Random thoughts and observations
Good headline, but dud story. I was surprised to see it make the front page of The Age this morning that Governor General Quentin Bryce doesn’t know what to do with her overflowing wine cellar. The Governor General’s official residences house more than 3000 bottles of fine wine. So what! I don’t get what the [...]
Today was my 43rd birthday. I don’t feel any older, of course, and milestones come around so quickly now they no longer excite me. It’s nice to celebrate a birthday while on holiday though. That’s been my practice for the past four years. I enjoyed my usual Saturday morning newspaper routine. However, in addition to [...]
The wine industry has commendably developed a mostly self-help strategy to tackle the significant challenges it faces. The Wine Restructuring Action Agenda has urged growers to cut production of grapes and wine by 20pc to solve the industry’s over-production problems. The report was a joint effort of the major industry organisations and confirms a surplus [...]
I’d like to congratulate the local Michelini family on their excellent Devils Creek 2002 Merlot. We enjoyed a bottle of this wine with our meal at Porepunkah Pub on Friday night. On Saturday at the Alpine Enoteca wine bar in Myrtleford we each bought a bottle to take home, having discovered it was great value [...]
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