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November 15, 2016
Margaret River – Standout Wines, Epic Beaches
This Isolated Australian Region is home to Over 100 Wineries Travel+Leisure November 15th, 2016 by Ted Loos If Hawaii and Napa Valley had a love child, it would look like…
November 1, 2016
Chapter 24 Deepens Its Willamette Roots
Chapter 24 Wines Purchases Witness Tree and Five Other Vineyards in Oregon’s Willamette Valley Wine Spectator November 1, 2016 by Harvey Steiman The Pinot Noir partnership involving Mark Tarlov and…
October 28, 2016
Victoria and Tasmania: Vast, Exciting and Hip
Victoria and Tasmania Mini Report South Australia Part 3 Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate October 28, 2016 by Lisa Perrotti-Brown This is a(nother) mini-report covering just a few of the…
October 19, 2016
90+ Point Australian Shiraz
Wine Enthusiast Reviews Stellar Australian Shiraz Wine Enthusiast Advance Buying Guide December 2016 94 pts/CELLAR SELECTION John Duval Eligo Shiraz 2013 Full bodied, creamy and lush, this is a prototypical…
October 14, 2016
Antonio Galloni Reviews Poggiotondo
Vinous October 2016 Reviews by Antonio Golloni 91 pts Poggiotondo Vermentino IGT 2015 The 2015 Vermentino is powerful and intense, with plenty of mineral and savory notes that complement…
September 9, 2016
Australia: Value and Diversity Says Wine Spectator
The Top Five Countries For Value Wine Spectator October 15, 2016 by Keith Newton We ran the numbers. We did the math. There were surprises, upsets and close calls. But the results are…
August 31, 2016
Over Twenty 90+ Wines in Latest Wine & Spirits
Wine & Spirits Magazine October Issue, 2016 94 pts Innocent Bystander Mea Culpa Syrah 2014 Phil Sexton and Steve Flamsteed produced this wine from a clone of unknown origin, what…
August 6, 2016
James Halliday Scores Are Out
2017 Australian Wine Companion August 4th, 2016 James Halliday has released his 2017 Australian Wine Companion and wineries represented by Old Bridge Cellars are very well represented in the 90…
August 4, 2016
A Word on Clare Valley Riesling from Chuck Hayward
Chuck Hayward on Clare Valley Riesling Wine & Spirits Magazine Fall 2016 interviewed by Luke Sykora In the early 1990s, Chuck Hayward was buying wine for the Jug Shop, a…
July 28, 2016
Josh Raynolds Gives Beaujolais Big Praise
A Lucky ’13 for Beaujolais Lovers Vinous July 2016 by Josh Raynolds The last decade has witnessed some of the best Beaujolais vintages in history. Two thousand thirteen is proving…
July 1, 2016
New Aussie Reviews from Lisa Perrotti-Brown
South Australia: Part 1 – Slow Burn Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate June 30, 2016 by Lisa Perrotti-Brown This first part of my two-part annual South Australia report generally covers…
June 24, 2016
South Australia Comes on Strong
Savoring Adelaide in Austin The Somm Journal June/July 2016 by Jessica Dupuy In early March the US welcomed a special visit from a few wine ambassadors out of Adelaide, the…
June 8, 2016
Brokenwood Lands 93 Points from Wine Enthusiast
Wine Enthusiast Advance Buying Guide August 2016 by Joe Czerwinski 93 pts/CELLAR SELECTION Brokenwood Oakey Creek Vineyard Semillon 2009 This benchmark producer holds its top semillons back for five years…
June 7, 2016
Innocent Bystander Sweeps the Gold
2016 Sunset Magazine International Wine Competition The 2016 Sunset Magazine International Wine Competition saw 3,000 wines from across the United States and the World competing for top honors. The judging,…