Perception killed Murray Basin wines – true or false and other wine mysteries.
My guess is you have negative views about wines from the Murray Basin, the irrigated food bowl which drives so much of our agriculture. The wines are labelled Southeast Australia or the regional names, Riverland, Riverina and Murray Darling etc.
On tasting – a lengthy explanation of what I know.
Your moment has arrived. Imagine a large cellar, an unidentified red is poured, ‘what do you think of this.’? Even harder is this test. For years the Adelaide daily, The Advertiser, used the new release of Penfolds Grange to randomly stop city strollers and ask them to pass comment on an El cheapo compared to the Grange. Mostly no one had a clue.
New year’s thoughts, testing new wines and a moment in Paris.
New year’s resolutions about wine are the same for you and me. The Glug side will make and discover interesting wines and sell these at reasonable prices while you will enjoy your drinking by not joining the madness of preposterous prices. The Monday letter will provide refresher courses about which parts of the wine lore are made up.
After decades of study I announce the Top Global Region for value.
I hate waste as we retailers make money by collecting drips in a bucket. So, overspending on wine upsets me. I still approach shoppers in any wine store, ‘Pardon me but consider this over here as its better and half the price’.
Show judging inflating prices Linnaean experts and Wine Spectator
Accumulate experience and selecting a good bottle is not so hard. The hits far outweigh the misses which confirms your skills. Though do you ever ask why the same wine will be pronounced average by an experienced consumer in another State?
Recent bottlings wine with food and wine as experiences.
Somewhere, sometime, the humble village wine changed into a different beverage.
