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Advantages: The most stunning Aussie wine I've ever tasted. Disadvantages: I can't afford to drink it regularly.
Do you know what one of the best things is about Ciao? You write an opinion and someone makes a comment. Before you know it you?re chatting away between Guest Books about all sorts of things. A couple of weeks ago I wrote an opinion about a supermarket and this provoked a comment about a rather superb wine that they sell. ?Ooh? I said ?we obviously share a taste in wines!? Then MrDarcy told me about d?Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz. ?It?s positively orgasmic!? he said.
Well, that weekend was my daughter?s birthday and we always like to have a special bottle of wine to celebrate and there, on the supermarket shelf was the double-gold-medal-winning bottle I was looking for.
Now sit down. It?s £17.99 a bottle, but as MrDarcy had told me, it would have been £60 a bottle if it had been a French wine. Did I think it was worth it ...
Advantages: Full Bodied Disadvantages: Availability
If I had to name a single vineyard as my favourite in terms of the quality of the wines it produces then for me that vineyard has to be D'Arenberg Estates. D'Arenberg is situated in the equally delightful McLaren Vale region of South Australia 40 km and within an easy reach of Adelaide. The winery has existed at this site for some 92 years and is now being run by the fourth generation of its founder family.
D'Arenberg uses small batch processing to produce its wines, and while they are internationally available, many of its ranges are extremely difficult to get hold of. One of the best suppliers for the entire range is oddbins.com and independent stores such as Valvona and Crolla also stock several of the more unusual lines
The Laughing Magpie is an extremely difficult bird to get hold of, however if you do a search via google, you ...
Advantages: good value, great receptionists, comfy beds and decent breakfast choice Disadvantages: view from bedroom, but who cares? You're there to explore, not sit in your room!
