Fine Wines (Re)Visited

OWS#0: Introductory Podcast
Mick and I briefly outline what the show offers and who it’s for (ie; everyone who likes wine).

Chinese Food and Riesling
This Week: After a busy week our hosts travel to Chinatown to purchace some authentic Chinese Food. Christina orders up some interesting dishes and Joe pairs a Donny Boon Riesling to the order. Saturday Nights are for Wine, Food and Fun.Click Podcast link for show # 7Show #7 Recipe LinkShow #7 [...]

Pinot Noir and Lamb
FIRST SHOWJoe and Christina s first show: Our very first menu consists of roasted lamb, rosemary potatoes and baked asparagus. The meal is paired with a French Burgundy, Chassagne-Montrachet 2002 produced by Chateau de la Maltroye. We discussed basic wine tasting techniques, pairing foods with wine and food preparation. We [...]

Sushi and Pinot Noir
This Week: Join Joe and Christina as they foray into the exotic world of Sushi. A 2004 Castle Rock Pinot Noir from Monterey California is paired to the meal. As always, Saturday Night is for Wine, Food and Fun.Click Podcast link for Show # 13The recipe [...]

Lasagna with Chianti Classico Reserva
This Week: Joe and Christina pair a Castello Di Volpaia, Chianti Classico Reserva, 1999 with a cheese and meat lasagna. Italian wines from Tuscany are discussed along with an overal evaluation of the food and wine. Saturday Nights are for Wine, Food and Fun.Click Podcast link for show # 6Show #6 Recipe [...]

Wine Blog Atlas Launched
Ryan from Catavino has put together an interesting wine mashup site called Wine Blog Atlas. The idea is simply to catalog all the regional-specific wine blogs around the world on a big map and aggregate blog posts from those sites. Ryan talks about it a bit on his latest podcast. Since this blog is not [...]

On 100-point wines
There has been some interesting discussion on eBob recently about Wine Advocate #169 where Robert Parker’s new hires first publish recommendations. Apparently Dr. Jay Miller has caused quite a stir with five 100 point wines and a slew of 95 pointers in his initial coverage of Spanish wines. As Dr. Vino pointed out yesterday, does [...]

Castle Rock Merlot, Napa Valley 2004
There’s a lot of great Merlot available on the bulk market from Napa Valley these days at very favorable prices so it’s not a stretch to find some great juice in some negociant bottlings like Castle Rock. I’ve reviewed a few other varietals from this producer here in the past and have been impressed with [...]

Reminder, Twisted Dinner Tomorrow
Looks like we might fill that table for 10 I have booked at Solera tomorrow evening for the Twisted Oak wine and tapas event so if you haven’t let me know you will attend, please do so today so I can increase the size of the table.See you there!

Siduri, Pinot Noir, Garys Vineyard 2004
This wine was tasted the same night as Brian Lorings’‘05 Garys’ Pinot and I compared them a couple times to make sure I had judged this match as fairly as possible (YMMV). A lot of others have weighed in on this wine but I have to say that I’m somewhat disappointed with my first [...]

Unti Vineyards, Petit Frere 2004
Unti Vineyards is the kind of winery I really like. Located in the Dry Creek Valley AVA of Sonoma County, they have a couple vineyards planted with some of my favorite varietals: Zinfandel, Sangiovese, Petite Sirah and Barbara. They also grow Rhone varieties like Syrah, Grenache and Mourvedre. Most of their wines are made in [...]

Castle Rock Merlot, Napa Valley 2004
There’s a lot of great Merlot available on the bulk market from Napa Valley these days at very favorable prices so it’s not a stretch to find some great juice in some negociant bottlings like Castle Rock. I’ve reviewed a few other varietals from this producer here in the past and have been impressed with [...]

OWS#2: Hunter Valley Review, How to Taste&New World vs Old World
OzWineShow #2 features a review of one of Australia’s largest wine producing regions, an explanation of what to do a look for when tasting wine and a discussion of the "new world versus old world" wine debate.

OWS#7: Vic Winemakers (Part 2) – Paradigm Hill Wines, Punt Road Wines&The Wine Society
Here’s the second and final part of our coverage of the Exhibition of Victorian Winemakers. It was a stellar event and worth checking out next year.

The Vine Times Daily Wine Pick – Ravenswood Merlot
2003 Ravenswood Vintners Blend Merlot The Vine Times Rating – 3 Glasses out of 5 Glasses (Well Recommended) A deep red Merlot with an intense fruit nose of blueberry, raspberry and plum. To read more please visit www.thevinetimes.com
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The Vine Times Daily Wine Pick – Ravenswood Merlot
2003 Ravenswood Vintners Blend Merlot The Vine Times Rating – 3 Glasses out of 5 Glasses (Well Recommended) A deep red Merlot with an intense fruit nose of blueberry, raspberry and plum. To read more please visit www.thevinetimes.com
editor@thevinetimes.com

Wine Australia 2006
Mick and I will be at Plonk Oz this Saturday and Sunday if anyone wants to meet up. We’ll be recording random stuff and would love to chat with listeners, fellow bloggers, etc on or off the mic.

OWS#9: Sydney Royal Wine Show (Part 2)
Download Standard PodcastOWS#9 brings the final episode in the Sydney Royal Wine Show twin-pack. Probably our biggest show yet! There’s 3 interviews and 2 bottle reviews and I must apologise for the delay. It takes hours and hours to get everything together.I probably should have split it into three smaller chunks and released them more [...]

Site Work
Changing the site theme and upgrading the operating software to enable some added features on the site. Should be near complete by tomorrow.Keep your subscription to the feed (http://feeds.feedburner.com/ozwineshow) as is and if any repeat downloads occur, just cancel them. For the next day or two that is – don’t delete new postings. = )You [...]

Wine Blog Atlas Launched
Ryan from Catavino has put together an interesting wine mashup site called Wine Blog Atlas. The idea is simply to catalog all the regional-specific wine blogs around the world on a big map and aggregate blog posts from those sites. Ryan talks about it a bit on his latest podcast. Since this blog is not [...]

How to increase customer loyalty, part 2
El Jefe, proprietor of Twisted Oak Winery and frequent Winecast commenter, has just posted a contest to write the back label of one of his wines. This is a great marketing idea similar to the Fortune Corkies I wrote about earlier in the month.Basically, Twisted Oak is asking it’s customers to write the back label [...]

A Successful Millennial Wine Publication
After reading the coverage of the demise of Wine X in the blogosphere, I took a look at eBob (OK, I was going to start a thread titled,“Wine X is dead; does anyone care?”). I found there a thread on the subject and a discussion that mainly focused on how much Wine X [...]

Castle Rock Merlot, Napa Valley 2004
There’s a lot of great Merlot available on the bulk market from Napa Valley these days at very favorable prices so it’s not a stretch to find some great juice in some negociant bottlings like Castle Rock. I’ve reviewed a few other varietals from this producer here in the past and have been impressed with [...]

Unfiltered 2 – Stormhoek
My second podcast with co-host Jeff Lefevere of Good Grape joined by Jason Korman from Stormhoek winery, Tyler Colman, a.k.a. Dr. Vino and Alan Baker, the Cellar Rat.Show Notes:00:23 – Welcome and introductions01:15 – Stormhoek Q&A21:10 – Why are NASCAR, NFL and LPGA fans drinking more wine?29:33 – Regarding wine becoming mainstream in American culture…35:23 [...]

Siduri, Pinot Noir, Garys Vineyard 2004
This wine was tasted the same night as Brian Lorings’‘05 Garys’ Pinot and I compared them a couple times to make sure I had judged this match as fairly as possible (YMMV). A lot of others have weighed in on this wine but I have to say that I’m somewhat disappointed with my first [...]