I have never heard of Hochkirch before, but Uncle Stew had the Riesling, Shiraz and Pinot Noir on tasting on Saturday, and I thought this was the pick of the bunch, so I bought a bottle. Now I believe this winery is near the town of Tarrington in South-West Victoria, so I think this means it is in the Henty appellation. Honeyed limes and lemons, apples and pears, a bit of hay and a small slice...

Following the Seppelt Shiraz event below Seppelt also hosted an excellent lunch at Fifteen Restaurant. With each course there was a current and aged release wine. One of the wines served with the splendid salmon dish was the 2007 Drumborg Riesling from Henty in South West Victoria. According maker Emma Wood yield is well down...

Scott Ireland makes some of the best wines from the Geelong region though this wine is made using grapes grown near Tarrington in south-west Victoria. You need a subscription to The Wine Front to see this part of the post

It might be just the observation of a rural dweller but it seems to me that Aussie riesling has become less obsessed with the Clare and Eden valleys in recent times as the wares of riesling from other areas become increasingly impressive. I’m thinking the Great Southern and Henty regions mainly though the King Valley...

I had a bottle of this late 2005 and loved it. I don’t know why I didn’t write a note on it at the time. A nose of red ripe cherries, smoky stalks and mushrooms, with some underbrush and dirt. The palate also showed the red fruits and earth, rich ...

Well I popped up to the Hunter the other week and of course no visit is complete without a quick hop in to the Boutique Wine Centre . As usual big Garth Eather got me in an ear-lock but before I escaped he slipped a bottle of this into my ...

I had an excellent and very long lunch yesterday at The Bentley Restaurant and Bar . I was not going to write anything up then I suddenly changed my mind. I am whimsical. This was an informal affair where a selection of new releases from De Bortoli were ‘benchmarked’ against ...

Crawford River Riseling, Henty, Vic Here the first evidence of so-called molecular cusine...