Featured Wine

     After that cute kangaroo bottle o'wine came out a handful of years back, the U.S. wine shelves were flooded with a hefty dose of fruity, sugary plonk from down under.  Unfortunately, like merlot taking a right cross from Sideways, the overall reputation of Australia's winemaking industry was (and remains) damaged.  What got lost in a sea of purpley-black shiraz were the boutique wineries and lesser known Australian offerings like this gorgeous, organic, unoaked chardonnay from McLaren Vale.

     There are three different labels for the same bottling, each designed in the style of vintage seed packets which we LOVE, but that's not the reason we bought the wine.  The vineyard was established in the early 1970's by Peter and Anthea Bosworth, and the vines are fully certified 'A' grade organic by Australian Certified Organic, a process that takes four years and involves yearly audits and random sampling of produce...but that's not why we bought the wine either.  Of course, it always comes back to taste, and this is a beauty. 

     On the nose, we get scents of peach, nectarine and lime, followed by a silky texture and tastes of citrus and pink grapefruit, ending with a great smack of acidity that almost demands that you chug the rest of the glass, but REALLY ending with a run-on sentence, like most wine descriptions.