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The Ned Marlborough Leefield Station Grandeur Wellington Berton Vineyards Pinot Gris 2021 Marlborough Artisan Adelaide Hills Metal Label Padthaway Stonefruit nose with a tropical Pinot Gris 2020 Sauvignon Blanc 2021 Sauvignon Blanc 2021 edge. Sweet fruit driven palate; Poached pear bouquet and Bright varietal nose; pretty Attractive perfumed fruit some complexity. $18.99 nicely textured tropical palate; and subtle with a fine, fragrances and a warm fruit sweet but balanced. $19.99 flinty and firm palate. $20 driven palate with good Marisco Vineyards acid/sweet balance. $14 Phone: +64 9 522 9684 Marisco Vineyards Grandeur Wellington Email: [email protected] Phone: +64 9 522 9684 Phone: 08 8383 0866 Berton Vineyards Web: www.marisco.co.nz Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 02 6968 1600 Web: www.marisco.co.nz Web: www.grandeurwellington.com.au Email: [email protected] Web: www.bertonvineyards.com.au the wine & spiritA U S T R A L I A N & N E W Z E A L A N D Issue 175 | November/December 2021 Editor & Publisher Winestate Web Site electronic medium or machine-readable form without E-mail: [email protected] the express permission of the publisher. Every care is Peter Simic E-mail: [email protected] taken in compiling the contents of this publication, but Managing Editor Printing DAI Rubicon the publisher assumes no responsibility for the effects Website: www.distalliance.com arising therefrom. ABN 56 088 226 411 Lara Simic E-mail: [email protected] Administration Lyn Hannam E-mail: [email protected] Graphic Designer WINESTATE is published six times a year by Winestate Publishing Pty Ltd. Naomi Fry E-mail: [email protected] WINESTATE PUBLISHING PTY LTD, Telephone (08) 8357 9277 Marketing & Sales 81 King William Road, Unley SA 5061. Facsimile (08) 8357 9212 Copyright 2021 by WINESTATE PUBLISHING PTY LTD. E-mail [email protected] Debra Silver E-mail: [email protected] This publication may not, in whole or in part, be copied, Website www.winestate.com.au Tasting Coordinator photocopied, reproduced, translated or reduced to any E-mail: [email protected] The Wine & Spirit INSIDER 101

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aftertaste ELISABETH KING RANK AND FILE AWAY - WORLD'S TOP CLASSIC COCKTAILS THIS Festive Season, to quote a current Campari/gin/sweet vermouth favourite The Manhattan has never achieved the over-used phrase, will be like no other. After was nominated by 22 per cent of popularity of its close cousin, the Old weeks in lockdown, Sydney and Melbourne respondents - up from 13 per cent in Fashioned, but has plenty of fans. Rated will have re-opened bars, pubs and 2020. The Daiquiri was rarely reported in the top three at 10 per cent of bars, restaurants and the other states are poised as the number one classic cocktail, but its number eight ranking also rests on to celebrate with gusto, too. The cocktail enough establishments ticked the box for being in the top 10 in 36 per cent. The boom has continued to gather steam and the white rum and lime thirst quencher Aperol Spritz has enjoyed a huge revival shows no signs of winding down. But in many to leverage it into the number three slot. over the past few years because of its of the world's top bars, the new-fangled Instagram-worthy appearance. Campari concoctions haven't steam-rolled the hits of In the popular Netflix series, Grace and even re-released a ready-to-drink version yesteryear and the classics remain some of Frankie, Jane Fonda's character is seen in late 2020, following a failed first iteration the most ordered mixed drinks, especially downing dry martinis at every opportunity. of the pre-mixed format in 2011. Lowish in during summer. She's not alone. The gin lover's go-to alcohol, refreshing and with just the right cocktail consistently makes the top five amount of European edge, the Aperol Drinks International UK, every year most ordered drink in 25 per cent of bars Spritz grabbed the number nine spot as publishes a series of annual lists, polled to secure a number four ranking. 30 per cent of polled bars named it in including the World's Best-Selling Classic The Margarita at number five moved up their top 10. Cocktails list. The list is compiled by two places in 2021. A rare top seller in flagging over 100 of the best bars in the most bars, its acceleration is due to being The origins of the Mojito are hazy. Some world to rate their best-selling cocktails in the top five in 17 per cent of bars and stories trace it back to Sir Francis Drake, and the 2021 rankings confirm that many in the top 10 in 46 per cent. the Elizabethan explorer and privateer, drinkers prefer the tried-and-true. who trialed an early version in a bid to The Espresso Martini is a relative curb scurvy among his crew. Others says The Golden Age of Cocktails stretched newcomer and first appeared in the 1980s it was slaves working in the Cuban sugar from the mid-19th century to just after when London bartender, Dick Bradsell, fields who first thought to blend white rum, World War I and some of the world's whipped it up for a model suffering from a lime and mint into a long drink. Whatever best-loved classic cocktails, including hangover. A big favourite in Australia, the the real story, the Mojito maintains a strong the Manhattan, the daiquiri and the vodka/coffee blend, snagged the number presence in 10th place as a top-rated martini, debuted during this very inventive six position and was a top 10 choice in cocktail classic in over 25 per cent of the period. The appropriately named Old 40 per cent of bars in the survey. world's best bars. Fashioned topped the 2021 rankings of 50 contenders as the world's most The Whiskey Sour was born way back It will be interesting to see what rises favoured classic cocktail for the seventh in 1862 and the recipe for the spirit and and falls in the 2022 classic cocktails list. year in a row. Whether it was the Covid-19 lemon team-up was first published in the The Cosmopolitan, the favourite tipple for pandemic or other reasons, the popularity prestigious Bon Vivant's Companion. I Carrie Bradshaw in the TV series, Sex and of the American whiskey stalwart slid once interviewed the veteran country the City, was \"everywhere\" in the 1990s. from being the top seller in 35 per cent singer, Slim Dusty, and his tastes were The vodka, triple sec, cranberry and lime of the polled bars in 2020 to 23 per cent more sophisticated than his most famous mix scraped in at number 45 on this year's a year later. song, A Pub with No Beer, suggested. He classic cocktail list. But that could change named the Whiskey Sour as his preferred with HBO's revival of the series titled, And The Negroni has been second banana drink and rarely drank a schooner or tinny. Just Like That, unless Sarah Jessica Parker's to the Old Fashioned for seven years but The time-honoured mix achieved a number iconic character turns to healthier food and is playing catch up on the back of the seven ranking, due to being among the top drink options. increasing taste for gin worldwide. The 10 orders in 40 per cent of bars. next issue: The years seem to be flying past for some and for others enduring ongoing lockdowns it probably feels like a perpetual Groundhog Day! There is some hope and respite though as we bring you the Annual (Jan/Feb) Wine of the Year Awards Edition! This issue covers all the highlights of the four, four-and-a-half and five stars reviews from 2021 and also the outstanding Wine of the Year Awards winners. Plus, an exciting tasting of white spirits and the latest new release wines on offer. 106 W I N E S TAT E November/December 2021

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