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by Garth Oldfield
Fri Nov 19, 2004 8:03 am
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: Scores for Aussie Reds WA #155
Replies: 26
Views: 4894

Here's a few - D'arenberg Dead Arm Shiraz 2002 92+ Jim Barry Armagh 2001 96 Jim Barry Armagh 2002 99 Burge family Winemakers G3 2002 96 Clarendon Hills Romas 2002 96 Clarendon Hills Astralis 2003 96-100 Clarendon Hills Astralia 2002 99 Glaetzer Shiraz 2002 95 Glaymond Landrace Shiraz 96 Greenock Cre...
by Garth Oldfield
Sat Jun 26, 2004 4:02 pm
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: Today Tonight
Replies: 8
Views: 1685

Medals on wines

From a marketing point of view, medals on labels are great thing. As an information tool for wine buyers it can also be a good thing, it can cut the guess work out of purchasing a wine. But there can be a few draw backs. One wine company used to put Gold stickers on one of their wines stating "Best ...
by Garth Oldfield
Sat Jun 26, 2004 1:53 pm
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: The Term Port
Replies: 6
Views: 1767

The Term Port

Port was created when the English and French were at war in the 1700's, and English wine merchants were forced to source additional wines from Portugal.To stabilize these wines for transport they added brandy. It makes one think, even though Port was named after the township of Oporto and made in th...