Archive for the ‘Australia’ Category

Gud onya mate!

Monday, March 8th, 2021 Posted in Australia, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cheap and Red, Merlot, Odds, Ends & Blends, Syrah | No Comments »

Yellow Tail Big Bold Red I lived and worked for a while in England. London specifically. I was an IT Manager for an international publishing concern. I was one of two “Yanks” in the office. The other was from Baltimore, which ...

Oh Tawny, I barely knew you!

Monday, October 6th, 2008 Posted in Australia, Cheap and Red, Port | No Comments »

I would love to be able to provide you oh reader with a review of this wine. It is a Tawny port-style wine from Australia named Hardy's "Whiskers Blake" Classic Tawny which I bought for a mere $12.99. However Mrs. Barbarian ...

Torbreck “Woodcutter’s Shiraz”

Monday, August 18th, 2008 Posted in Australia, Syrah | No Comments »

Torbreck Barossa Valley 2005 Woodcutter's Shiraz $20.99 For a guy who flogs Petite Sirah damn near every week, I rarely consume the similarly named, but completely unrelated Syrah/Shiraz varietal. It isn't that I don't like it... I do. In fact there ...

Penfolds Club Tawny Port

Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in Australia, Cheap and Red, Port | No Comments »

The Vinagoth loves his Port wine. I'd sack and plunder my way through Portugal if I couldn't just grab some at the local grocery. Good thing that eh? At least if you are Portugal! Mind you this Port comes from Australia, ...