Out Of The Bottle
With David Ellis Matt Skinner's Wine Guide 2011 & 2008 McLaren Vale
Shiraz
No
buff worthy of their wine glass should be looking to the coming twelve
to eighteen months without a copy behind the bar or in the cellar of
Matt Skinner’s informative and entertaining Wine Guide 2011. A
writer for some of our leading food and wine magazines, consultant to
wine buyers and consumers around the world, and a well-known wine
educator, Matt's book is an easy-to-follow guide to some 250 Australian
wines for drinking now or for cellaring, and to suit all budgets and
occasions. He also gives pen-pictures of major wine grape
varieties, and introduces readers to some varieties that have been
around for centuries overseas, but are new to many of us as
Aussie winemakers start looking seriously at them. But its his
reviews that make his little tome worth every cent of its $24.95 price
tag: no matter whether you are into fizzes, pinks, whites, reds, sweet,
light-alcohol, crisp, delicate or full-bodied wines, he has an
easy-to-follow appraisal with tasting notes, a photo of the bottle –
and importantly, with many of these 250 wines a recommended food match
to go with it. And he should know what he’s talking about with
the latter: we was Jamie Oliver's wine expert for his Fifteen
restaurants, and Editor of the Wine Section of the Jamie Oliver
website. Grab a copy of Matt's Wine Guide 2011 for your-self – and a
few for the stockings of wine-buff rels or mates come Christmas. One For
LunchNugan Estate have just released their 2008 McLaren Vale Shiraz
that’s
been wowing show judges here and internationally, and despite all the
accolades is selling for a very reasonably, good-value $22.95. Its
a wine whose bouquet literally jumps out of the glass with beautiful
aromas of cherry and plum, dark chocolate, vanillan and all-spice, with
follow-through on the palate of concentrated juicy dark plum,
chocolate, black pepper and silky tannins. Enjoy at this price with a
hearty Osso Bucco.
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