2005 R Wines First Class Shiraz
Monday, February 11th, 2008I admit it, I was sucked in by the label, which looks exactly like an airline boarding pass. The capsule is fashioned like a luggage tag. It’s straight Shiraz from the 2005 vintage in South Australia.
All cuteness aside, the wine is a real powerhouse. I’d forgotten how in-your-face Australian Shy-Raz can be…First Class is a […]
An Awesome Aussie for $15
Friday, December 14th, 2007Australian red wine is the antithesis of French Bordeaux. Instead of the quaint, stone-wall-enclosed vineyards of tens or hundreds of hectares, lovingly hand-tended by a garagiste we find, to be it blunt, wine farms.
Not that this is a bad thing. It’s similar to the model used in California, Argentina, Chile, and many, many other wine […]