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Wine Marketing – QR Codes and Cellar Key
Recently I had been hearing about a new way to have a unique identification of almost anything by QR codes. I had seen some of these square set of dots and not thought much about about them. Then out of … Continue reading
McLaren Vale Wine – Scarce Earth Shiraz # 4
Check out my other reviews of some of the Scarce Earth Project Single Vineyard wines here, here and here. 2009 Hugh Hamilton Single Vineyard “Scarce Earth” Shiraz ($A50) The wine is made from grapes next to the scenically magnificent cellar … Continue reading
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McLaren Vale Wine – Scarce Earth Project #3
Another in the journey in tasting the wines from McLaren Vale’s Scarce Earth Project. Check out my first post here and my second post here. 2009 Kangarilla Road Scarce Earth Project Shiraz (A$50) The grapes for this wine come from … Continue reading
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McLaren Vale Wines – Scarce Earth Project Shiraz Part 2
Welcome to my second part where I am tasting the 2009 McLaren Vale Scarce Earth Project Shiraz. Check out my first part here. 2009 Shingleback Unedited Rare Earth Shiraz ($70) Only 1250 bottles produces from this wine and of course … Continue reading
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McLaren Vale Wines – Scarce Earth Project Shiraz
A couple of years ago I heard some people talking about a project – called the Rare Earth Project. I did not know what it was about, but it had a few people excited about using this project to promote … Continue reading
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McLaren Vale Wineries – Vintage Over, Now What?
So Vintage is over and the hectic time of the winemakers year is over – well maybe but then how about this list of things to do with the new wines to be:- Check the last open vessel fermentations and … Continue reading
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Lonely Grape Tv Episode #76 Mourvedre
What a joy – tasting one of my favorite wine varieties (Mourvedre) and spending time with my son Tyler. One of them tries to take over the show.
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McLaren Vale Wine – 2011 Vintage Report
There is a lot of doom and gloom being written and talked about regarding the 2011 Vintage from McLaren Vale. There are comments about disease effecting the vines and thus the grapes and how this effects the resultant wine. The … Continue reading
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Lonely Grape - Wineries & Wines of Mclaren Vale 