Grown in some of the highest vineyards in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, this cracking Riesling offers awesome lime fruit, partnered with that flint and slate minerality which characterises the best Aussie Riesling.
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Feb
24
Knappstein Handpicked Riesling 2010 (Clare Valley, Australia) for Wine Relief
Wine Relief is a good thing. Set up by Jancis Robinson and her husband Nick Lander 1999 to support the larger Comic Relief charity it gives us all the opportunity to support a very good cause whilst drinking wines…
Feb
07
Riesling, Ashes & Sunburn: 30 Days Down Under Vol 5
by Dan Coward, http://spitbuckets.wordpress.com/
It seems wherever you are on the globe, January is an inordinately busy time in the wine business. No sooner had my attention turned from watching endless Ashes triumphs than I was slammed with a plethora of events and launches. One of the most exciting has been the ‘Summer of Riesling’, a campaign that has …
Feb
03
Happy Chinese New Year: Food and Wine Matching Hunanese-style
by Gareth Groves
In an ideal world, I would celebrate tonight with a chilled beer or three and some seriously spicy food at the London fooderati’s Sichuan restaurant of choice: Chilli Cool. Cumin and chilli encrusted mini-lamb skewers? Yes please. Deep fried pigs’ intestines? Hell yeah. Sea-spicy aubergine? Never miss it.
However, owing to a change in recent circumstances, I’ll be at …
Nov
02
New wines from Petaluma & Stonier, water politics & the Ashes: 30 Days Down Under Vol. 3
By Dan Coward, http://spitbuckets.wordpress.com/
Wine News
Winemakers are born geeky. They’re never happier than when they’re messing around with ferments, coopers, yeasts and wacky new winery equipment. And that is the theme for this latest edition of 30 Days Down Under.
First up are the three Petaluma Project Company Rieslings that Andrew Hardy and his team have put together from the brilliant 2009 vintage – a sweet …
Mar
23
Keep it simple: A lesson is labelling
A short footnote to yesterday’s post about dry German Rieslings and the difficulty of selling them in the UK. One factor that undoubtedly puts people off is the labels of many German wines, which are incredibly complicated to those not initiaited into the complex worlds of Einzellagen and Grosslagen. Which is 99.9% of people who buy wine in the UK.
All of which makes the label below even more remarkable. It is a lesson …
Mar
22
In praise of trocken Riesling
We have a funny relationship with Riesling in the UK. Its position as the industry insider’s favourite grape is secure. Everyone in the trade loves Riesling – it’s a badge of honour. Even if you secretly prefer big oaky Chardonnays, you’d never let on for fear of becoming a social outcast.
In the real world, however, sales are sluggish. Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Grigio and …
Mar
11
Knappstein harvest diary, part 2
By Dan Coward
Old vine shiraz
I’m at Knappstein and it’s time for Chief winemaker, Julian Langworthy to get me into some real action. Riesling and Shiraz are moving along okay and both will be jostling for centre stage in the winery in coming days. Overall, as at Friday 26th Feb Knappstein was halfway through overall. After the last four years, the …
Mar
09
Knappstein harvest diary
By Dan Coward
Fresh juice at Knappstein
I made wine the other day. Shiraz grapes from the Stobie vineyard came into my crusher, at which point I twiddled my knob and sped up or slowed down the speed of the crusher-destemmer and then adjusted the speed of the pump accordingly. The deep purple juice then sailed off happily down a big fat …
Feb
26
Chinese New Year: A Recipe For Jiaozi (Beijing Dumplings) and a Wine Match
By EatLikeaGirl, http://eatlikeagirl.com/
Chinese New Year 2008 - London
Chinese New Year. Now that’s my kind of New Year. Celebrated for 2 weeks and centred on food, bright colours, parades packed with drama, and people having fun. I have always had an affection for it. …
