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Landaus Vinters 'Blockies' Vic/SA Shiraz Mataro 2009

Delicious and Low Alcohol - 6%

P.B. Burgoyne Rutherglen Moscato 2012

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P.B. Burgoyne Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2009

Premium Single Vineyard Barossa Valley

Karrawirra Barossa Valley Single Vineyard 'Andretzke' Cabernet 2010

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Images of the Natural World. Seaweeds made the move to conquer the land over 450 million years ago. Seaweeds interest me as the spread of land plants altered how fine rock particles accumulated on the continental land surface. To survive plants had to trap these particles to hold water which leads to thoughts about soils, roots, vines and wines. The first photo was taken on the seashore at Robe S.A. in May, 2010 when we were educating Ben's children about the joys of seaweeds. We collected a dozen different varieties over a few metres. The second depicts a beautiful album of pressed seaweeds sold by Douglas Stewart Fine Art in April, 2013. The sale caption read; 'A SUPERB NINETEENTH CENTURY AUSTRALIAN ALBUM OF PRESSED MARINE ALGAE SPECIMENS COLLECTED IN PORT PHILLIP BAY - MOSTLY AT ST. KILDA AND QUEENSCLIFF - BETWEEN 1859 AND 1882.' The verse reads, 'Call us not Weeds - we are Flowers of the Sea, for lovely, and bright, and gay tinted are we; And quite independent of culture or showers - Then call us not Weeds, we are Ocean's gay Flowers'.

WINE QUOTES
Tasting and Judging Wines is Not So Simple After all
Attributed to: Anon
Source: The Australian, December, 31st, 2004
Contributed by: Anon

Can the ordinary person taste or appreciate the difference between Australian sparkling wine and French Champagne? A blind tasting showed good champagne is wasted on the wine buffs working at The Australian's Adelaide bureau. The four participants were mortified to discover they unanimously picked Omni N V, at $10 a bottle, as expensive French champagne, or their favourite.

By contrast Bollinger Special Cuvee ($85) was variously rubbished as "flat, sour..like schoolies' week, "Passion Pop" and "bland". Australia's premium, award winning sparkling wine Arras Chardonnay Pinot ($49) was derided as "tastes like mouthwash" by one, "rude smelling, cheap and nasty" by another with one hack favourably toasting it as "pungent and strong tasting but quite liked it".