This wine presents with a youthful purple hue and a big plummy bouquet and loads of blackberry fruit with black licorice fragrance. Palate: It's a big juicy dark fruit bomb with ample fruit flavors and a nice texture with plush tannins and enough structure to carry this wine for quite a few more years. Speaking of which--the label says it should hold for 5 years. News flash: this wine will hold for...
Another summer is heating up Down Under, and the forecast looks as worrisome and as potentially deadly as last summer's. A decade of drought is parching landscapes, devastating farmers , killing gum trees, and forcing a new definition of conservation into the continental nation's colorful lexicon. Could Australia see a day when a bottle of water is worth more than a bottle of Shiraz? [More]
This is a guest post by Shiraz Maher. It is part 2 of the investigation that Standpoint, Harry’s Place and the Spittoon is conducting into the British supporters of Sheikh Anwar al-Awlaki. Part 1 is here. Today we focus on Cage Prisoners which likes presents itself as a human rights organisation campaigning on behalf of [...]
As a member of Foodbuzz , we received an offer to review a wine from Black Box Wines , a brand that offers "a full range of high end box wines crafted from grapes grown in the world’s best winegrowing regions". Now, our regular readers know that we are fans of some box wines and laud the virtues of this serving vessel. To summarize, box wines oxidize quite slowly after opening (Black...
Nothing so pressing for a full post, so let's hit it three dot style... There's another train wreck over on the Robert Parker bulletin board today with unspecified allegations of additives in zinfandel and unreported blending in pinot noir. Of course these things happen, but it gets tiring seeing insinuations that such things are common, without proof, then endlessly beat to a pulp in an alleged defense...
Oy! It's been one of those days. Actually it was a very good, kick-back day. Contrary to the common wisdom predicting rain, it was fairly sunny and warm today. We went to the local apple orchard for a final bag of local apples, took Gertie to the Recreational Area and then came home to grill some lamb steaks. I think I had my shiraz in hand when Fellow Traveler came limping through the patio door,...
This is a guest post by Shiraz Maher Israel has one - but have you heard about the others? Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall. During that time scores of other barriers and walls have gone up around the world as documented in a fascinating report by the BBC. Of [...]
‘Fiercely independent’ Yalumba, Australia’s oldest family-owned wine company, was showing a fabulous line up of the classic Aussie blend, Cabernet Sauvignon/Shiraz as well as single varietals at Waterstones, Piccadilly. Whites were also in the room with Viognier and Riesling excellent, plus a quartet of that long-neglected treasure, fortified Muscat, here taking on a tawny port cameo...
SIR IS BANGLADESH UNDER THE GREAT AWAMI GOVERNMENT DIFFERENT FROM MALDIVES ????????????????? Faruque Alamgir I ndia has blackmailed President Nasheed by putting his regime in a make or break situation It is true as said by one of our commentators. It is indeed too late for us to be saved from the impending Indian invasion scheduled for the 22nd of this month. The President Mr Mohamed Nasheed has sold...
This is an innovative blend designed for easy and early drinking: 30% Shiraz, 28% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Grenache and 20% Mataro (Mourvedre). The color is dark, but there is no indication from the color or smell that the wine has had very much, if any, new oak treatment. The aromas blend nicely--Shiraz black fruit and spice, Cabernet blackcurrants, Grenache strawberries and nice hints of purple flowers...
The Beaker Folk of Husborne Crawley (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
One of a druid's blessings is the chance to preside at naming ceremonies. There's something very solemn about giving a child a name - one that is given with love, with care, with consideration for our hopes for their future and yet knowing that they stand at just one point - currently the latest - in their families' traditions. And yet sometimes you do wonder. I mean take this morning. I know that...
India has blackmailed President Nasheed by putting his regime in a make or break situation It is true as said by one of our commentators. It is indeed too late for us to be saved from the impending Indian invasion scheduled for the 22nd of this month. The President Mr Mohamed Nasheed has sold Maldives to India as soon as he came to power a while back when he obtained hundred million dollars from them...
We had friends over for dinner last night - an event booked months in advance due mostly to their social calendar. The last time we ate at their place we were served a magnificent feast involving rabbit and goat and many things fabulous, so I decided it was a good excuse to go for a full meal of recipes from Tetsuya's book . We started with a cold soup of carrot and saffron with beancurd, served with...
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