week (pictured above) following a string of sunny days, some of these blocks included Dead Arm material. Temperatures in the low to mid twenties all week were perfect conditions for ripening and has allowed for steady ripening and a great deal of picking….
By Chester Osborn, www.darenberg.com.au
Running up to the beginning of March there was average rainfall in both winter and spring, which has ensured adequate sub-soil moisture, with very healthy canopies. With this has also come very mild day time temperatures and cool nights during the summer months, which has ensured a very late start to the vintage….
By Gareth Groves
Australia’s McLaren Vale wine region is under threat from a proposed new development that would turn 177ha of land into a commercial centre with 1,200 residential homes – despite the fact the site has just been indentified as one of the most exciting for wine production in the region.
The McLaren Vale generates nearly Aus$1 billion in wine and …
By Rob Pickard
The majority of wines we drink here in the UK endure a fair old journey to get from the vineyard to glass. However, a few of Bibendum’s wines are going the extra mile before they are opened and enjoyed.
Their extraordinary journey takes them aboard the Royal Research Ship James Clark Ross as it sets sail on a 9 month journey to the …
Woop! It’s a Bank Holiday weekend. Boo! It’s the last one until Christmas – and that is officially a long time away. Nevermind, after last week’s meteorological pessimism, today I have decided the glass is half full…
