Category:Summer

January 14
The Boss and Wine – If Bruce Springsteens songs were wine….

Does this bus stop at 82nd Street and The Eruption Cabernet Franc

What I love about this song is it is so happy and abounds with hope, “The daily news asked her for the dope and she said man the dope is there’s still hop.” Isn’t that just ace!!!! And what about that Matador getting the girl at the end. Or did the girl get the Matador?

The wine then. The Eruption Cabernet Franc 2016 from the Yarra Valley. And yes, the label says it all. This is very much a nouveau style of wine that is just so smashable for our very hot summer; tart red fruit, peppercorn berries, chewy tannins. And very much worth a full  full-page ad in the trades to announce their arrival

 

February 25
#Drank/Drunk This Week – Vasco’s Mistress Loureiro Vinho Verde DOC Portugal 2014

There is nothing better than drinking a wine and really seeing its provenance in the flavour. Me, well I’m a big wrap for wines that mimic their origin and this wine, the awesomely new Vasco’s Mistress Loureiro Vinho Verde from northern Portugal is all and everything that this region is. And I love it!!!! vasco

Straight away the nose throws crunchy and briney preserved lemon and bitter melon which totally  takes you to northern Portugal. The palate follows the nose with an instant hit of citrus – think lemon rind and tart comquat – and holds long with the help of lip smacking acid and white tannins. All of the fruit for this wine is grown organically with minimal SO2 used just prior to bottling, so if you want to hold on to summer just a little bit longer, this wine will do the trick.

So smashble with Fish + Chips and always $24.

January 10
#Summer2016 – Out of Step Shiraz 2014, Yarra Valley

Yep, summer is here in sunny #BrunswickEast. But living in this Four Seasons city we all know how weather can change faster than saying, “can you please pass me the aeroguard….”. out of step

What we need is an all purpose red that sings be it rain, hail or shine. The Out of Step Shiraz 2014 from the Yarra Valley is that red. Lovely tart blackberry on the nose mixed with supple slately minerality. The wine opens up in the palate with more slatey minerality, concentrated blackberry and a real sense of Chinese masterstock – seriously.

So this is your wine when you want a red – rain, hail or shine and always $28.

And where ever you are Mr. Walker, avagoodweekend!!!