Woop! It’s a Bank Holiday weekend. Boo! It’s the last one until Christmas – and that is officially a long time away. Nevermind, after last week’s meteorological pessimism, today I have decided the glass is half full…
Posts Tagged ‘d’Arenberg’
Apr
08
Chester Osborn’s Vintage Report at d’Arenberg
By Chester Osborn, www.darenberg.com.au/
The weather in the last two weeks has been perfect, nice and mild
We had right on average rainfall for the year but lots of it fell in Autumn when the soil cracks had not closed so …
Mar
15
d’Arenberg Vintage Diary
By Luke Tyler
We have now broken the back of vintage, ticking over the half way mark this week with Adelaide Hills Chardonnay destined for the Lucky Lizard. 2010 has been a compressed vintage so far with an early start and a lot of varieties ripening at similar times. Overall quality is excellent, particularly for reds owing to consistent temperatures with mild to …
Mar
05
d’Arenberg Vintage Diary 5/3/2010
By Luke Tyler
The 130 year old basket presses are getting a real work out
The cellar crew are busier than a one armed window washer after a sand storm. We have received almost half of the grapes we will process this year, …
Mar
01
d’Arenberg’s harvest diary
By Luke Tyler
Some very precious 90 year old Mourvedre bush vines
The pace has really picked up this week with a week of heavy grape intake. Fruit quality is looking great and the winemakers are already looking forward to tasting the wine in …
Feb
26
d’Arenberg harvest diary
By Luke Tyler
Riesling grapes
Vintage is the most exciting time of year in a winery and the buzz around the d’Arenberg cellars in 2010 is electric. Healthy winter and spring rains set up the vines well with good canopies. A heat spell in November prevented a lot of Grenache from setting, but did not harm any other varieties. There was …
Feb
11
Wine Giants Sip, Survey and Surf McLaren Vale
by Luke Tyler
Beach group shot
A selection of the world’s most powerful wine journalists, buyers and educators, including Oz Clarke and Robert Joseph, converged on McLaren Vale in South Australia yesterday for the Wine Flight Reunion Tour 2010.
44 guests from the United Kingdom joined the two week tour of Australia’s premier wine regions. In McLaren Vale they attended …
Dec
18
Bucking Brilliant Result for d’Arenberg in Texas
By Bibendumtimes
Forget the crystal plate or gold cup, winning Top All Round Winery at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo earns you nothing less than a hand tooled silver plated trophy saddle – and McLaren Vale winery d’Arenberg now has three!
It is …
Dec
15
Chocing all over the world
By Rupert Maclaren
Chocolate and Mexican wine
Some say it can’t be done, other that it shouldn’t be done.
Chocolate has always been tricky when it comes to …
Dec
09
Roo’d have thought it? The Aussies can cook!
By Kate Sarginson
Lobster Medallion with Blue Swimmer Crab, Prawn Ravioli and Lobster Bisque followed by Beef Fillet Steak with Potato, Provolone Galette and Truffle Salsa – no I haven’t been expensing it in the Ramsay Empire. I assure you the view I had from this restaurant knocks the socks off anything Gordon can offer. This is the modest lunchtime offering I devoured on a recent visit …
