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Tempus Two 2011 Pinot Gris

5 January 2012
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Knowing Tempus Two‘s pedigree, I was really looking forward to trying the wines. Tempus Two was founded by Lisa McGuigan, part of the justly famous McGuigan clan of Australian winemakers. Lisa is the 4th generation of McGuigans to go into the winery business and although she at first shied away from it, working in the [...]

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2008 Virgilius by Yalumba

31 October 2011
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France is the home of Viognier, Condrieu being the most famous of the wines made from the grape. Viognier however, doesn’t just grow in the Rhone Valley. It has found a home in the Eden Valley in Australia and has been carefully cultivated by the winery of Yalumba. They planted Viognier 26 years ago and [...]

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2010 Bella Riva Pinot Grigio/Vermentino

1 September 2011
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The De Bortoli family emigrated to Australia in the 1920s from Northern Italy. The founders Vittorio and Giuseppina De Bortoli put down roots, so to speak, in the Riverina Valley in New South Wales and began the wine dynasty that is now De Bortoli Wines. Their son Deen was the true innovator and he expanded [...]

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Tesco Finest Botrytis Semillon

31 May 2011
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Apart from spending a good deal of its time being mixed with Chardonnay for a reason I have yet to fully understand, Semillon is a big-business grape producing both dry and sweet wines, notably in both France and Australia. Perhaps its most renowned use – certainly in my experience – is as the prime suspect [...]

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