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St Hugo The Unspoken Promise 2014
Last year St. Hugo released the first annual release in their decade long “Legacy Collection”, a collection of super premium wines that will vary from year to year in varieties, blends etc. The Legacy Collection pays homage to the rich and compelling stories of the Gramp family, particularly Hugo Gramp who was killed in the Kyeema air crash in 1938. Not only did the crash take the life of Gramp wh...
Provenance is overlooked
Its funny how wines can taste when purchased from different bottleshops. It all comes down to how it’s been treated in transport. Factors like whether the pallet sat in the sun whilst it was being unloaded, even whether the pallet was in the middle of the shipping container or against the edge with the sun beaming on it whilst it was being transported up here, all have a bearing on how the wine wi...
Beers for St. Patrick’s Days
It’s Saint Patricks Day on Monday. A time of the year where most of us wear green, say “to be to be sure” way too much and suddenly believe in the wee folk. But most of all we often take in a few of Ireland’s most famous exports, The Pogues, Bing Crosby, U2 and Saint Paddy himself, and Guinness. The idea of having a few quiet ones on Saint Patricks Day comes from an old legend. The story goes that...
Peroni Nastro Azzurro
Three things became evident to me over the weekend: My Mother-in-Law may very well be alive to see her beloved St. Kilda finally win the AFL premiership I probably won’t be to see the Bombers do it and Italians may actually know what they’re doing when it comes to making beer. I, like many other people, have had the chance to try this weeks’ Drop, Peroni Nastro Azzurro, before. And, like ma...