Red Wine Wednesday – Howling Wolves Cab Sav

Yes, wine lovers – its Wednesday and you know what that means? I’ve already had at least 3 bottles since the last RWW and have only managed to blog one of them! You say that like its a bad thing? *hic* So, today’s red is a fine Cab Sav – locally (to Perth anyway) made in the Margaret River wine region just a couple…

Red Wine Wednesday – Pepperjack Shiraz

Greetings, red wine lovers 🙂 Apologies for the lack of RWW posts for the last few weeks, but it’s just been too hectic with work and Christmas and all that. Well, to make up for it, I am reviewing a Christmas present – 2009 Pepperjack Shiraz from the Barossa Valley

Red Wine Wednesday – Woven Leaf Shiraz

So, my dear and beautiful readers, I’ve really spoiled you on the blog this last few weeks – 3 wine posts and some photos of my kids goofing off – I think I need to be more generous and diverse on my content creation. Anyway, it is what it is – so welcome to another Red Wine Wednesday (in glorious wine colour too –…

Red Wine Wednesday – The Exhibitionist

So, Its that time of the week again. Well, lets be more specific, its the time of the week where I write about the wine I drink as if it’s the only day I do the drinking.  There are may be other days of the week where I am unfaithful to Wednesday, but the specifics of which are in the hands of my lawyers…

Red Wine Wednesday – Sinclair Estate

It’s been way too long since the last Red Wine Wednesday My dear readers, I apologise. Especially seeing as my wine stocks are were at an all time high. So, without further ado, I give you 2010 Sinclair Estate Shiraz Cabernet.

Red Wine Wednesday

Yes, vino-lovers, after a small hiatus caused by, well, laziness, it’s that time again.. Today’s lovely wine is.. A gorgeous Western Australian Shiraz.  As I mentioned before, Shirazes (and Syrrah’s in Europe) have a peppery, blackcurranty earthy taste, not totally unlike a Rioja, except they lack that deep red earth full body of a typical Rioja. This wasn’t a massively expensive wine but it…

Red Wine Wednesday

Hooooo yes folks, its Wednesday already, so its time to take a bottle of plonk from the wine cellars at Watkins Manor and educate the vino Luddites of the world. Todays wine:  Pinot Noir A good Pinot is a delight.  Its a soft and relatively light red wine, full of light juicy blackcurrenty and cherry type flavours.  It is very flavoursome without being heavy,…

Red Wine Wednesday

Yes, its that time of the week already! Its Wednesday Wine of the Week So, wine lovers, I have a delight for you today A cleanskin (unbranded) wine from the Haughton Vineyard in Perth.  Wine producers sometimes find they have too much wine for a given vintage and don’t want to devalue their brand by flooding the market, so sell it on unbranded at…

Red Wine Wednesday

I’m going to start a brand new feature – Wednesday Wine of the Week This may end up being more than just Wednesdays, given my love for the stuff, but lets pretend I’m not a lush. The Wednesday wine this week is: Tempranillo grapes are a the main grape used in Spain for Rioja, so have that deep red, full bodied earthy characteristic that…