Nights are drawing in and it’s time for comfort food, and comfort wine. De Bortoli’s Show Muscat Liqueur falls into that category. It’s a dark brown colour, with an amber edge. It smells of cooked raisins, and a spot of toffee. It’s sweet, very sweet and feels thick and gloopy in the mouth. It tastes of raisins, dried figs and dates with a touch of coffee (I wonder whether it would go well...

Nights are drawing in and it’s time for comfort food, and comfort wine. De Bortoli’s Show Muscat Liqueur falls into that category. It’s a dark brown colour, with an amber edge. It smells of cooked raisins, and a spot of toffee. It’s sweet, very sweet and feels thick and gloopy in the mouth. It tastes of raisins, dried figs and dates with a touch of coffee (I wonder whether it would go well...

Kahu is the Maori for Harrier Hawk, and it inspired the name of a vineyard neighbouring the Ata Rangi property from which the grapes to make this wine are grown. An expansive nose: dried pears and dried apricots, orange peel, candied ruby grapefuit, a bit of matchstick, some smoke. The ...

It is getting warmer now, and so I prefer to have a sip of a sticky as a nightcap. This one is a blend of 62% Eden Valley Riesling, 23% Clare Valley Rielsing and 15% Coonawarra Traminer. The nose shows orange rind, lime marmalade, big bouncy sweet fruits, a strong botrytis character. The palate is luscious and full and very sweet, almost too sweet for me, orange liqueur and lemon, sweet...

by Tessa Brown, new Oz Wine Show contributing author. Elevating myself before nine in the morning on a weekend day is, at best, challenging. Performing same on four hours’ sleep, when Friday night ended at three am after the following: 1997 Billecart Salmon Elisabeth Rosé, 1983 Roederer Blanc de Blancs, ...

... of a sweet pea, one of the components of our typical cover crop mix because it's a legume, and fixes nitrogen...

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Forum: Antonio Galloni's Italy Report Posted By: rico thompson Post Time: 10-27-2006 at 01:36 AM

Today was a big day in British sport . A huge day in UK cycling . You may not have noticed. UK Cycling was busy sending the Tour of Britain the wrong way this weekend, whilst Nicole Cooke was winning the UCI World Cup, with a race in hand. Go Nicole! Time for a sweet wine to celebrate. I had ... . There’s a hint of noble rot, but it’s not overwhelming. It’s sweet, but not cloying, and has a lively...

The 275-GTS left this morning for it's short trip to Maranello, Italy. The car was selected as one of 80 invited by the Factory to participate in the "Concorso d'Eleganza 60 Programme" next week. Stay tuned for pictures from Italy, as this gala event unfolds.