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Friday, February 2nd, 2007

Sorry everyone for not posting a show in so long. It’s the old story of shows on tape but need to find the multiple hours spare it takes to edit each one. I started a new job recently which means i’m flying out of Sydney for a week at a time every second week. I’m definately looking forward to having a new show up next week, so stay tuned.
Thanks for the enquiring emails sent by Steve, Jane and Jason.

While i’m here, Sydney-siders should make a note of getting along to the Sydney Royal Wine Show coming up in a two weeks on the 17th of Feb. Mick and I had a blast at it last year. Listen to OWS#8 and OWS#9 if you missed them.

Here’s a blurb about this year’s show;

Sydney Showground is set to become the Mecca of wine tasting on Saturday 17 February 2007 when the cellar doors of the Macquarie Bank Sydney Royal Wine Show open to the public for the first time at the Sydney Royal Wine Show Cellar Tastings event.

Hugo

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iTunes Love

Friday, November 17th, 2006

Just went searching on Itunes to see if there are any podcasts about Low-GI diets (don’t ask) and found a whole feature box about wine. Even better was that this little production was the first one in the list! Now this is only on the Australian version of the iTunes Music store (podcast section) but it still bought a big smile to my face when i saw it.
So a big welcome to any new listeners who may have found us from the feature box. You can hear each show through iTunes or click the play button next to each show on the website. Click here for more info about the show and please feel free to leave comments or ask questions.
While i’m at it, if anyone feels so inclined, we’d really appreciate some more comments about the show on the OWS page in Itunes. Click this link here… or for a short time click the link on the podcast front page ;)


OWS iTunes

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Setback from the Gods

Wednesday, August 9th, 2006

Last friday, lightning during heavy Sydney rain payed my router, laptop and external hard-drive a visit. In my own defence, there had been no other lightening strikes for about 4 hours previously. Consequently it's all fried and I'm waiting for new gear to arrive. I may have also lost a lot of audio. I had the Ernst Loosen interview ready to go but will have to wait and see if it can be salvaged. Audio and the accompanying post about the new site and our fabulous new contributor (Tess Brown) is also on hold, so stay tuned/subscribed. = )

Hugo

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Site Work

Thursday, July 13th, 2006

Changing the site theme and upgrading the operating software to enable some added features on the site. Should be near complete by tomorrow.
Keep your subscription to the feed (http://feeds.feedburner.com/ozwineshow) as is and if any repeat downloads occur, just cancel them. For the next day or two that is – don’t delete new postings. = )
You can comment as usual during the process. By process i mean me hacking it together tonight. I’m still in the Hunter region and the only internet i can get with my laptop is wifi in McDonalds. It’s a sorry sight.

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OWS#5: Size & Shape – The Riedel Glass Interview

Tuesday, January 10th, 2006

OWS#5 features an interview with Mark Baulderstone who is Vice President of Riedel Glass for Asia Pacific and Middle East. Listen in for an in depth tasting of the same wine from three different glasses. I must say i went in hoping to get scientific answers but was so blown away by the different experience each glass presented that i ended up sitting back and going along for the ride. So sit yourself down, grab some glasses resembling those pictured below, pop a nice bot and taste along to see for yourself.

With over 150 different wine glasses in their range, you might be surprised to hear Mark say that you can cover most variety bases with just 3 or 4 glasses. This was very comforting to me (as well as my bank balance) but it’s still nice to know that you can go the extra mile if so desired.

We used three glasses from Riedel’s Vinum Series which would cover most varietal needs on a day to day basis, they were the Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon (Bordeaux) and Burgundy glasses.

Riedel Vinum Series

The wines are both from Kim Crawford Wines of New Zealand;

  • 2005 Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc
  • 2002 Hawke’s Bay Merlot

    • That’s it for this episode.

    All the best

    Hugo & Mick

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