In conversation with winemaker Ian Hongell, Torbreck Vintners, Barossa Valley, Australia
Just a few weeks back I had the pleasure of tasting though Torbreck’s 2018 Torbreck...
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Tag: Barossa Valley
Tasting Torbreck’s 2018 “Old Vines” GMS with Chief Winemaker Ian Hongell
The last time we spoke with Winemaker Ian Hongell was back in 2012 when he was heading up Peter...
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New Wines at the LCBO from Nicholas Pearce
At Nicholas Pearce Wines we’re very pleased to share a selection of fantastic new...
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Australian Grenache
Malcolm Jolley discovers Wine Australia’s varietal push. Mark Davidson is the chief educator...
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Loan Semillon
In this Saturday’s VINTAGES release, we have a perennial LCBO favourite to share with you....
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Jamie Drummond on Food And Wine #103 John Retsas (First Drop Wines)
First Drop have been producing some of the most exciting wines to come out of the Barossa Valley in quite some time and so this week Jamie hooks up with one of the fellows behind First Drop Wines, Mr. John Retsas at his Home Of The Brave winery in the Barossa, Australia.
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Barossa Cheese Company
As Jamie Drummond travelled across Australia, investigating every one of the continent’s wine regions for the Jamie D in Australia series, he also stopped by as many restaurants, markets and artisanal food producers as he could, including The Barossa Valley Cheese Co., featured in this video.
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Peter Lehmann’s Barossa Valley Masterpieces
I had the pleasure of meeting the legendary Peter Lehmann and his wife, the lovely Margaret, the other day at Kultura Restaurant. They were in town to showcase some of their wines, going back seven decades. There were short speeches delivered by Peter and Margaret, who taught me that “there’s nothing industrial about Australian winemaking” and the industry rather be referred as “the Australian winemaking community” which I kind of liked. The wines tasted proved just that and I was shocked to experience how well made they were and how amazingly they stood the task of time.
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Boxhead Shiraz and Loan Semillon
Bernard Stramwasser from ‘Certified Good Fighter’ Le Sommelier, a premium wine agency, provides tasting notes on two wines under $20 from Australia’s Barossa Valley: The 2006 Loan Wines Semillon and the 2008 Boxhead Shiraz.
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