Posts by Corks Crew
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Old vine, Vielles Vignes, Viñas Viejas. These terms are displayed on bottles of wine…
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Low alcohol wines are a challenge. Difficult to make, difficult to find and often…
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New World wine countries such as Australia, USA, New Zealand have a hard time…
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How do you assess quality from just looking at a bottle of wine? Like…
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Pinot Noir is difficult, expensive to grow. They say you can’t possibly buy a…
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IT’S the time of year when fortified wine sales see one of their biggest…
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Sparkling red has become synonymous with the Australian Christmas. Typically made from Shiraz, we…
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December is the time of year when almost everyone will have a glass of…
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Sauvignon Blanc may seem a bit of a dull topic after exploring some of…
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While Australia doesn’t have any native varieties like the famed ‘old world’ countries of…
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We follow on from our last article looking at white Italian grape varieties that…
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Pecorino. No not the cheese, although the reference to sheep is apt (Pecora means…
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Veneto, in the north-east of Italy, is the home of some of your favourite…
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Whether you’re a beer drinker or not, you would have noticed the unprecedented growth…
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If you ask anyone in the wine industry what the next big trend will…
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We are a few years in to the emergence of Prosecco becoming many wine…
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Vegan-friendly wines may come as a surprise to some people, after all wine is…
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As warmer weather approaches, rosé will increasingly be the wine of choice for its…
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Acid is a wine term that often makes people shriek and run away. Unfortunately,…
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Barossa Valley. Coonawarra. Margaret River. These are all household names in Australian wine, you…
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Understanding the terms used on wine labels can be pretty challenging, particularly when they…
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The rise and rise of styles of wine like rose or varieties like Pinot…
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The current drought situation in Northern Victoria and New South Wales has brought back…
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Provence is almost the centre of the wine universe right now. As the wine…