Savvy thieves took rare, high-end wines that will be difficult to recover or replace

The Silicon Valley refugees who launched Oregon's Tumalo Farms introduced their first goat cheese less than three years ago. But already they have won a first-place award at the prestigious American Cheese Society competition, for Classico, a farmstead goat...

The Silicon Valley refugees who launched Oregon's Tumalo Farms introduced their first goat cheese less than three years ago. But already they have won a first-place award at the prestigious American Cheese Society competition, for Classico, a farmstead goat...

Housekeeper and her boyfriend caught on camera in the cellar, and stolen wines were discovered at his residence

Forum: Off-Line Planner Posted By: Barry Sunderland Post Time: 05-05-2008 at 02:26 AM

The groovy cats at K&L Wine Merechants are now selling Stormhoek. Stores located in San Francisco and Redwood City [click on link for exact addresses]. If you could spread the word to all your West Coast pals, I would appreciate it. Thanks.

This outfit is a fairly new kid on the block, run by a couple of blokes that have been around the block a few times (in the nicest possible way)….namely John Duval and David Fatches. Their Songlines wines are sourced from fruit from the Coonawarra and McLaren Vale and the ...

Another 2004 Hunter Shiraz and a pretty good one at that. The 2004 vintage is quite handy in many ways. Very much a drink now proposition while you wait for your 98, 00 and 03 vintages to mature. Aromas of blackberry/raspberry, leather, chocolate, aniseed and toasty vanilla oak. A most ...

I’ll be up in the Hunter Valley next week (touch wood) tagging along with Mattinson to taste forty something 2004 shiraz. That should be interesting. I am getting my eye in this week and looking at a few in advance. Aromas of cherry/blackberry, earth, clove, aniseed and toasty coconutty oak. On the palate earthy and savoury with cherry, bramble fruit and spicy oak. Light slightly furry tannins...

The fruit used in this wine was sourced from Rising Vineyard in the Yarra Valley and uses the Dijon clone, 114 and 115. I like the philosophy behind the wines at Tower Estate which, put simply, is to take the best fruit from the region where each variety does best. To this end I have samples of Coonawarra cabernet, Barossa and Hunter shiraz, Yarra Valley and Tasmanian pinot etc..I am sure you get...