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I think the orange label replaces Hardy's Tintara Cellars (or Tintara paper label). See what Hardy's tell you. From a McLaren Vale grower of Shiraz POV the products are: Level 5- Oomoo ( RRP $10-12 ) Level 4- Tintara Cellars ( RRP $15-18 ) Level 3- Reynella Level 2- Tintara Level 1- Eileen Hardy

F. Scott Fitzgerald,

Gin

"Sometimes I wish I'd went through those good times stone cold sober so I could remember everything... but then again, if I had been sober, the times probably wouldn't have been worth remembering."

James Halliday 2008 Australian Wine Guide
McLaren Vale Shiraz 2005 Stacked full of flavour, but not showing its 15% alcohol; a mix of predominantly black fruits, with some splashes of red; medium to full bodied, with smooth tannins and controlled oak. (Pro) Cork. Rating 94 pts. To 2025.

While monopoly deny it of course this wasn't an actual vote. 7.6 million votes from SA? You think they would have smelled a rat. That is each SA person voting 7x for the Barossa Valley. m A quick tally around the office? Nope no one voted here. I guess everyone else picked up the slack by covering f...

Davo wrote:

McLaren Vale Vine Doctor wrote:Hang on what am I saying! Change your plans and come to McLaren Vale!

McLaren Vale is the exxiest place to stay in S.A., especially the B&Bs

$130 for Hosted Acc?

$108 for Motel?

http://www.about-australia.com/travel-g ... aren-vale/

Hang on what am I saying! Change your plans and come to McLaren Vale!

Not really ***** upmarket, but smart, private and very good value if travelling with family/ friends. Get 2 cabins.

http://www.clarevalleycabins.com.au/

North East of Clare township at the top of the valley.

2005 Lloyd Bros Shiraz A tight wine, nice black fruit, Raspberry. American Oak Vanillia but has fruit weight to take it. 91 pts and serious jealously rating ($19.99 at Auswine!) 2005 Lloyd Bros 'White Chalk' Reserve Shiraz Very tight tannins, needs another few years in the cellar. More obvious meat...

Yep, I have had the Shiraz Viognier. I have used it as a benchmark wine before - it is very good value for sure.

I am interested to try the Sparkling Shiraz and will keep an eye out for it.

$18.50!

Balmoral used to be a reason to get out of bed in the morning... and Rosemount Traditional and GSM.

I think a good wine label is designed to catch your eye when scanning the shelves. Take for example the 'Black Chook Shiraz Viognier and Sparkling Shiraz'. Leigh Leigh, I was in the airport in Sydney, T2 and looked at what the bar had for sale... Black Chook does stand out from a shelf. I was looki...

Hardy's seems to be hit less than the dire predictions I've heard about. [i]The Hardy Wine Company today said it had crushed 255,600 tonnes of wine grapes, a 24 per cent fall on the 2006 vintage. Large companies do have to be careful with what they say because they don't want to send certain signal...

Style vs Substance.

Then you see labels that really try hard on the package.

http://www.kidyounot.com.au/

Any nominations for the best looking wine lable design?

Metala White Label - Old School Charm

I think some of us need to find another job... Winepod can do it all and it looks much cuter than most of the winemakers/grapegrowers/winemerchants I know.


http://www.winepod.net/

NZ probably the greatest winemakers/marketers per head of population in the world. Currently both of the Aussie big retailers (Coles & Woolworths) record NZ savvy in their top 3 bottled wine sellers across most of their stores. Usually Giesen Sav Blanc / Cloudy Bay. Given the price war glut in A...

As the author of the said Lazy Ballerina article I checked what the readership of that issue of the newsletter was. A couple of thousand. Making a throw away statement like 'worst vintage... ever!' quadrupled the amount of readers I had. I won't get into the habit of doing sensationalist headlines, ...

Just adding this article from last week about the fake Hitler wine... Not that anyone collects Hitler wine like Grange. Hitler Wine Fake? February 26, 2007 Sir Ian Kershaw, Professor of Modern History at Sheffield University, says the Hitler wine recently sold at auction may be fake. Historian Felix...

"Worst year ever" is a bit misleading. From a grower/winery point of view that often has a quantity relation. For us consumers we only worry about quality. I find many wine consumers want the whole picture. Not just wine quality, but the story of the grapes, wine and the people who make i...

Winelovers, As the author of the article the 'worse vintage ever,' it is meant as a bit of an anti-catchcry. How often have you heard someone trot out 'vintage of the decade/century'? This article comes from me writing press releases about the McLaren Vale harvest. You have to beat around the bush a...