I recently had the opportunity to try the full lineup of wines from a relatively new producer in South Eastern Australia named Friday Monkey. These wines are fairly typical of what you would expect from Australian value wines. They are very much “new world” wines in style in that they are simple and fruit-forward.
Occasionally I [...]
G’day! Today’s wine takes us down under to South Eastern Australia as we check out the 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon from Alice White. We’re also getting down under $7 in price, which is always tricky. Now and then I’ll find an incredible bottle of wine for about $5, but that doesn’t happen very often.
While my mission [...]
I noticed that Paringa Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 was mentioned in the New York Times 10 Wines Under $10 article that I highlighted a while back and I thought I should include it in my search for good, cheap cabernet sauvignon.
Paringa wines are produced by David and Dena Hickinbotham in South Australia, where the Hickinbotham family has been [...]
It is holiday party season and you’ll probably find yourself wondering what wine to bring to a holiday party. There are a few approaches you can take:
You can be careless and just pick up some cheapie and hope for the best
You can splurge on a really expensive bottle and hope to impress
You can research websites [...]
The next bottle in my quest for a good, cheap Pinot Noir comes from down under. The Rosemount Estate ”Diamond Label” Pinot Noir 2004. For some reason I wasn’t expecting much from this one, but I was pleasantly surprised. I’m not sure why I was suspect of this bottle, but I guess it was the packaging—which is a [...]
My Quest for Good Cheap Pinot Noir continues with a cheapy from South Eastern Australia produced by the Little Penguin. This Penguin has a nice fruity center, but a little bit of funk at both ends. <pause for a visual>
OK… should I explain that, or let your imagination do the work? I’ll explain.
The Good
the Little [...]
Today marks Wine Blogging Wednesday #36, and the theme is Naked Chardonnay. That’s defined as any chardonnay that has never touched oak. These are also typically chardonnays that haven’t gone through malolactic fermentation. Malolactic fermentation is a process that converts malic acid to lactic acid which will reduce the overall acidity and gives typical chardonnays their buttery characteristic.
Naked [...]
Well it’s back to the Chardonnay Challenge. I still have a number of chardonnays to taste–and I haven’t even gotten to the naked chardonnay for wine blogging wednesday #36 yet. Sorry to the chardonnay haters out there, but I’ll get on to some other varietals before too long. I promise.
But for now, let’s check out [...]
