David Ellis

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David Ellis has been writing about his love of wine and the importance of matching the right wine to the right food for 28 years. Now a freelance writer, he has previously looked after media relations for some of Australia’s premier winemakers including Lindemans, Leo Burings, Hungerford Hill, Briar Ridge and Westend Wines.

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Serious Blend in a Fun Package

Posted February 11

Australian winemakers are amongst the world’s best when it comes to creating blends, wines that in many cases can prove far more rewarding than straight varietals. And a very interesting, and yes rewarding, blend that’s now on bottle shop shelves is Fifth Leg’s 2011 Cabern...
A Good Catholic Girl for your Christmas Party

Posted September 24, 2012

We missed seeing a Riesling under Julie Barry's delightfully-named Good Catholic Girl label last year, but 2011's vintage in South Australia's Clare was one that could simply be summed-up as lousy, with above-average rainfall and the associated humidity-driven diseases that come with it. Bu...
Boundary Row Shiraz

Posted September 19, 2012

Steven Kurtz has put to good use fruit off 10- to 45-year old vines he deliberately pruned for low yields for his Kurtz Family Vineyards' Boundary Row 2009 Shiraz, a knock-out drop at $24 for those who like a beaut steak and a beaut wine to go with it. The Kurtz family are 4th generation Ba...
Houghton's White Classic 75 Years On

Posted September 19, 2012

It's amazing enough that a white wine should continue to be made to basically the same style as it was when launched 75 years ago, but more so that at around just $11 it has the potential to also develop beautifully over 10 years in the cellar. Houghton's White Classic was conceived by the ...
Exemplar Shiraz | wine from a virtual winery

Posted August 13, 2012

When I told my wife that Melbourne Shiraz enthusiast, Peter Mornement had come up with the idea of a "virtual winery," she was absolutely delighted – and suggested that that night I forego uncapping the usual bottle, and instead taking a "virtual drink" from an empty glass. Her joy ev...

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David Ellis wrote a new blog entry:

Serious Blend in a Fun Package

Australian winemakers are amongst the world’s best when it comes to creating blends, wines that in many cases can prove far more rewarding than straight varietals. And a very interesting, and yes rewarding, blend that’s now on bottle ...
- February 11
David Ellis wrote a new blog entry:

A Good Catholic Girl for your Christmas Party

We missed seeing a Riesling under Julie Barry's delightfully-named Good Catholic Girl label last year, but 2011's vintage in South Australia's Clare was one that could simply be summed-up as lousy, with above-average rainfall and the associated humidity-d...
- September 24, 2012
David Ellis wrote a new blog entry:

Boundary Row Shiraz

Steven Kurtz has put to good use fruit off 10- to 45-year old vines he deliberately pruned for low yields for his Kurtz Family Vineyards' Boundary Row 2009 Shiraz, a knock-out drop at $24 for those who like a beaut steak and a beaut wine to go with it. &...
- September 19, 2012
David Ellis wrote a new blog entry:

Houghton's White Classic 75 Years On

It's amazing enough that a white wine should continue to be made to basically the same style as it was when launched 75 years ago, but more so that at around just $11 it has the potential to also develop beautifully over 10 years in the cellar. H...
- September 19, 2012
David Ellis wrote a new blog entry:

Exemplar Shiraz | wine from a virtual winery

When I told my wife that Melbourne Shiraz enthusiast, Peter Mornement had come up with the idea of a "virtual winery," she was absolutely delighted – and suggested that that night I forego uncapping the usual bottle, and instead taking a "virtual dr...
- August 13, 2012
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Lindauer Special Reserve Brut Cuvee

It's thirty years since Lindauer was launched in 1982, and now it can lay claim to being New Zealand's most popular sparkling wine brand, its most-exported bubbly, as well as holding pride of place as NZ's first commercially available local methode tradit...
- July 19, 2012
- Fiona I was over in New Zealand during the rugby world cup and got to try so many of the Lindauer Special Reserve bubbles including the rather elegant Blanc de Blanc. I will be first in line as soon as some distributor in Australia get's it together and realis... more
  
  July 20, 2012
- Ash I agree, the blanc de blanc Lindeaur Special Reserve is brilliant buying, but for extra refinement and champagne style bead and bready nuances try and get your hands on a bottle of the 2004 vintage special reserve. It costs a few more $ but definitely wor... more
  
  July 22, 2012
David Ellis wrote a new blog entry:

Blackjack 2010 Cab Merlot

Blackjack Vineyards in the old apple and pear growing district of the Harcourt Valley just south of Victoria's Bendigo, is one of those places fortunate enough to enjoy Indian Summer autumns whose cool nights and warm clear days allow the grapes to ripen ...
- July 17, 2012