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Welcome to this weeks Irregular Update which features Chapter Six of the 2008 Victorian Tour Diary. This is the final Chapter in this series. When I started preparing this Chapter, I thought it would be short as it didn't look like I had all that many tasting notes left to type. Wrong! Its way longer than I first thought and there are two reasons for that situation. Firstly, I tried something unusual at the end of this trip. I dictated a heap of tasting notes into my recorder as a trial. Secondly, and more importantly, I had recorded a huge amount of really good stuff at the wineries we visited. The diary starts with our final winery in Beechworth, Golden Ball, that makes very consistent, quality wines. We then moved to Brown Brothers which was better than expected. Rutherglen was the next stop. Our appointment at Jones Winey went really well; here is a small winery to watch over coming years. We did the full tour at Campbells, as well as tasting their whole fortified range. We also dropped in on Andrew Buller at Buller's Winery, and as usual, Andrew provided a unique insight into a hot topic of debate. All this and load more can be found here.
A Snippet has been added this week. Its titled, "Are Grange Buyers Stupid?" and judging by the comments from Peter Gago, the Grange winemaker, he must think that is the case. It can be found here.
There is also a new article for you this week. A reader sent me an update on the Dom Perignon Scam
recently. What aroused my interest was that the scam email was sent from a scammer
whose name
first came to my attention three months ago, and yet the guys is still
operating openly and brazenly. How can this be happening and who is responsible?
Those that read the original
article will know that the UK police showed complete apathy and a total lack
of interest in apprehending the con artists, but the problem goes deeper than
that issue. There is another party that is also culpable in letting this
situation continue. Dom Perignon Scam -
Who is Responsible
will throw another light on the situation.
The News section has been back to normal this week. Stories of possible interest are:
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Climate pact for wine industry
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Soaring dollar punishing wine sales
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Dry red: wine's withering future
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Cafe admits serving detergent instead of wine
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Bordeaux 2007: Parker slams with faint praise
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Wine company fined $60,000 over slasher injury
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Wine industry structure under review
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Wine group urges more research before boosting alcohol tax
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Cask wine the binger's new favourite
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Latest Grange release excites buyers' palates
Those stories can be found here.
This weeks wine quote. The Value of a Drink - "Sometimes when I reflect
back on all the wine I drink I feel shame. Then I look into the glass and think
about the workers in the vineyards and all of their hopes and dreams ... If I
didn't drink this wine, they might be out of work and their dreams would be
shattered. Then I say to myself, 'It is better that I drink this wine and let
their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver.'" ~ Jack Handy
Until next time .... Cheers!
Ric
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