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Two Weeks Exploring Australian Wine – A brief overview
Filed under: Australia

We have been back from Australia for a little over a week and it has taken me that long to recover from a head cold, thanks to a fellow passenger ...

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Posted 7 days ago by Michael Pollard
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Off to the Land of Wonder, the Land Downunder
Filed under: Barossa Valley, Canberra, Clare, Dubbo, McLaren Vale, Orange, Rutherglen

Our annual trip to Australia is occurring a little earlier than usual. Real early, like tomorrow. If we have picked our QANTAS flights correctly we should be boarding the A380 ...

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Posted 5 weeks ago by Michael Pollard
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The Battle for the Internet
Filed under: Campbell Mattinson, Gary Walsh, James Halliday, THE WINE FRONT, WIne Companion

Its the question that has all waiting with bated breath. The outcome may well make grown men cry, women scream, babies clutch for the mothers’ breast and Aussie wine aficionados ...

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Posted 6 weeks ago by Michael Pollard
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The Landmark Australia Tutorial
Filed under: Appellation, Landmark Australia Tutorial, Len Evans Tutorial, The Louise, Wine Australia

Wine Australia has announced the first Landmark Australia Tutorial for 1-5 June, 2009. The Tutorial is a five day course comprising text, narrative study and wine tasting on Australia’s fine ...

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Posted 8 weeks ago by Michael Pollard
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More Devalued Australian Wine
Filed under: Australian wine, Penfolds, value, Winter Creek

I iust received an email from an Etailer here in the US offering Penfold's Bin 28 Kalimna Shiraz 2004 for $11.99USD or $9.99/btl if you buy six. Usual excuse - ...

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Posted 9 weeks ago by Michael Pollard
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Australian Wine - The Critics Web Sites
Filed under: Jeremy Oliver, Robert Parker, THE WINE FRONT, TORB, Visit Vineyards James Halliday, WinePros

Blogging is almost always about links. The more links you have in your posts, especially to sites with significant traffic, the better chance you have for search engines to include ...

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Posted 10 weeks ago by Michael Pollard
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The Devaluing of Australian Shiraz in the US
Filed under: Australia, Gibsons, McLean's Farm, Shiraz, The Grateful Palate

A winemaker makes a wine, sells it to an exporter/importer who sells it on to a distributor who then sells it to a retailer who then offers you the wine ...

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Posted 10 weeks ago by Michael Pollard
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Merlove - a movie about Merlot
Filed under: Chateau Petrus, Merlot, Merlove, Sideways

Well it had to happen sometime. The movie Sideways was seen as doing so much damage to Merlot (at least in the US) that a response had to be produced, ...

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Posted 11 weeks ago by Michael Pollard
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Blinded by Shiraz

Australian Shiraz has been criticized, especially outside the boundaries of the island continent, as having a sameness, of being big, blustery fruit bombs, high in alcohol but low in regional ...

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Posted 12 weeks ago by Michael Pollard
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Exiled to Wine Siberia
Filed under: Dan Philips, Grateful Palate

The last post on Shiraz noted that forums were discussing the news that wine importer The Grateful Palate (TGP) was trimming it portfolio of Australian wines. At that time it ...

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Posted 14 weeks ago by Michael Pollard
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