Our White Wine Journey of Discovery for June 2015

Grapes & Lager – White Tasters Pack Tasting Notes Hi Everyone, It’s Sean The Wine Guy here, and it’s that time again! Our June Taster’s Packs have been put together, and are ready to arrive on your doorstep in late June. This month three of the Wines came from 'Viva La France’. Having tasted these in the past 2 months, they’re a real treat for subscribers of this month’s Taster’s Pack. For our first French wine we take our tastebuds to a small hamlet near Bordeaux for their take on an excellent Savvy. Then we head to higher elevations 'and old...

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June 2015 Red Wine Tasters Pack

Grapes & Lager – Red Tasters Pack Tasting Notes Greetings wine lovers! It’s Sean The Wine Guy here, and it’s that time again - our June Taster’s Packs have been put together and are ready to arrive on your doorstep in late June. To give you fair warning, I’m going to be jumping around the world here in a single paragraph! My love affair with Poggio Anima continues this time with a Sangiovese, then we head back to ‘Oz’ for a new vintage with one of our favourite producers for a classic Barossa Shiraz. Next we move on to Germany...

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April 2015 Red Wine Tasters Pack

Grapes & Lager – Red Tasters Pack Tasting Notes  With this month's red tasters pack, we’re heading to the eastern block of Europe, then back to Australia to McLaren Vale for a fine Tempranillo, then check out a popular Italian red style, over to the Barossa for Cabernet Sauvignon (to Shiraz), and finally we need to bring out the chilli crab or mussels for an Aussie sparkling red. As always Grapes & Lager is about discovery and offering our members something a little different. These packs are designed for you to sit down with family and friends, read the tasting notes and...

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Time to Leave the 70’s Behind: Don’t Dismiss Lambrusco

For us baby boomers who grew up in the 70’s, we carry around a lot of serious affections that still manage to haunt us to this very day. Images such as platform shoes and polyester shirts can still transport us back to the 70’s and invoke cringe-induced panic attacks. And after all these years we can still taste that fizzy, sweet lambrusco that we all drunk with the sole purpose of getting drunk back in the 70’s.   

And so Lambrusco became a joke among serious wine-lovers, who had little use for it, other than comparing memories of their introductions to the pleasures of hangovers.

But lets face it, the 70’s were a long, long time ago and nothing was as bad (or as good) as our failing memories lead us to believe. The time has come to consign this unfortunate impression of Lambrusco to the same locked attic trunk that holds the 70s disco wear.

 

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