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181 TASTED103 AWARDEDNEW RELEASESA very good new releases tasting with a high strike rate. The pick OTHER WHITE Murray Streetof the bunch were the shiraz wines and a strong, consistent line- VARIETALS & Vineyards MSVup of sparklings, with an honourable mention to red and white BLENDS Barossa Viognieralternative varietals and some very nice sauvignon blancs punching Marsanne 15 TASTED 2013 HHHHSPARKLING Hubert de Sarthe Villa Maria New 9 AWARDED Nose is pungent and France Champagne Zealand Sparkling Always an interesting perfumed with nice13 TASTED Brut NV HHH1/2 Sauvignon Blanc class with many length of tropical10 AWARDED A very fine bead with 2014 HHH different wines on stonefruit flavors on the toasty yeast autolysis Pungent herbaceous offer. \"There are some medium bodied palateA strong class of well- aromas and a crisp aromas and flavours well-made varietal and some savourymade wines. \"It was palate with generous flowing through this wines here with few notes. $25impressive to see a amount of creamy clean simple wine. $20 winemaking faults, butclass that performed flavours. $23.99 McGuigan Cellar there were a few over 919 Reserveconsistently well Blue Pyrenees Select Petit Verdot oaked wines,\" said one Collection Riverlandwith fresh fruit and Midnight Cuvée Barossa Valley judge. \"Newer varieties Petit Mansenggood winemaking,\" Pyrenees Chardonnay Sparkling 2013 HHH are showing promise.\" 2014 HHH1/2commented one judge. 2011 HHH1/2 Lifted spicy red fruit Minerally edge to the\"Some very good Smells of citrus and bouquet and simple Hastwell & Lightfoot savoury fruit nose.aperitif styles here.\" quinces with a perfumed vibrant fruit-driven McLaren Vale Crunchy apple/pear touch and has a delicate palate. $20 Vermentino 2014 palate with nice phenolicVeuve Tailhan Brut but flavoursome lemon Blue Pyrenees HHHH grip. \"An interestingFrance Blanc de meringue-like palate. $32 Pyrenees Vintage Nice savouriness to the wine.\" $26Blanc NV HHHH Brut 2011 HHH nose and beautifully Whiskey Gully WinesYeasty nose with a Tightly wound yeasty structured palate with Bon Blanc Granitelovely lift of white florals. aromas and crisp green fruit running all the way Belt White BlendWell-constructed palate apple flavours with through. \"It's crying 2014 HHHwith fine mousse and creamy mousse. $24 out for food,\" said one Well-made, pleasantpurity of honeyed citrus Taltarni Brut Multi judge. $22 drinking, commercialfruit flavours. $16.95 Region Chardonnay style. Some sweetness Pinot Noir Pinot but balanced by crispBlue Pyrenees Meunier 2011 HHH acidity. $20Pyrenees Brut Rosé A well-constructedNV HHH1/2 sparkling with elegantSmells of strawberries peach/melon characterswith a floral lift and and some toastydelicate palate reflecting maturity. $26the nose with some nice Chamberszippy acidity. $24 Rosewood Vineyards Rutherglen SparklingSidewood Chloe ChardonnayCuvee Adelaide Hills 2010 HHHChardonnay Pinot A seductive acid-drivenNoir 2012 HHH1/2 style, still youthful withA crisp austere aperitif a nice background ofstyle of sparkling with yeast autolysis. $20zesty citrus aromas andfine fresh lemon andstonefruit flavours. $25152 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

Ceravolo Adelaide Mollydooker Sileni Cellar Selection Yealands Estate Sidewood AdelaideHills Cortese The Violinist Marlborough Single Vineyard Hills Sauvignon2014 HHH McLaren Vale Sauvignon Blanc S1 Awatere Valley Blanc 2014 HHHHElegantly structured Verdelho 2013 HHH 2014 HHHH1/2 Sauvignon Blanc Smells of fresh cutwine with subtle Sweet toasty citrus Pungent herbaceous 2014 HHHH1/2 grass and nettles. Ahoneyed strawberry bouquet and good length nose showing good \"Best of the New Zealand lively palate that has aaromas and nicely of pleasant tropical and varietal expression. Crisp styles,\" thought one nice flavour length withtextured palate. $22 citrus flavours. $20 and clean in the mouth judge. Has a big kick of natural acidity addingKnee Deep Wines with hints of residual varietal fruit on the nose some lovely texture. $20Margaret River SAUVIGNON sugar but well-balanced and elegant flavour profileChenin Blanc BLANC by the racy acidity. $17.95 on the powerful and very2014 HHH giving palate. $35Nose sits in the pungent 24 TASTED Peter Yealandsgreen spectrum with 9 AWARDED Reserve Marlboroughflinty grassy flavours. Sauvignon BlancEasy drinking. $22 A very mixed class 2014 HHHHRed Earth Estate with the good being Lifted pungent grassy/Western Plains very good but also herbal bouquet and aTorrontes 2014 HHH some poorly made punchy well-roundedWell-made wine with wines with some 2013s palate with good varietalcitrus and 'biscuity' showing premature expression and excellentaromas and nice length ageing. \"The better level of acidity. $20.99 NZof crisp earthy/citrus wines showed excellent Yealands Estateflavours. $24 fruit structure offering Single Block L5Nepenthe longevity while the Awatere ValleyWinemaker Select lesser ones had green Sauvignon BlancAdelaide Hills fruit and added sugar.\" 2014 HHHHViognier 2014 HHH A clean balanced styleAn elegant, stylish, well- with good intensity to themade wine with subtle varietal fruit aromas andperfumed floral aromas nice citrus notes to theand flavours. $25 fresh grassy and lantana bush flavours. $35 ALDILiquor aldiliquor.com.au Australia’s Best Value LIquor retAILer* Over 200 wine, beer and spirits are available at your fingertips from our every day range and exciting special buys. Order now on your smartphone, tablet or desktop for quality liquor delivered straight to your door. free delivery when you spend over $300† Delivery charges are on a per case basis. (†Excludes Beer and RTD’s. This offer is valid for selected Eastern Seaboard Delivery locations only.)ALDI supports the responsible service of alcohol. It is illegal to purchase alcohol for people under 18. On-line sales madepursuant to the Authority of packaged liquor licence no: LIQP770010278. *Roy Morgan Single Source (Australia), January2013- December 2013. n=8,460. Base: Australians 18+ who specified the store they usually purchase alcohol. The Wine & Spirit INSIDER 153

Knee Deep Wines Villa Maria Dolan Family Wines Wise One Wines CHARDONNAYMargaret River Cellar Selection Rifleman's Clare Cessnock SageSauvignon Blanc Marlborough Pinot Valley Riesling Semillon 2014 13 TASTED2014 HHH1/2 Gris 2014 HHHH1/2 2014 HHH HHH1/2 7 AWARDEDClean and refreshing Ripe and fat with a Pretty fragrances of A stylish and well-made A solid class with thewith tropical fruit touch of residual sugar green apples and lemon semillon with very good best showing elegancecharacters on the nose balanced by crisp acidity. zest with an austere varietal fruit intensity. of fruit with appropriateand long, balanced Smells of green apples tightly wound palate. Has the potential to age oak, unlike in the past.palate with creamy and stonefruit and has well. 5+ $30 \"Winemakers havemouthfeel. $22 lovely fruit sweetness 5+ $20 improved oak handling on the long balanced McGuigan The A.C. Byrne & Co now they need toVilla Maria palate. $25 Shortlist Eden Valley Margaret River lift their use of fruit,\"Cellar Selection Riesling 2014 HHH Semillon Sauvignon suggested one judge.Marlborough Villa Maria Private Floral honeydew aromas Blanc 2014 HHH \"Some wines showingSauvignon Blanc Bin East Coast NZ and nicely weighted Crunchy early picked great attention to detail.”2014 HHH Pinot Gris 2014 HHH palate with some style. HerbaceousPungent cut grass and A good example of a powerful acidity. $28.99 edge to the nose and Clairault Margaretgreen bean aromas. rich oily gris style with Bream Creek green touches to the River ChardonnaySupple tropical fruit simple earthy pear-like Tasmania Riesling palate. $9.99 2012 HHHH1/2palate with sweet/sour characters. $20 2012 HHH An inviting stylish winenotes. $25 Sweet candied citrus smelling of butterscotch Crossroads fruit aromas and gentle and lime. Fresh andCopia Western Milestone Series sweetness on the palate creamy in the mouthAustralia Sauvignon Hawke's Bay Pinot matched by the acid. $25 with lovely peach/citrusBlanc Semillon Gris 2014 HHH flavours and excellent2014 HHH Pears and quinces on SEMILLON & oak treatment. $27Fresh aromas of green the nose and a reserved BLENDSpeas and cut grass with simple spicy pepperya fruit-driven palate. Easy palate. $19.99 7 TASTEDdrinking style. $18.95 Peter Yealands 4 AWARDEDYealands Estate ReserveSingle Vineyard Marlborough Pinot The best wines hereM2 Organic Wairau Gris 2014 HHH showed classic semillonValley Sauvignon Apple aromas with a characters offering goodBlanc 2014 HHH floral lift. Flavoursome ageing potential.Distinctive sauvignon palate. Residual sugarblanc with tropical fruit balanced by inviting McGuigan Binpunch-like aromas and acidity. $20.99 NZ Series 9000 Hunterflavours. $35 Valley Semillon Anthony Joseph 2014 HHHHPINOT GRIS/ Vidal East Coast NZ \"The winemakerGRIGIO Pinot Gris 2014 HHH has shown great Yilgarnia Western Fragrances of poached Australia Semillon13 TASTED pears with a hint of understanding and Sauvignon Blanc5 AWARDED quince which is echoed expression of the on the palate. Easy varietal fruit,\" said one 2014 HHH\"We will need to define drinking style. $20 Lemony aromas andthese styles,\" said one judge. Will be very lovely well-structuredjudge. \"There were RIESLING interesting in a fewtoo many unbalanced years. 5+ $13 palate with nice flow,sweet grigios whilst 5 TASTED intensity and creamysome gris needed more 3 AWARDED finish. 3-5 $17acid balance.\" A small class of drinkable wines without any great distinction.JUDGES Steve Warrick Dave Matthews .Eric Semmler Direct marketer and wine Regional Chief Winemaker Proprietor of 919 Wine consultant. Formerly sales for Lindemans Wines Company. Formerly and marketing manager for in Karadoc (Victoria). winemaker for the Hardy the Hamilton Wine Group. Previously winemaker Wine Company. Previously 10 years’ experience with Penfolds and with Brown Brothers working in McLaren Vale, Rosemount. Judge at and Auldstone Cellars. Coonawarra and the Cowra, Adelaide and Has spent eight years as Adelaide Hills. Has judged Canberra wine shows fortified winemaker for at the Adelaide, McLaren and last year at the Los Hardys. Associate judge at Vale and Hobart wine Angeles wine show. Rutherglen, McLaren Vale shows and Riverland shows.154 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

Pocketwatch Central Sanguine EstateRanges Chardonnay did it again!2013 HHHHAn elegant, youthful Heathcote Wine Show 2014and refreshingchardonnay with plenty Heathcote Grand Terroirof citrus/stonefruit-like Major Trophy (Highest quality over 6 years)varietal characters and Winestate World’s Greatestsubtle natural acidity. Shiraz & Syrah Challenge 2014 2013 Progeny Shiraz 5+ $16.99 “Best Shiraz” $20-$25 category 2012 D’Orsa ShirazAshwood Estate “5 stars” and equalling iconic brandsGisborne Chardonnay such as Penfolds Grange2013 HHHHElegant honeyed Both wines are available to taste and buy atmelon-like varietal Sanguine Estate’s Cellar Door (while stocks last).fruit with good useof toasty cedary oak. Open every weekend and public holidaySome residual sugar 77 Shurans Lane Heathcote Victoria 3523with balancing acidity. Ph: Tony on 0417 831 076 3-5 $29 NZ Mention this ad for a tasting of one of our aged wines.Eldridge Estate Yilgarnia WesternRed Hill Mornington Australia The Wine & Spirit INSIDER 155Peninsula ChardonnayChardonnay 2014 HHH2012 HHHH Citrus, white peach andToasty barrel ferment melon characters on thearomas and a full nose and the soft sweetflavoured, ripe orchard palate. $19fruit of a palate withgood balance of residual ROSÉsugar and acidity. $40Villa Maria Private 7 TASTEDBin East Coast 4 AWARDEDNZ Chardonnay2013 HHH The judges found someA full generous style nice quaffers here withwith rich tropical aromas fresh fruit and niceand developing buttery savoury edges and theflavours. $20 wines not relying onPrancing Horse sugar addition.Estate MorningtonPeninsula Knee Deep WinesChardonnay Margaret River2011 HHH Shiraz RoséDeveloping nicely; 2014 HHH1/2made to age with Lolly pink colour withgood fruit weight and a lifted rose petalpowerful acidity. Drink bouquet and zippy cleanin 2015! $55 fruit palate with some residual sugar on the finish. $22Sam WatkinsWinemaker for BoarsRock Winery and AdelaideWinemakers. Formerlywinemaker at Wynns, PhilipShaw, and Seppeltsfieldwineries. Has vintaged inPortugal and Napa Valley.Associate judge at the RoyalAdelaide amd Langhorne Creekwine shows.

Ceravolo Adelaide Devil's Staircase 919 Reserve Virgara Wines GranPlains Sangiovese Central Otago Pinot Collection Riverland Reserve AdelaideRosé 2014 HHH Noir 2013 HHH1/2 Durif 2011 HHH Merlot CabernetNicely balanced wine with Attractive well-handled Super dark colour, Sauvignon Malbeccandied raspberry aromas spicy raspberry-like brooding, chocolaty 2012 HHHand creamy cherry liqueur varietal fruit. Plenty of aromas and big warm Dark ripe fruit nicelyflavours. $18 acid. Showing good palate with mouthfilling integrated with the well- texture and length. flavours. $40 handled oak. Very goodBird in Hand drinking now. $50Adelaide Hills Pinot 3-5 $25.95 OTHER REDRosé 2014 HHH BLENDS CABERNETSunset pink wine with Eldridge Estate Red BLENDSattractive floral fruit and Hill Mornington 10 TASTEDgood level of acidity on Peninsula Pinot Noir 6 AWARDED 6 TASTEDthe palate. $25 2012 HHH1/2 4 AWARDED Powerful oak nose with \"Attractive GSMs Small but excellentBittern Estate cola-like nuances. Nice here with plenty of group with good fruitMornington intensity of wild cherry ageing potential,\" expression, generosityPeninsula Rosé flavour profile with good agreed the judges. and fine oak tannins2013 HHH level of acidity. $55 kept in check. \"Fruit wasTangy fruit nose and The Winery Door on show here,\" notedmouthfilling fruit flavours Brangayne Orange McLaren Vale G.S.M. one judge.well-balanced by the Pinot Noir J Petrucci & Son 2013 HHHH1/2 Whiskey Gully Winesacidity. $20 2013 HHH McLaren Vale Savoury toasty oak Rep Red Granite Dark berries, plums and Colorino 2013 HHHH dominates the nose at the Belt Cabernet ShirazPINOT NOIR forest floor with chocolaty Nice vibrancy, length moment and has a rich, 2012 HHHH1/2 oaky notes. Has intensity and concentration of dense fruit-driven palate An elegant medium10 TASTED and length. $30 ripe sweet plum fruit bodied classic Aussie6 AWARDED characters on both the blend with a generous Lime Rock Central lifted nose and finely amount of brooding spicy Hawkes Bay Pinot structured palate. $29.99 showing good blending. berry/plum fruit. Rich Noir 2007 HHH Prancing Horse Needs time to reach its aromas and silky smoothA mixed bag with some A big dark mysterious Estate Central best. 5+ $10 in the mouth. $25good examples showing developed pinot that Victoria Nebbiolotexture from good fruit/ still has acid and tannins 2009 HHHH J Petrucci & Son Robertson of Clareoak balance and lees surprisingly intact. $35 Smells tarry and McLaren Vale G.S.M. Max V Clare Valleytreatment. \"Unlike in chocolaty and has a big, 2012 HHHH Cabernet Blendthe past, winemakers OTHER RED firm, tannic palate but is Dense inky aromas and 2012 HHHHare understanding this VARIETALS showing finesse. Plenty a seamless palate of A tightly wound darkvariety and making of sweet red fruits and flavoursome red fruits berry nose and supplevarietal wines instead of 11 TASTED grippy acidity. $50 with lovely tight tannins. palate with plumy fruitdry reds,\" said one judge. 8 AWARDED Claire Creek South Will be great drinking in ripeness flowing through Eastern Australia time. 5+ $29.99 and soaking up the oak. A strong class with some Merlot 2013 HHH More time. $65Villa Maria well-made varietals Spicy plum aromas and Pertaringa TwoCellar Selection leading the group. fleshy palate layered Gentlemen'sMarlborough Pinot with sweet vanilla oak McLaren Vale G.S.M.Noir 2012 HHHH1/2 Quilty Silken Thread and red fruits. $5.99 2013 HHHA well-made savoury Mudgee Petit Verdot Mollydooker An elegant, prettystyle wine that needs 2013 HHHH1/2 The Scooter wine with good savourymore time. Spicy varietal A well-made wine with McLaren Vale and spicy fruit blending.fruit, hints of tobacco a dark floral varietal nose Langhorne Creek Cellaring potential. showing a perfumed lift. Merlot 2013 HHH Soft and elegant palate Opulent plum fruit 3-5 $22 and full of fresh fruit aromas and flavours.leaf, some earthiness flavours supported by a Quite sweet but is in Winestar Chateau Deand powerful acidity. fine tannic structure. $28 balance. $28 l'Ille-Cuvee AndreasHas good cellaring 919 Reserve Corbieres Red Blendpotential. 3-5 $40 Ceravolo Adelaide Collection Riverland 2012 HHH Plains Petit Verdot Tempranillo Spicy peppery notes toVilla Maria Private 2011 HHHH 2012 HHH the berry aromas andBin Marlborough A wine with great length A lovely rich, fresh and attractive stalky red fruitPinot Noir 2013 and generosity and balanced wine loaded flavours. $3.99HHH1/2 ageing gracefully. Dark with ripe plum fruit andRich earthy strawberry/ chocolate and small has sweet and sour McLaren Vale IIIplum fruit, good crisp berry fruit characters elements. $42 Associates Backboneacidity and firm long with a savoury note. $22 McLaren Vale G.S.M.tannins. Should drink 2012 HHHwell over the next 3-5 Quite advanced for a 2years. $25 year old with soft cherry fruit laced with tarry notes. Good drinking now. $35156 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

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Copia Western Mollydooker The Taltarni PyreneesAustralia Cabernet Maitre D' McLaren Shiraz ViognierMerlot 2013 HHHH Vale Langhorne 2013 HHHHAttractive youthful Creek Cabernet Quite austere in styleexample of this style Sauvignon 2013 with some bright liftedwith fresh vibrant HHH1/2 fruit aromas and aaromas and flavours of This wine shows well-structured palateplums and small berries reserved earthy dark with floral fruits and finewith background oak. plum fruit with a hint tannin finish. 3-5 of mint, some savoury $25 3-5 $18.95 oak and ripe tannin structure. 3-5 $28 Mollydooker TwoBrangayne Tristan Left Feet McLarenOrange Cabernet Reilly's Clare Valley Vale LanghorneShiraz Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon Creek Shiraz Merlot2012 HHH 2012 HHH Cabernet 2013 HHHEarthy herbaceous Ripe cherry fruit flows Bright lifted red fruitaromas with a minty lift through the nose and aromas and subtleand slightly austere leafy onto the palate with varietal flavours withcapsicum flavours. $30 subtle oak and good some savoury notes. $28 tannins. 5+ $19CABERNET The Winery DoorSAUVIGNON 5171 McLaren Vale Di Giorgio Family McLaren Vale Shiraz McLaren Vale III Cabernet Sauvignon Coonawarra Grenache 2010 HHH Associates Giant13 TASTED 2013 HHHHH Cabernet Sauvignon A nicely matured, Squid Ink McLaren6 AWARDED Lovely dark red wine 2012 HHH balanced and savoury Vale Shiraz with a very varietal A lovely cool climate wine that offers soft 2012 HHHHH\"Some good examples wine with dark minty easy drinking now. $15of opulent, fruit-driven, fruit characters. Goodwines,\" said one judge. nose that's all berries, palate structure. Drinking SHIRAZ An outstanding wine\"But there were wines cassis fruit and mint beautifully now. $23 offering excellentthat were overripe, over with a good level of 26 TASTED cellaring potential.extracted or over oaked.\" oak. A seamless palate Patrick of Dense and tarry on\"Work with the fruit; rich with intense fruit Coonawarra Estate 18 AWARDED the nose and a huge,don't over-oak soft orfruity styles and make flavours. Fine tannin Coonawarra An excellent class beautifully focusedthem something they structure. 5+ Cabernet Sauvignon showing good fruit and palate dense withare not,\" said another. $12.99 2012 HHH good oak handling. \"The rich fruit flavours. Has Good varietal fruit lesser wines had poor excellent length and Patrick of characters with well- quality fruit filled up balance. 5+ $150 Coonawarra Grande handled oak, a touch with excess oak,\" noted Reserve Coonawarra of pepper and upfront one judge. \"The 2012s Lloyd Brothers Cabernet Sauvignon tannins. 5+ $29 stood-out with the 13s McLaren Vale Shiraz 2006 HHHH performing well although 2013 HHHH1/2 Lovely aged cabernet some showed premature Dark concentrated loaded with rich fruit SHIRAZ ageing at this stage.\" colour, dense peppery cake and chocolate-like BLENDS plum aromas and elements. The tannins beautifully focused, are softening but still 8 TASTED well-structured, palate holding together. showing good oak and 4 AWARDED 3-5 $125 fruit handling. Will age well. +5 $30 A solid class with the best wines showing Murray Street good fruit material and Vineyards MSV good blending. There Greenock Estate were a couple of wines Barossa Shiraz here that exhibited poor 2010 HHHH1/2 winemaking. Vibrant spicy red berry bouquet and a long, The Winery Door full-bodied, palate, McLaren Vale Shiraz still showing vibrant Merlot 2013 HHHH red fruit characters Attractive spicy berry with some big blocky fruit bouquet and plump tannins. Just needs a juicy berry palate with little more time. $55 balancing oak and some prominent, but balanced, tannins. $15158 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

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J Petrucci & Son Di Giorgio Family McLaren Vale Shiraz Coonawarra Shiraz 2012 HHHH 2012 HHH Dark dense tarry/ Easy drinking style; lots licorice bouquet and big of oak but some stalky tannic palate with long fruit starting to peek lingering raspberry-like through. $23 flavours underscored Murray Street by fine grainy tannins. Vineyards Black Label Barossa Shiraz 5+ $29.99 2012 HHH Lean oak and tannin Virgara Wines Gran characters sitting on top Reserve Adelaide of the spicy peppery red Shiraz 2012 HHHH berry fruit. $25 A perfumed lift to the Streicker savoury oak nose and Bridgeland Block a classy perfumed red Margaret River fruit palate that's dense Shiraz 2011 HHH and tannic for now - A medium bodied style - needs time to settle. fleshy and well-rounded with hints of bracken- 5+ $30 like fruit. $43 Hastwell & LightfootTudor Central Mollydooker The Whiskey Gully Smythe Road McLaren Vale ShirazVictoria Shiraz Boxer McLaren Vale Wines Black Rod Pure Barossa Shiraz 2012 HHH2013 HHHH Langhorne Creek Granite Belt Shiraz 2010 HHH1/2 Subtle spicy raspberryA lovely vibrant, rich, Shiraz 2013 HHHH 2012 HHHH A very powerful prune- fruit nuances - notfruit-driven style that has An old fashioned Aussie An oak-driven style - like bouquet and a giving much away atfinesse. Some olive-like style. It's fleshy with very chocolaty. Some palate with mouthfilling the moment - needsnotes on the nose and attractive density of dark cherry aromas ripe, almost porty, fruit time. $30good oak and fine tannins sweet black fruit. Has lots and beautifully focused flavours. Needs time.on the palate. $12.99 of rich mocha oak and palate with sweet good creamy length. $28 raspberry fruit length. 5+ $29.50 Bittern Estate 5+ $30 Mornington Peninsula Shiraz 2013 HHH Oak dominates at the moment but some vibrant fruit pushing through. Will settle with time. $30 Mother of Pearl Wrattonbully Shiraz 2012 HHH Nice presence of berry fruits with barnyard-like secondary characters developing. $19Sidewood McLaren Vale III Brick Kiln The GroveAdelaide Hills Shiraz Associates The McLaren Vale Shiraz2013 HHHH Descendant of Squid 2012 HHHHA well-made, peppery, Ink McLaren Vale A rich, ripe, opulent shirazcool climate, shiraz Shiraz 2013 HHHH with attractive prune/with good integration A fine tight fruity licorice-like concentrationbetween the lovely dark style with a peppery of aromas and incrediblefruit, the oak and the background and some length of generous richfine tannins. $25 savoury notes. Oak is flavours. $45 well-integrated with the plum fruit. Will develop very well. 5+ $35160 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

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BEST BUYSTotino Estate Adelaide Yilgarnia Western Australia Beresford Beacon Boston Bay The GreatHills Chardonnay 2013 Chardonnay 2014 Hill South Australia White Eyre Peninsula Sauvignon Blanc 2013 Sauvignon Blanc 2014Melons, lemons and nuts on the Citrus, white peach and melon Rich ripe tropical bouquet andnose with flavours reminiscent characters on the nose and the slightly warm, off-dry palate Delicate floral nose with aof lemon curd tart. $18.95 soft sweet palate. $19 that's balanced and long. $11.90 fresh herbal lift. Palate is fresh, vibrant and very tropical with aTotino Nominees (Totino Estate) Yilgarnia Wines Vok Beverages herbal end. $20Phone: (08) 8349 1200 Phone: (08) 9845 3031 Phone: (08) 8182 1841Email: martinam@festivalcitywines. Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Boston Bay Winescom.au Web: www.yilgarnia.com.au Web: www.vok.com.au Phone: (08) 8684 3600Web: www.festivalcitywines.com.au Email: [email protected] Web: www.bostonbaywines.com.auBEST VALUE WINES OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND$U2N0DE&R Is updated in each issue of The Wine & Spirit Insider. TO QUALIFY Some wines may - if they are still available - remain in the next issue’s Best Value Wines listing. Others 1 Wines must have first been recommended will sell out, or be replaced by higher-rated wines. in Winestate Magazine style or new release The Wine & Spirit Insider’s Best Value Wines listing tastings. Style tastings are defined as varietal comprises the best wines currently available, from big- tastings - eg, shiraz, chardonnay, etc. - or name brands and the higher volume ‘second labels’ blended styles such as shiraz/cabernet wines. from the smaller producers, as tasted by Winestate 2 Wines from designated regional tastings Magazine panels. The Best Value Wines listing gives are eligible provided they are widely available. credit to the value wines in the marketplace - wines 3 All wines must be currently available from that would otherwise be overshadowed by their much the winery, or be readily available in the more expensive cousins.162 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

Cable Bay Awatere Valley Matahiwi Estate Mission Estate Vineyard Mission Estate WinerySauvignon Blanc 2014 Wairarapa Sauvignon Selection Marlborough Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2014 Sauvignon Blanc 2014 Blanc 2014Attractive nettle-like Fabulous intensity of A clean, bright varietalcharacters on the nose and a A rich, soft and well-balanced gooseberry-like aromas. Palate with lovely balance andstraightforward herbal palate quaffer with pleasant citrus-like is rich and juicy with upfront concentration of herbaceouswith lots of flavour and crisp fruit characters. $19.99 herbal flavours showing some candied fruit characters withacid. $20 grip and texture with good level some nice pungency. $16.99 Matahiwi Estate of acidity. $20Cable Bay Vineyards Phone: +64 6 370 1000 Mission Estate WineryPhone: +64 9 372 5889 Email: [email protected] Mission Estate Winery Phone: +64 6 845 9350Email: [email protected] Web: www.matahiwi.co.nz Phone: +64 6 845 9350 Email: [email protected]: www.cablebay.co.nz Email: [email protected] Road, Pemberton Silkwood welcomes new chef Daniel Gedge who trained, and worked as Senior Sous Chef, under Rick Stein atPh: (08) 9776 1535 The Seafood Restaurant Padstow, Cornwall for seven years. Daniel and Restaurant & Cellar Door [email protected] Anne-Marie Ledoux will make your visit to Silkwood Wines a culinary experience you will want to rave to yourwww.silkwoodwines.com.au friends about. Silkwood’s luxury 5 star chalets with private balcony and stunning views of the lake and forest, is a place to relax and unwind, away from the normal hustle and bustle of life. On your arrival a welcome gift awaits you. At Silkwood Wines, we believe that the best wines can only come from the healthiest vines grown on good soil in the right climate. With Blair Meiklejohn as winemaker and Jono Reeve taking good care of our vineyard we will continue to produce many excellent vintages. The Wine & Spirit INSIDER 163

BEST BUYSPaua Marlborough Mother of Pearl Roaring Meg Central Otago Saint Clair Family EstateSauvignon Blanc 2014 Wrattonbully Coonawarra Sauvignon Blanc 2013 Premium Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2013 Sauvignon Blanc 2014Rich concentration of pungent Developed kiwi and melon nosecitrus/melon varietal fruit on Delicate fresh perfumed melon with similar characters on the Nice minerally notes to theboth the nose and the long rich bouquet and well-balanced long well-balanced palate. $20 pungent citrus nose and amouthfilling palate. $19.99 minerally palate with a nice palate showing excellent touch of the tropics. $19 Mt Difficulty varietal flavour persistenceHighfield Estate Phone: +64 3 445 3445 with very good acid balancePhone: +64 3 572 9244 Patrick of Coonawarra Email: [email protected] and mineral depth. $21.50Email: [email protected] Phone: (08) 8737 3687 Web: www.mtdifficulty.co.nzWeb: www.highfield.co.nz Email: [email protected] Saint Clair Family Vineyards Web: www.patrickofcoonawarra.com Phone: +64 3 578 8695 Email: [email protected] Web: www.saintclair.co.nz164 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

Saint Clair Family Estate Sidewood Adelaide Hills Sileni Cellar Selection Sileni Cellar SelectionVicar's Choice Bright Sauvignon Blanc 2014 Marlborough Sauvignon Hawke's Bay SauvignonLight Marlborough Blanc 2014 Blanc 2014Sauvignon Blanc 2014 Smells of fresh cut grass and nettles. A lively palate that Pungent herbaceous nose Pungent and citrussy aromasLean herbaceous nose and has a nice flavour length with showing good varietal with good upfront sweet citrussimple green fruit palate with well natural acidity adding some expression. Crisp and clean in herbal flavours. $20handled residual sugar. $19.50 lovely texture. $20 the mouth with hints of residual sugar but well-balanced by the Sileni EstateSaint Clair Family Vineyards Sidewood Estate Pty Lty/Ashwood racy acidity. $17.95 Phone: +64 6 879 8768Phone: +64 3 578 8695 Estate Email: [email protected]: [email protected] Phone: (08) 8388 7084 Sileni Estate Web: www.sileni.co.nzWeb: www.saintclair.co.nz Email: [email protected] Phone: +64 6 879 8768 Web: www.sidewood.com.au Email: [email protected] Web: www.sileni.co.nzAUSTRALIA South African wineries are invited to submit their wines to the Winestate presents “Best of South Africa” tasting at Hyatt Perth, Western Australia. Wines to be in Australia by 1 Jan 2015 Submission Form is at www.winestate.com.au and click on “Submit my wines”Judging at Hyatt Perth 14-16 January 2015 Trade and Subscriber Tasting 16 January 2015 Additional Trade Tastings will be held on the East Coast later in 2015AD_South African Tasting QPH_SE14.indd 1 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER 165 2/11/2014 9:22:45 PM

BEST BUYSSileni Cellar Selection Saint Clair Family Estate Roaring Meg Central Blackbilly Adelaide PinotHawke's Bay Pinot Premium Marlborough Otago Pinot Gris 2013 Gris 2012Gris 2013 Pinot Gris 2013 Smells of pineapples and Complex, yet simple, aromaticsA well-made wine with ripe and Balanced, structured and marmalade. Lovely palate with crisp varietal fruit layeredfleshy fruit, some sweet/sour beautifully layered with citrus length with flavours of pears, with attractive phenolics. $18characters and firm acid. $20 and pear fruit with tightly peaches and apples. Good acid wound acidity. $21.50 to balance. $20 Adelaide WinemakersSileni Estate Phone: 0419 383 907Phone: +64 6 879 8768 Saint Clair Family Vineyards Mt Difficulty Email: [email protected]: [email protected] Phone: +64 3 578 8695 Phone: +64 3 445 3445 comWeb: www.sileni.co.nz Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.saintclair.co.nz Web: www.mtdifficulty.co.nz166 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

Boston Bay Peninsulas Catalina Ridge Dolan Family Wines Roaring Meg CentralSouth Australia Coonawarra Riesling 2008 Rifleman's Clare Valley Otago Riesling 2013Riesling 2014 Riesling 2014 A classic aged riesling with a Quite Germanic with itsLimey, tropical and buttery toasty buttery lemon bouquet Pale and delicate with a floral/ floral fragrances and sweetcharacters lift off the nose and long, elegant lime palate rose petal-like bouquet. Very apricot flavours with good acidfollowed by a long elegant with toasty development. $17 floral sweet palate with some balance. $20citrus-driven palate with muskiness and nice thread ofrestrained but persistent toasty Church & Palmer Wines lemon acidity. $20 Mt Difficultylime flavours. $20 Phone: 0400 240 331 Phone: +64 3 445 3445 Email: [email protected] Dolan Family Wines Email: [email protected] Bay Wines Web: www.churchandpalmerwines. Phone: 0438 816 034 Web: www.mtdifficulty.co.nzPhone: (08) 8684 3600 com.au Email: [email protected]: [email protected] Web: www.dolanfamilywines.com.auWeb: www.bostonbaywines.com.au 2015 March 22-25, 2015 YOUR Official Australia Display INVITATION TO International Hall 1DISPLAY AT WORLD’S Application is at BIGGEST WINE FAIR http://www.winestate.com.au/lib/pdf/Untitled-1 1 Vinitaly2015APPLICATION.doc Enquiries – Peter Jackson 08 8357 9277 [email protected] The Wine & Spirit INSIDER 167 9/05/2014 2:42:03 PM

BEST BUYSMollydooker The Yilgarnia Western Ceravolo Adelaide Plains Mother of PearlViolinist McLaren Vale Australia Semillon Sangiovese Rosé 2014 Wrattonbully Shiraz 2012Verdelho 2013 Sauvignon Blanc 2014 Nicely balanced wine with Nice presence of berry fruitsSweet toasty citrus bouquet Lemony aromas and lovely candied raspberry aromas with barnyard-like secondaryand good length of pleasant well-structured palate with and creamy cherry liqueur characters developing. $19tropical and citrus flavours. $20 nice flow, intensity and creamy flavours. $18 finish. 3-5 $17 Patrick of Coonawarra Ceravolo Premium Wines Pty Ltd Phone: (08) 8737 3687Mollydooker Wines Yilgarnia Wines Phone: (08) 8336 4522 Email: [email protected]: (08) 8323 6500 Phone: (08) 9845 3031 Email: [email protected] comEmail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.ceravolo.com.au Web: www.patrickofcoonawarra.comWeb: www.mollydookerwines.com.au Web: www.yilgarnia.com.authe wine & spiritA U S T R A L I A N & N E W Z E A L A N D Issue 139 | Special Edition 2014Editor & Publisher Winestate Web Site electronic medium or machine-readable form without E-mail: [email protected] the express permission of the publisher. Every care isPeter Simic E-mail: [email protected] taken in compiling the contents of this publication, butManaging Editor Printing DAI Rubicon the publisher assumes no responsibility for the effects Website: www.distalliance.com arising therefrom. ABN 56 088 226 411Lara Simic E-mail: [email protected] Bozsoki E-mail: [email protected] Designer Winestate Publishing Pty Ltd. WINESTATE is published seven times a year by Telephone (08) 8357 9277Jasmine Holmes E-mail: [email protected] WINESTATE PUBLISHING PTY LTD, Facsimile (08) 8357 9212Marketing Manager 81 King William Road, Unley SA 5061. E-mail [email protected] Copyright 2014 by WINESTATE PUBLISHING PTY LTD. Website www.winestate.com.auPeter Jackson E-mail: [email protected] This publication may not, in whole or in part, be copied,Tasting Coordinator photocopied, reproduced, translated or reduced to anyMadeline Willoughby E-mail: [email protected] The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

Join Peter Simic, Editor/Publisher of Winestate Magazine and Travelrite International for the FRANCE2015 WINE TOUR TO September 12 to September 29, 2015 Two and a half wonderful weeks with Peter Simic, exploringthe best of French wine regions including visits to Champagne, Burgundy, Dijon, Lyon, the Rhone Valley, Marseille, Toulouse and Bordeaux. MAGAZINE

Tour leadership by Peter Simic FRANCE2015 WINE TOUR TOPeter Simic, your tour guide, is an ideal host for Great fun exploring and discoveringthis trip. With a background in publishing and the fine wine regions of France withwine education over 30 years, his wine knowledgeis vast. In addition to being the founding editor/ Winestate’s Peter Simicpublisher of Winestate, Peter was formerly thefounding publisher of Wine & Spirit (US), managerof the SA Wine Information Bureau, and wineeducator with SA Regency College. He is also aregular wine commentator in newspapers and onradio and television. Peter recently led a number ofhighly successful wine tours: the Winestate toursto France in 1999, 2003, 2006, 2007 and 2011,the QE2 Winestate cruise in 2001, the Winestatetours to Italy in 2002, 2005, 2009 and 2010 and theWinestate tour to Spain, 2000, 2004 and 2009.Tour Itinerary Day 5 Wednesday September 16, 2015 Dijon After breakfast the tour group will travel south to Dijon for two nights, stayingDay 1 Saturday September 12, 2015 Departure at the four-star Mercure Dijon Centre Clemenceau hotel. Dijon is capital of the Burgundy wine region and is famous for mustard and other culinary delights.Tour members depart Australian capital cities and travel on Singapore It sits at the north of the region comprising the Cote de Nuits in the northAirlines overnight services to Paris. It will be possible for tour members to and Cote du Rhone in the south, with the town of Beaune in the middle.depart Australia on an earlier day – accommodation will be offered at the Burgundy produces ethereal, silky, cool-climate elegant wines of pinot noirParis hotel for clients arriving early. Please call for details. and chardonnay grapes in regions such as Romanee Conti, Chambertin,Day 2 Sunday September 13, 2015 Paris Vouget and Chassagne Montrachet. The exploration will commence afterOn arrival early morning at Paris airport, the tour group will be met and lunch with a vineyard and cellar visit combined with a structured tasting ledtransferred to the centrally located, four-star Millennium Hotel Paris OperaHotel. After time to freshen up we will enjoy a sightseeing tour of the main by Peter Simic.sights of Paris with a local guide. Lunch will be at leisure before we return tothe hotel for check-in. Peter Simic will host a Welcome Drinks Party before Day 6 Thursday September 17, 2015 Dijonrecommending interesting nearby restaurants for dinner. This morning we will visit a prestige winery and enjoy tastings with Peter Simic. The afternoon will be free for wine bar exploration in this fabulous town, or a quiet rest. This evening we will enjoy a Celebration Dinner at aDay 3 Monday September 14, 2015 Reims Michelin-starred restaurant hosted by Winestate’s Peter Simic with superbAfter breakfast the tour group will travel by private coach to Reims, the capital wine and food from the region.of the Champagne wine region, for a two-night stay at the four-star Holiday Day 7 Friday September 18, 2015 LyonInn Reims Centre. The Champagne vineyards are located south of Reims, with After breakfast the tour group will travel to Beaune, the delightful main townthe main producers near Reims and around the villages of Epernay and Ay, in the Burgundy wine region. There will be time for individual sightseeingclose to the banks of the River Marne. There are approximately 27,500 hectares and early lunch before we continue south to visit a prominent Beaujolaisof vines in the Champagne region, with more than 19,000 producers. Only producer to taste the Gamay Beaujolais variety at its source. Late afternoon,about 10 percent of the vines belong to the great international producers. we travel on to Lyon, the second largest city in France, superbly located atThe tour will commence with visits to the vine-growing areas and to some the junction of the Soane and Rhone rivers. It is a lively cultural city withof the very best producers. We will meet the winemakers and enjoy a a history extending back beyond Roman times. Today it is an importantseries of tastings under the guidance of Peter Simic. We will travel to our centre for scientific research, higher education and high-tech industries.tour hotel late-afternoon for check-in. Good quality local restaurants will be Late afternoon, we will check in for two nights at the four-star Mercure Hotelrecommended for dinner. Carlton. Interesting restaurants will be recommended for dinner.Day 4 Tuesday September 15, 2015 Reims Day 8 Saturday September 19, 2015 LyonAfter breakfast we will travel to Epernay and Ay for a full day of vineyard visits. A full day of exploration in the Rhone Valley, where the familiar shiraz (syrah),We will drive through the vines along the picturesque ‘Champagne Route’ so well-known in Australia, is the main variety. Famous names include Guigal,and visit two of the region’s main producers. We will meet the winemakers Chapoutier and Paul Jaboulet. We will visit some of the finest producers ofand sample a range of the best crus. Local restaurants will be recommended this great variety from Cote Rotie and Hermitage. Good quality restaurantsfor dinner. will be recommended for dinner in Lyon.

Very Special ExperiencesFollowing great success of previous wine tours toFrance, Italy and Spain, Peter Simic and the staffat Winestate Magazine have arranged for a seriesof very special visits in the historic and impressivefine-wine areas of France. We will visit vineyardsthat are rarely open to the public and samplespecial vintages and meet people responsible fortheir skillful production. It will be a unique time tomeet the characters and expand our knowledge inmost enjoyable and pleasant surroundings.Comfortable Tour HotelsWe have carefully selected well-located four andfive-star hotels (with top class comfort and verycomfortable Michelin ratings) that provide highquality and good value for money. All the hotelshave clean, comfortable rooms with privatefacilities. Some of the hotels will provide anenjoyable “European style” experience, rather thanthe uniformity of standardised modern hotels.Day 9 Sunday September 20, 2015 Marseille Day 14 Friday September 25, 2015 BordeauxToday we travel south along the Rhone Valley to Marseille for a two-night Today the tour group will return to the Medoc to visit wineries and tastestay at the four-star Grand Hotel Beauvau, Vieux Port. We will visit wineries in wines in the southern regions of Margaux and St Julien. Peter Simic will leadthe southern Rhone Chateau Neuf du Pape region and taste some distinctive the group on visits to a range of top-level producers and guide us thoughand delicious grenache and syrah blends under Peter Simic’s guidance. enjoyable and informative, structured tastings. The regions are home toRestaurants and wine bars will be recommended for an evening at leisure. Chateau Margaux, Chateau Beychevelle, Palmer, Brane Cantenac and ChateauDay 10 Monday September 21, 2015 Marseille Talbot among others. We return to Bordeaux for an evening at leisure. Good-A leisurely, free day to enjoy Marseille. Take a side trip to Aix en Provence or quality restaurants will be recommended.relax in nearby Cassis. This evening we will enjoy a Celebration Dinner at a Day 15 Saturday September 26, 2015 BordeauxMichelin-starred restaurant, at which Winestate’s Peter Simic will showcase Today we will visit the right bank St Emilion and Pomerol regions to the east of Bordeaux. The regions are home to many fine producers that includethe best wines from the regions we have visited. Cheval Blanc, Troplong Mondot, Vieux Chateau Certan, Canon, Pavie, Petrus and Latour Pomerol. Their wines are based mainly on merlot, with cabernetDay 11 Tuesday September 22, 2015 Toulouse franc and cabernet sauvignon also involved. Peter Simic will introduce us to some of the most important producers and guide us through structuredAfter breakfast we will travel west to the modern city of Toulouse for a one tasting sessions. There will be some free time in the delightful small town of St Emilion.night stay at the four- star Grand Hotel de l’Opera. We will enjoy a wineryvisit in the vast Languedoc wine-producing region, noted for high-volumeproduction and rapidly improving quality. We will stop in the medieval townof Carcassonne for sightseeing at leisure. Day 16 Sunday September 27, 2015 BordeauxDay 12 Wednesday September 23, 2015 Bordeaux A free day for relaxation or further exploration. We will come together forAfter breakfast, we travel west to the famous Bordeaux region. Bordeaux, our Farewell Celebration Dinner at a Michelin-starred restaurant, with locallocated on the grand Garonne River just after it joins the Dordogne River, is the wines carefully selected by Winestate’s Peter Simic. We will celebrate thesixth-largest city in France and is the centre of the most renowned wine region success and enjoyment of our time in France with Peter. It will be a mostin the world. On the outskirts of Bordeaux we will visit the famous Chateau enjoyable evening.Climens First Growth Barsac winery before checking into the wonderful Day 17 Monday September 28, 2015 Departurefive-star Grand Hotel de Bordeaux & Spa (Michelin’s highest rating hotel in After breakfast the tour group will be transferred to Bordeaux airport for anBordeaux) for a five-night stay. This evening we will enjoy the CelebrationDinner at a Michelin-starred restaurant, hosted by Winestate’s Peter Simic. Air France flight to Paris to connect with Singapore Airlines flights to Australia.Day 13 Thursday September 24, 2015 Bordeaux Day 18 Tuesday September 29, 2015 AustraliaThis morning we travel north to the left bank of the Gironde to spend a Early morning arrival in Australia and the tour concludes.day of exploration in the Pauilliac and St-Estephe regions. Pauillac is thehome of top rate producers such as Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, Chateau Relax and enjoyLatour, Chateau Mouton Rothschild, Chateau Lynch-Bages and Pontet Canet.Cabernet Sauvignon is the prominent variety here, often blended with someMerlot and Cabernet Franc.

FRANCE2015 WINE TOUR TOSeptember 12 to September 29, 2015The price for the 15-night tour is $10,275 per person twin-share.Single supplement is $1,950 per person.The land-only price for the tour (no flights) is $9,135 per person twin-share.International and general travel taxes and fuel surcharges are additional.At November 2014 they were approximately $950 per person.Included in the tour price:• Return economy-class air travel from east coast Australian capitals to Paris and return from Bordeaux via Paris. Long-haul travel will be on Singapore Airlines. Please call for other departure cities. Passengers will be able to travel early or extend their stay in Europe at no extra airfare.• Accommodation in four and five-star hotels with private facilities. Hotel taxes and service charges.• Breakfast daily and four special celebration lunches and dinners.• Entry and tasting fees and special services at vineyards in each of the regions visited. Sightseeing and general entry fees as detailed in the itinerary.• Tour leadership by Peter Simic, editor/publisher of Winestate Magazine.• Tour management by Travelrite International Pty Ltd, with an experienced staff member travelling with the group.• A Travelrite International travel bag.Not included in the tour price:• Passport and visa fees.• International airport and general travel taxes.• Travel insurance.• Sightseeing and general expenses not specified in the itinerary.• Items of a personal nature.• Additional travel arrangements – these will be quoted for separately.General information and booking conditionsInternational touring can involve a considerable amount of walking and stairclimbing in the places visited and it is important that all tour participants have alevel of physical fitness that allows them to take part in this activity without theneed of assistance from others.TOUR OPERATOR: Travelrite International Pty Ltd (ABN 64 REFUNDS: The tour is based on arrangements that The passage contract in use by the carriers concerned,005 817 078) is the tour operator. do not allow for any refunds in respect of sightseeing, when issued, shall constitute the sole contract between accommodation, meals, airfare or other services not the transportation companies or firms and the purchasersTOUR PRICES: The tour prices are based on airfare, general utilized after the tour has commenced. of these tours. 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aftertasteELISABETH KINGGENERATIONAL SHIFTSCONSTANTLY checking news reports has rate second only to cider over the next waiter. “It was from the Alto Adige, now part ofalways been part and parcel of being a five years. Aussies will spend $4.338 billion Italy, and we prefer to list only Austrian GVs.”journalist but it’s become a round-the-clock on wine by the end of this financial year, risingactivity in this age of information overload. to $5.55 billion a year by 2019 forecasts the I’m glad we’ve come to this stage in part.Or, infobesity as US wags have dubbed the researcher. Beer will enjoy marginal growth, But there has to be a middle way betweenphenomenon. There’s no denying, though, too, rising from the current $6.2 billion a year old school wine snobbery and over-breezythat research is a lot more fun these days to $6.68 billion by 2019. staff who say “you guys” to patrons andand I doubt whether a modern day version push esoteric wines. A good wine serverof Ripley’s Believe It or Not! would even get A Roy Morgan Single Source survey asks leading questions. In spite of increasingoff the ground. The rise and rise of cider has backs up these results. Forty six per cent of democracy and sophistication among thebeen the subject of a torrent of articles over Australians aged 18-plus drank wine in any dining public, there’s nothing wrong withthe past few years. But I still sat up and took given four week period in the year to June traditional tastes and the desire to stay withnotice at a recent report from IBISWorld, 2014. A big percentage is drunk at home a wine type you know.Australia’s largest provider of industry – 38 per cent - but drinking vino at licensedresearch. According to the researcher, no venues has climbed five to 6 per cent over I’d love to see the French equivalent ofwonder Swedish giant Rekordelig signed on the past five years. a hipster wine server full of pop cultureas the “exclusive cider partner” to the L’Oreal metaphors try to tell Gerard Depardieu what toMelbourne Fashion Festival last year. The Another shift has occurred, too. In Australia drink. The legendary French thespian scoredmajority of Australia’s cider drinkers are young and other wealthy countries, a generational global headlines recently by confessing thatwomen and their passion for flavoured ciders changeover has taken place in wine service. he drinks up to 14 bottles of wine a day. That’shas pushed Sweden to overtake the UK as While a hefty chunk of people who dine in fine not all. In spite of being grossly overweight andAustralia’s second most imported source of restaurants are Gen Xers and Baby Boomers undergoing heart by-pass surgery in 2000, theimported ciders. New Zealand ciders are the in their forties and fifties, the professionals 65-year-old movie wildman also downs a dailymost imported brews (30.3 per cent), followed and sommeliers are increasingly under 35. So intake of beer, vodka, whisky and liqueurs.by Sweden (29.4 per cent) and Ireland (23 how has this changed the dynamic between Most of Depardieu’s weekly wine intake comesper cent). the two groups? from his own vineyard. He doesn’t bother much with expensive vintages. “The wine I Only four years ago, annual cider sales Traditionally, the sommelier who helped produce is not for keeping,” he says. “It’s thewere $233.3 million, reports IBISWorld, but diners in posh restaurants was a peer who wine you want when meeting friends at anyby the end of this financial year cider sales had undergone an in-depth apprenticeship. random time for a game of cards.”in Australia will reach $1.003 billion - a 33 per Now the staff bouncing up to the table arecent annualised uplift. At this rate of growth, fresh-faced and likely to be at least a decade Mind you, Depardieu does admit to drinkingAustralia’s cider consumption will reach $2.65 younger. There’s also the strong chance he champagne and red wine before 10am, andbillion a year by 2019. or she will tell you their names, show you how then more champagne. Before lunch he drinks cool they are or want to be your friend. half a bottle of pastis and then two bottles of According to Daniel Ruthven, IBISWorld wine with his midday meal. “In the afternoon,Australia general manager, cider’s rise to To be honest, I prefer the new generation of I drink champagne, beer and pastis aroundthe top has been largely at the expense of wine guides. They are passionate, possess 5pm to finish off the bottle. Later on, vodkaready-to-drink beverages such as pre-mixed a sense of adventure and know their stuff. A and/or whisky. But I am never totally drunk,vodka and whisky drinks. “Cider producers far cry from the intimidating and often portly just a little pissed.” I’d love to be a fly on thehave found great success in marketing the guy of yore with a tastevin round his neck who wall if a wine server with interesting facial hairbeverage as a refreshing alternative to beer,” tried to force his recommendations down your and tatts tried to influence the wine choices ofhe said. “Additionally, ciders have benefited throat. Today, the wine server’s primary job is France’s biggest tearaway, who also revealsfrom increased taxes on ready-to-drink mixes, to convey enthusiasm because the world of that he has shot two lions. In self-defence,with many young partygoers now opting for wine is so much more diverse. For example, a of course.ciders as a cost-saving exercise.” few years ago Austrian wines were still a bit of a novelty on restaurant wine lists. But recently Wine-drinking has a similarly rosy future says I asked for a gruner veltliner I had enjoyed onIBISWorld, with a five year annualised growth a previous visit to a trendy Sydney restaurant. “We don’t offer that anymore,” said the wine A wrap-up of all the best four-to five-star wines of 2014 are featured in this issue, plus how the yearn e x t i s s u e : unfolded in our annual vintage report.178 W I N E S TAT E Special Edition 2014

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