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Blue skies are not the only good skies!
Arguably, this post’s clouded sky is every bit as beautiful as any blue one.
Inarguably, endlessly-unclouded skies would prove lethal to all life on “our” planet…as would “grey skies, nothing but grey skies”.
For humans who enjoy walking in Wilpena Pound – or in any other glorious outback Australian place – the pictured kind of weather is “ideal”, not “poor”.
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“I think you’ll be amused by its impertinence”.
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No faux chateaux or Californianesque excess here: these seven Australian wineries are grand, not grandiose.
All will almost certainly offer you a lovely location, and a warm welcome from knowledgeable, unpretentious folks.
Each has a range of genuinely-excellent wines that begin at prices well south of $30.
Three will also serve you a delicious, affordable lunch.
One CommentMy favourite wine “product description”, as spotted yesterday in Kamikochi in the northern Japanese Alps.
One CommentIt is now drinking beautifully. Good news: ’09 vintage is the current release, available from the winery at a very fair price for a carefully cellared, truly premium Margaret River red.
Comments closedStella Bella 2014 Chardonnay and Castle Rock 2014 Diletti Chardonnay are available for circa $30 a bottle in Australia. Respectively, from Margaret River and Porongurup, each is distinctly different. Both are clearly superior to a lot of more expensive Australian Chardonnays.
One CommentDifferent wines have very different “Goldilocks zones”. Many Australians greatly reduce their drinking pleasure by ignoring this fact – too often, we serve our reds too hot and our whites too cold.
Comments closedAn under-appreciated fact: many of Australia’s most cellar-worthy wines are whites. Even the happy few who are not blind to the astonishingly-affordable delights offered by our aged Rieslings and Semillons are all too often blind to prime sources in regions other than, respectively, Clare and the Hunter Valley.
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In the Deep South of Western Australia, the north side of an ancient mountain range – once higher than Everest, now very modest – produces exquisite, underpriced Rieslings.
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