Monthly Archives: December 2022

Now or Later?

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A smoothly textured, blend of Merlot (60%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (40%), this wine has big tannins and rich potential. Solid structure, wood-aging flavours and broad fruitiness give it a good future. AB will probably want this one to lay down on the job for a couple of years.

It’s a truly elegant wine. This red has a full palate with refined, polished, and well-integrated tannins. 

This wine is the latest in a line of gold medal winning bottles. From the Château Belair-Coubet, comes wines made to perfection because they’re grown and vinified with passion. This red blend is aged 14 months in French oak barrels and then given to you to enjoy. 

If it hadn’t been so windy and cold outside I’d have flashed up the BBQ. Instead,  the whiner grilled spicy lamb kebabs.

COTES DE BOURG – CHATEAU BELAIR COUBET 2019

$17.99 regularly $19.99

14% alcohol

UPC: 03336580005218

No cough and full acceptance

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It took 4 tries, but The Goddess has found a Riesling that B quite liked.

And that was before she had food with it.  Impressive!

I think it was the no bubbles that did it <G> 

Dry, Crisp. Balanced acidity.   

It was very much enjoyed with grilled pork chops, mashed yam (with a bit of yogurt) and coleslaw. Hopefully she will enjoy it as much tomorrow with oysters.

QUAILS GATE – RIESLING 2022

$19.9913% Alcohol

UPC:  00778856120028

50 Years – After

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Alvin Lee –  10 Years After

[Verse 1]
Everywhere is
Freaks and hairies
Dykes and fairies
Tell me, where is sanity?

[Verse 2]
Tax the rich
Feed the poor
Till there are no
Rich no more

[Chorus]
I’d love to change the world
But I don’t know what to do
So I’ll leave it up to you

[Verse 3]
Population
Keeps on breeding
Nation bleeding
Still more feeding, economy

[Verse 4]
Life is funny
Skies are sunny
Bees make honey
Who needs money? No, not poor me

[Chorus]
I’d love to change the world
But I don’t know what to do
So I’ll leave it up to you

[Ad-Lib]
Oh yeah!

[Verse 5]
World pollution
Is no solution
Institution
Electrocution
Spread them wide
Rich or poor
Them and us
Stop the war

Highly versatile

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Bobal is a dark-skinned wine grape variety native to Utiel-Requena in southeast Spain. It is one of Spain’s most planted grape varieties behind Tempranillo and Airén.

Thick skins, late budding and drought resistance have made Bobal well-suited to the dry, continental landscape.

High levels of acidity in the grape make Bobal a versatile variety: it is used to make deeply colored rosé wines and has even been used to produce sparkling wine. Rosé wines made using the variety can reach a level of complexity that suggests it has great promise when put to this use.

Bobal’s thick skins have a high amount of anthocyanins, giving the wine a deep, intense color as well as a good tannic structure. This trait is played up by winemakers who commonly use a technique known as doble pasta, where the grape skins left over from rosé production are added to the red grape must. This concentrates tannins and color further, leading to an intensely structured red wine.

Fresh, fruity and balanced, smooth and with a long finish.

So versatile that one night it went with veal, and then chicken the next.

Bobal Rosado Sierra Salinas

$9.99 regularly $10.99

12% Alcohol

UPC: 

08420202250270

List Climber

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Menade was the very first estate in Rueda to turn organic. They clearly understand their terroir and as a result, they are producing lovely, new wines from specific parcels.

Citrus, passion fruit, grapefruit… The ideal wine for any evening. Dry and aromatic. Unoaked, fresh, light-bodied and crisp.

Verdejo from organic vineyards that are between 80 and 100 years old. In lees for 3 months.

Harmonious on the palate, with a rich, mouth-filling texture. The long lingering flavours of grapefruit, lemon peel and mandarin are enhanced by a well-balanced acidity.

Heading for the top of the list of “buy more”

RUEDA VERDEJO – MENADE 2021

$23.99

13% alcohol

UPC: 08437008963075