Posts Tagged ‘shiraz’
02/18/2016

The White Ribbon
Shiraz – 2014
Since following the The Wine Wankers, I’ve made an effort to pick up a bottle of Australian wine when stopping at the wine shelves. The Wine Wankers would probably agree that along with boxed wine, Shiraz is considered the national wine of Australia. In other parts of the world Shiraz is generally known as Syrah.
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06/04/2015

Presswork Shiraz 2011
A slightly sweet aroma escaped the bottle as the screw cap was removed. That was unexpected along with the very pretty arterial blood-red color in the glass.
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03/05/2011
Syrah. Shiraz. Schnozzle. Once again we’re faced with the question, what’s in a name?
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12/11/2010
Even though I always pick up a bottle or two of Charles Shaw wine when at Trader Joe’s, I’ve never written about one. So here goes. It’s a head-to-head taste test between the Charles Shaw Shiraz and a D’aquino Gaetano Sangiovese. California versus Italy. Good thing this isn’t soccer.
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10/13/2010

The first question that comes to mind is, what’s a Fat bastard?
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