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Coonawarra Wine Tasting Roadshow

Mar 11

Posted by Waitersfriend in Industry Info, Wine

COONAWARRA HEADS OUT OF TOWN TO YOUR CITY!

Coonawarra is ready for it’s annual road trip and is stopping in 6 different cities around the nation!  Come and enjoy a wine tasting like no other. Coonawarra wineries, featuring the personalities behind these iconic brands, have you taste their iconic wines, all in one place!

Brisbane Monday, August 16th Vino’s Restaurant & Bar, 1 Eagle Street

Sydney Tuesday, August 17th The Menzies Hotel, 14 Carrington Street

Canberra Wednesday, August 18th University House, Balmain Crescent, Acton

Melbourne Thursday, August 19th Melbourne Town Hall, The Main Hall, Level 1, Cnr of Swanston & Collins Streets

Adelaide Monday, August 23th [read more...]

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David Hohnen - McHenry Hohnen Wines

Feb 24

Posted by Waitersfriend in Industry Info, Wine

Waitersfriend was recently fortunate enough to catch up with David Hohnen. 

David was the man behind Cape Mentelle and after selling Cape Mentelle, he went into partnership with his brother-in-law Murray McHenry & his daughter Freya to start ‘McHenry Hohnen Wines.’

He showed us some pictures of the deer he had roaming around the vineyard.  They assisted in weed control and aided grass/clover cover which in turn created a good nitrogen injection into the soil.  He is now culling the deer as he feels they are a hazard being so close to the main road and the potential for a very nasty accident [read more...]

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Serving Wine

Feb 21

Posted by Lee Middendorf in Blog - Life as a Waiter

I think it’s a fair comment that over the last ten years there has been quite a decline in the manner in which wine is being served, especially in the Australian café scene.  Here are a few examples - I’ve sat at a ‘table service’ eatery and ordered a bottle of wine.  When the ‘server’ returned with the wine it was merely plonked on the table in a wine bucket, quickly followed by the departure of said server.  Sure the wine had a screw cap closure so we didn’t need to be carrying any ‘fancy’ old school equipment like, lets say, ‘a [read more...]

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2007 Penfolds Bin 28 Kalimna Shiraz

Feb 15

Posted by Mark Wilson in Wine

After having talked about the Coonawarra Bin 128 in the previous review I thought it was best to discuss another of the Shiraz that we tried - The Bin 28 Kalimna Shiraz.

The fruit was selected from vineyards across South Australia including the Limestone Coast, McLaren Vale, Langhorne Creek and of course the Barossa Valley.

After experiencing the cool climate  2008 Bin 128 Coonawarra Shiraz, which I thought was very good, I was much more at home with the warm climate full flavoured Bin 28 Kalimna Shiraz.  The 2007 growing season also challenged the viticluturists with some searing heat and low rainfall but [read more...]

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Tomato Day at Moorooduc Estate

Feb 10

Posted by Lee Middendorf in Industry Info, Wine

Not that one really needs an excuse to visit the Mornington Peninsula but if you’re heading that way in the latter part of the week, we recommend you make a stop at Moorooduc Estate. 

The McIntyre family are synonymous with great food and wine and Jill is set to focus on some enchanting food workshops, the first of which will be Tomato Day  - see below for details.  Although Jill’s Restaurant is now closed, the wood oven will be churning out fabulous wood fired pizzas at the weekend so over a glass or two and a slice or two we’ll still [read more...]

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The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg

Jan 11

Posted by Waitersfriend in Wine

In this instance the goose is New Zealand & the egg is that damned Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc.  When will it stop?  THEY simply cannot get enough of it!  By THEY, I mean the ladies & mum & dad Jones.  It is a fricking phenomenon!

DON’T YOU KNOW WE HAVE PERFECTLY GOOD SAUVIGNON BLANC HERE IN AUSTRALIA?  FOR GOD’S SAKE, BUY SOME GOOD AUSSIE BOOZE!

I am not saying there are no good NZ Savvies, no no no!  There are some fine examples that are well worth drinking but there is also some absolute cat’s piss out there and it doesn’t seem to stop [read more...]

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Maxwell ‘Ellen Street’ Shiraz 2007

Dec 3

Posted by Lee Middendorf in Wine

This McLaren Vale Shiraz is just one of those South Australian beauties I love getting my lips around.  The foundation of this wine comes from vines that fall into the 50 year old plus category and with that kind of vine maturity the wine just tends to roar - “I am McLaren Vale”.

In the first approach it can start a little tight but it’s obvious from the fine tannin structure that it is about to bare some fine fruit.  This is where it comes into its own as a great restaurant wine.  It doesn’t need a whole lot of coursing [read more...]

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Restaurant Gossip

Nov 15

Posted by Waitersfriend in Social Bites

Waitersfriend recently attended a wine tasting for FESQ showcasing the spring portfolio and was fortunate enough to try some pretty special wines, none more exciting than the Ben Glaetzer ‘Amon Ra’ Shiraz. While we were there we got wind of another tasting for the Addley Clarke portfolio down the road at Emmanuel Sakellarakis’ restaurant 1889 Enoteca.

To be honest, mild inebriation may have been setting in by the time a few of the wines were tasted but it must be said that the room was full of some of the South East’s hottest properties in ‘Fino‘ owner Michael Dalton, Urbane Restaurateur Drew Patten, Urbane Head Chef [read more...]

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