Category Archives: Cabernet sauvignon

Pirramimma releases its super premium ACJ – it had better be good – and it is!

Posted on February 25, 2011 by

When a renowned family-owned winery releases only the second vintage of its super premium wine, named after its founder and pitched at a standard a notch above its already consistently good premium wine range – it had better be good! … Continue reading →

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Tigs takes to the Riverland!

Posted on December 23, 2010 by

I headed north east from Adelaide to visit the Riverland for the first time in my four years in South Australia. Working for the University of Adelaide’s Wine2030 network this had been a big omission from my local wine education … Continue reading →

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White cabernet sauvignon – sampling a world first from South Australia

Posted on November 17, 2010 by

I first heard about Cleggett Wines from Australian television’s ABC Landline programme about two years ago when they showed Cleggett Wines of Langhorne Creek with their white, golden and bronze cabernet sauvignon. Ever since I have wanted to sample this … Continue reading →

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Wine passionados bottling Sturt Creek Estate’s ’09 cab

Posted on November 1, 2010 by

One balmy evening at Hamilton Secondary College in the Adelaide suburb of Mitchell Park I joined fellow wine enthusiasts to bottle the 2009 Sturt Creek Estate Adelaide Plains basket pressed cabernet sauvignon. I was there to assist the current winemaking … Continue reading →

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Sprinting the Long Mile! A tasting of the Langmeil wine range

Posted on October 21, 2010 by

When friends suggested we attend a tasting of Langmeil wines in Adelaide this week I jumped at the chance. I immediately thought of the outstanding Jackaman’s cabernet and the ancient shiraz vines – the oldest in Australia and possibly the … Continue reading →

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