Category Archives: australia
September 27, 2008 >just us mamas
>Hosted Just Us Mamas last week (i.e. girls night for the mamas of my 3-year-old daughter elle’s friends)… and decided to play “can you find the devil wine?”. so, sort of (or completely a last minute game) but I had fun. I included the devil wine in the selections (Root 1: Cabernet Sauvignon) … and [...]
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June 6, 2008 >Ring Bolt – I keep forgetting.
> This label is so awesome I keep forgetting I don’t really dig the wine. But I keep buying it thinking, I must like it… Ring Bolt2005Cabernet SauvignonMargaret RiverAustralia Cost Plus / World Market $11.99 var gaJsHost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.” : “http://www.”);document.write(unescape(“%3Cscript src=’” + gaJsHost + “google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”)); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(“UA-4668662-1″);pageTracker._initData();pageTracker._trackPageview();
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June 5, 2008 >The Stump Jump – Cool name, cool grapes.
> The Stump Jump: Cool name, cool grapes (including one of my faves, Mourvedre), cool label… can’t go wrong bringing this one to a party. A boldly cool choice especially since it tastes great. $10.99 at Cost Plus / World Market. One of the 2 wines I tend to stock up on (the other being [...]
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May 23, 2008 >Can I get a "WOOP WOOP" – yeah, it’s that bad.
>I should have known better, than to fall … for the recommendations of the “other” Kevin at Sendik’s. So, there are now TWO Kevin’s at Sendik’s in Franklin. One gives GREAT recommendations, and the other, not so much. I’m dreading trying the rest of the case I bought when I shopped with him. And now [...]
April 15, 2008 >2006 Layer Cake Shiraz- C’EST PARFAIT
>oh my gosh… so so good. on sale for $13.99 at Sendik’s in Franklin.so smooth. so rich. so light.audrey, do I sound like a wine reviewer yet? “one hundred percent pure”shirazvintage 2006barossa valley – south australia on back of bottle …“my old grandfather made and enjoyed wine for 80 years. He told me the soil [...]
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April 2, 2008 >2006 Pillar Box Red – LOVE IT
> This is an absolute “Find”. Not that it was that hard to find given it was at Cost Plus/ World Market … for about $10. K&L Wine Merchants has it on sale right now for $7.99. We all know I have some aversion to wines priced less than $12 buckaroos, but this one I [...]
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