Archive for the ‘Clare Valley’ Category

OWS#11: A Divine Affair

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006
 
While enjoying a live band recently, I had the usual feeling of "why don't I get off my arse and go to more live events!". I then realised that I'd missed a few tasting events recently due to a busy schedule. In an effort to get myself (and anyone else who might be in the same boat) "in the mood", I'm posting an interview Mick and I did at a Clare Valley tasting event a little while ago.
The interview is with Andrew Wood, producer of Divine: Food & Wine, a very good, independent magazine.
If you don't get to many tastings, I highly recommend them. I'm talking about the smaller ones held more often than you might think around most capital cities. This one brought together over two dozen producers from the Clare Valley in South Australia. I think it sold out but there was plenty of room and no lines and was well worth the 40 bucks admission (we actually got in free though which was great).
Any inspired Australian listeners might want to check out the interactive Australian Wine Events Calendar I put together under the "resources" heading in the top menu. You can either browse though it from its page or add it to your own Google Calendar and have it automatically updated. Most events are click-able and some even have maps attached to them. It's just something I created for my own use and thought I'd make it public. Hope you find it useful.
Anyway, that's it for this week.
Enjoy,
Hugo


Update: The comments entry box has been fixed so feel free to leave your thoughts regarding the interview… or anything you feel like.

Posted in Clare Valley, Hugo Sharp, Interviews, Mick Barrett, Podcast, Region Reviews, South Australia, Tasting Events | 7 Comments »

OWS#8: Sydney Royal Wine Show (Part 1) – Jukes, Halliday and a Few Tastings

Saturday, March 25th, 2006

Mick and Hugo attended the 2006 Sydney Royal Wine Show last month and recorded a few speeches, interviews and trophy tastings. The event is enormous and very professional and we must thank Anita Solentic for giving us the royal treatment while we were there. Full show results are available by clicking here.

This podcast includes two speeches given on the presentation day by Matthew Jukes and James Halliday about the show’s results and Australian wine in general.

2:45 – Guest international judge Matthew Jukes gives his views on the state of Australian wine in 2006.
9:00 – Tyrrells Vat 1 Semillon 1994 won the trophy for “best white table wine”. A legendary bottle well worth familiarising yourself with as a benchmark Hunter Semillon.
11:30 – McWilliams’ 1998 Mount Pleasant Lovedale Semillon won “best white table wine (in previous vintages)”.
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13:35 – Head judge of the show, and well respected critic, James Halliday gives a short speech regarding his conclusions on the winners.
16:50 – Leasingham’s Classic Clare Riesling 2005 won “best young white wine”. The link only gives notes to the 1995 release for some reason.

Hope you enjoy the podcast.

Posted in Clare Valley, Hugo Sharp, Hunter Valley, Interviews, Krinklewood, Leasingham Estate, McWilliams, Mick Barrett, News Review, Podcast, Sydney International, Tasting Events, Tyrrells | 7 Comments »