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Haha Marlborough Grandeur Wellington Hereford Heathcote Pinot Noir 2020 Artisan McLaren Vale Shiraz 2020 Still unfolding, this is a ruby- Shiraz 2018 A Cherry Ripe of a nose and hued, full-bodied red, with Mature chocolaty bouquet and an oak driven palate with spicy fresh, strong, plum and spice slight leathery palate with hints peppery flavours. $18 flavours, slightly earthy notes, a of olives. $20 touch of complexity and a fairly C&J Wines firm finish. Best drinking mid- Grandeur Wellington Phone: 0408 474 833 2022+. $25 Phone: 08 8383 0866 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Haha Wine Company Ltd NZ Web: www.grandeurwellington.com.au Phone: +64 6 833 7814 Email: [email protected] Web: www.hahawine.co.nz the wine & spiritA U S T R A L I A N & N E W Z E A L A N D Issue 174 | September/October 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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Email: [email protected] com.au Web: www.capitalwines.com.au Hemera Estate Majella Wines Phone: 08 8524 4033 Phone: 08 8736 3055 Monteperle Wines Gapsted Wines Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 0415 912 878 Phone: 03 5751 9100 Web: www.hemeraestate.com.au Web: www.majellawines.com.au Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.monteperle.com.au Web: www.gapstedwines.com.au Monteperle Wines Morambro Creek Wines Phone: 0415 912 878 Phone: 08 8723 1065 Shingleback Wine Gemtree Vineyards Pty Ltd Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 08 8323 9919 Phone: 08 8323 8199 Web: www.monteperle.com.au Web: www.morambrocreek.com.au Email: tastingroom@shingleback. Email: [email protected] com.au Web: www.gemtreewines.com Shingleback Wine Peter Thompson Wines Web: www.shingleback.com.au Phone: 08 8323 9919 Phone: 08 8798 0601 Hahndorf Hill Winery Email: tastingroom@shingleback. Email: [email protected] Sorby Adams Wines Phone: 08 8388 7512 com.au Web: www.peterthompsonwines.com Phone: 08 8564 2993 Email: cellardoor@hahndorfhillwinery. Web: www.shingleback.com.au Email: [email protected] com.au SHIRAZ, SYRAH & BLENDS Web: www.sorbyadamswines.com Web: www.hahndorfhillwinery.com.au Singlefile Wines Pty Ltd Phone: 0409 108 166 1847 Wines (SA) Pty Ltd Thorn-Clarke Wines Sorby Adams Wines Email: [email protected] Phone: +61 8 8524 0207 Phone: 08 8564 3036 Phone: 08 8564 2993 Web: www.singlefilewines.com Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]. Email: [email protected] Web: www.1847wines.com au Web: www.sorbyadamswines.com NZ RECENT RELEASES Web: www.thornclarkewines.com Bowen Estate Tahbilk Pty Ltd Folding Hill Wine Company NZ Phone: 08 8737 2229 Ubertas Wines Phone: 03 5794 2555 Phone: +64 3 489 6791 Email: [email protected] Phone: +61 406 506 140 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.bowenestate.com.au Email: [email protected] Web: www.tahbilk.com.au Web: www.foldinghill.co.nz Web: www.ubertaswines.com.au/ Condie Estate SEMILLON & BLENDS Obsidian Wines NZ Phone: 0404 480 422 Welland Phone: +64 9 372 6100 Email: [email protected] Phone: 0438 335 510 Allandale Winery Email: [email protected] Web: www.condie.com Email: [email protected] Phone: 02 4990 4526 Web: www.obsidian.co.nz Web: www.wellandwines.com/ Email: wineclub@allandalewinery. Corryton Burge com.au SOUTH ISLAND (Burge Family Wine Estates) Zonte’s Footstep Pty Ltd Web: www.allandalewinery.com.au (NEW ZEALAND) Phone: +61 8 8563 7575 Phone: 08 7286 3088 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Midnight’s Promise Estate Rockburn Wines Ltd NZ Web: www.corrytonburge.com Web: www.zontesfootstep.com.au Phone: 02 9235 3947 Phone: +64 3 445 0555 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Gralyn Estate BEST BUYS Web: www.midnightspromise.com.au Web: www.rockburn.co.nz Phone: 08 9755 6245 Email: [email protected] C&J Wines Web: www.gralyn.com.au Phone: 0408 474 833 Email: [email protected] Three Miners Vineyards Grandeur Wellington Eight at The Gate Phone: +64 3 449 2343 Phone: 08 8383 0866 Phone: 0 400 843 126 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.threeminers.com Web: www.grandeurwellington.com.au Web: www.eightatthegate.com.au/ Gumpara Wines Grandeur Wellington Phone: 0419 624 559 Phone: 08 8383 0866 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.gumparawines.net.au Web: www.grandeurwellington.com.au September/October 2021 W I N E S TAT E 105

aftertaste ELISABETH KING THE DARK SIDE - A STOUT FOR ALL SEASONS SALES of stout reached their peak in the northern Europe, stouts have made a strong ahead anyway. Offerings that caught the eye 1950s when Cooper’s Brewery, one of the comeback as a new generation of drinkers included Foothills Sexual Chocolate Stout country’s leading makers, sold more than also fast-tracked the craft beer wave. A from North Carolina, Fremont Brewing: The four million litres a year. But there has been glance at the shelves of major liquor retailers Rusty Nail Bourbon Barrel-aged Russian a strong rebound of the traditional dark brew is a quick study of the stout market. The Imperial and Ivan the Terrible Imperial Stout. in Australia and worldwide over the past stalwarts of the category - Coopers Best decade. Last year, Cooper’s sold 3.7 million Extra and Southwark Old - are still very much American and Australian brewers have litres of stout, as more and more consumers in evidence. But the eye-catching artwork on jumped on the Imperial stout bandwagon discovered its appeal and used it as a mixer the new breed of stouts in cans is just as wild with gusto. Also known as Russian with sparkling wine, vodka, rum and whisky. and innovative as its craft beer counterparts. Imperial Stout, it originated as a very Then there’s the names - Moon Dog Timothy strong dark beer first made by Thrale’s I really started noticing the resurgence Tamothy Slam-Othy Chocolate Biscuit Milk Anchor Brewery in London for export to of stout in 2018. Beer Cartel, the craft Stout, Little Creatures Radiator Hot Choc the royal court of Catherine the Great in beer player, released its second list Stout and 4 Pines Stout, which claims to be the 18th century. The Russians liked the of Australia’s Ultimate Top 50 Beers, the world’s first space beer. high alcohol content and ABVs between compiled from rankings from over 100,000 9.5% and 12% remain common. beer drinkers. Over 31 per cent of the The first written listings were stout from Nail Clout Russian Stout barrels have also carved out a rep Imperial through Murray’s Craft Wild Thing, reference of stout as a “finisher” for whiskies. Five years Moon Dog Jumping the Shark 2015 and ago, Jamesons launched Caskmates. Cooper’s Best Extra. appeared in 1677 in The whiskey had been aged in stout barrels from Franciscan Well, a micro- Double digit growth for dark beers and the Egerton Collection, brewery in Cork. The additional flavours stouts on premise was predicted for the of butterscotch, chocolate and coffee winter 2021 season. Milk, barrel-aged and a collection of historical produced a knockout aftertaste. dessert stouts have upturned the belief that stout is a synonym for Guinness. So manuscripts in the Last year, Westward, the US single malt much so that offerings such as Big Shed whiskey maker, launched Oregon Stout Brewing Golden Stout Time have carved British Library. Cask Whiskey in Australia. The pecan, out a growing niche. An homage to Streets stone fruit and chocolate nuanced spirit iconic Golden Gaytime ice cream, the The Sydney-based brand isn’t kidding. picked up a gold medal at the 2020 San hearty drop is brewed with cacao nuts, rice Just as pressurisation in plane cabins affects Francisco World Spirits Competition. and specialty grains to produce a distinct taste, so does zero gravity. The company While Teeling Irish Whiskey also teamed honey aroma. teamed with Saber Aeronautics, the space with one of Ireland’s top micro-breweries engineering company, to form Vostok, a - Galway Bay Brewing - for a small batch The first written reference of stout joint venture dedicated to producing a beer whiskey finished in Imperial stout casks. appeared in 1677 in the Egerton suitable for space travel. The result was this Collection, a collection of historical dry Irish stout style with a rich flavour strong The renewed popularity of stout has manuscripts in the British Library. The enough to get past dulled senses. prompted an international move to “de- description porter for dark beer brewed seasonalise” the dark beer. The US website, with roasted malts emerged in 1721 Stout lovers have never had more choice. The Tylt, did a recent survey and 70 per cent because of its popularity with London In addition to the above standouts, you of respondents voted that stout was a year- porters. Soon brewers started using can sip on Peanut Butter Milkshake Stout round tipple. Matthew O’Hara, brewer at the term stout porters, so the history of from Barossa Valley Brewing, Fox Hat Full Beau’s Brewery in Canada, makes a blonde the two styles became interlocked. The Mongrel Milk Stout and for sweet tooths there stout - Tom Green Summer Stout - and is craze crossed the Irish Sea and Arthur is Moon Dog Cake Hole Black Forest Stout, a strong advocate for stout as a summer Guinness began brewing his world- which takes its cue from the famed German drink. For a start, he says, stout is really famous “black” beer in Dublin in 1776. chocolate cake. refreshing, especially the ones with coffee and chocolate notes. The key is to pick ones that Nourishing and milk stouts became very The US has also heartily embraced the are dry and lower in alcohol. Stouts also go popular in the UK after the First World stout revival with some truly innovative well with barbequed meats and char-grilled War and doctors prescribed a glass for options. Thrillist, the US website covering vegetables. Like wine, there’s a stout for all nursing mothers and anaemic women up food, drink, travel and entertainment, seasons and every occasion, he notes. to the 1960s. Similar to Australia, stout sales recently claimed that choosing the best started to slow in the 1970s and by the mid- American stout was a fool’s errand but went 1980s only 29 British brewers were still in the game, mostly making milk stouts. In Australia, the UK, the US, Canada and next issue: It’s hard to believe that it’s already near the end of the year! And to wrap up the rest of it we have some summer style tastings for you with festive sparklers & Champagne, riesling, sauvignon blanc, pinot gris/grigio, rosé, clare valley and for those red lovers - pinot noir. 106 W I N E S TAT E September/October 2021

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