We opened a bottle of McKellar Ridge 09 Merlot Cabernet Franc. Merlot seemed to cop a backlash following the movie `Sideways` where the central character used to make jokes about this grape variety. Great flic which I`ve watched over and over but never did get the joke made about merlot. Anyhoo, Cab Franc finds its origins in Bordeaux which is … Read More
Canberra wine tour – The idea…
Like many good ideas, our plan to start Vines & Wines came about over a glass of wine –in fact, many glasses of wine. At the risk of sounding like complete show offs, we were cycling through vineyards on a wine tour just outside of Vienna, ironically led by an Australian guy from Bankstown, when we thought – hey, we … Read More
