Wine

“To Breathe or not to Breathe ....what was the question?” Recently I was asked about decanting wines and why do it. I thought there might be others out there that were interested in this too, and thought I’d use this week’s column to answer. Decanting can be a vague issue. If I was to ask 20 wine people their opinion on it, I’d probably get 25 different answers, plus a lecture on “Why I prefer beer over wine with my curry!” There are two reasons to decant a wine: first, to

I often sit around at night, pondering the big questions of our times. And this week while arguing my points on the biggest question of my generation, was Sammy Hagar or David Lee Roth the better lead singer of Van Halen, I got to try this week’s Drop, The Killer Pinot Grigio 2007 . “ The Killer Pinot Grigio ” is the first in a series of wines that will bear the Killer label. The 12%, 2007 vintage is an import from Veneto, Italy by the Chaffey Bros. Wine Company who have pl

I was a little surprised by the name on the side of the bottle of this weeks’ Drop, Fat Yak Pale Ale, if only because of Aussie slang terms for “having a yak”. Yet even now, a week or so later, I still can’t work out whether I like this or not. I’ve even forked out for another six-pack to get my head around it. Let me go off on a sidetrack for a minute. My final test of a beer is simple; I want to know “Would I pay money for this”? And by that I mean will this taste as equa

Three things became evident to me over the weekend: My Mother-in-Law may very well be alive to see her beloved St. Kilda finally win the AFL premiership I probably won’t be to see the Bombers do it and Italians may actually know what they’re doing when it comes to making beer. I, like many other people, have had the chance to try this weeks’ Drop, Peroni Nastro Azzurro , before. And, like many other people, have always managed to avoid the eye of the person offering as I’v

Just to prove to everyone that I’m not all about jibes and jokes, I thought I’d write this weeks’ review without making even one reference to the obvious Batman jokes that are there. Good, quality cheaper reds are few and far between. A few weeks ago I managed to get some of Gotham’s new vintage. The 2008 Gotham McLaren Vale Shiraz is not available locally, it can be sourced on the net (try Get Wines Direct for a start), and, coming in at less than TEN DOLLARS a bottle, thi