In a locked wine cabinet in Penfolds’ Shanghai office there’s a precious bottle of Grange from the 1953 vintage, the year President Xi Jinping was born. “It was intended as a gift for the President last year,” says Penfolds’ chief winemaker, Peter Gago. That didn’t happen, of course: Shanghai is one of many global cities the famously […]
Author: Gokaran Bohara
THE NEXT RARE CASK RELEASE IS NEARLY HERE
Get ready for the second release in our Rare Cask Series:Rare Cask PARA100! A rich and sticky single malt from our Coal Valley Distillery, finished in casks that once held 100-year-old Seppeltsfield Para Vintage Tawny. Impossibly long and luxurious, the unmistakable age of the oak creates chapters of mouthwatering complexity that speak of elegance and intrigue. Thick treacle pudding […]
TASMANIAN PINOT NOIR RELEASES
Pioneering Pinot Noir at Bream Creek Despite being the state with some of the earliest known vineyards in Australia (likely some existed in the early 1820s), Tasmania’s wine industry essentially disappeared for many decades. But a Frenchman inspired change on the Apple Isle in the 1950s, and it should come as no surprise being a fruit-producing region, that a group of pioneers revived grape […]
MALIBU RUM JUST RELEASED A WATERMELON FLAVOR THAT’S BASICALLY A PASSPORT TO A TROPICAL ISLAND
There’s something about Malibu Rum that just makes you feel like it’s summer. Actually, that something is the fact that it’s a Caribbean rum with natural coconut flavor that happens to taste amazing when mixed with fruity juices. Now you’ll really feel like you’re on vacation with the new Watermelon flavor. Malibu has a way of low-key dropping […]
Get in quick to experience The Gospel’s latest project release
Melbourne rye whiskey distillery, The Gospel, will release just 55 bottles of their latest – and extremely limited – project release, Wheated Rye this week. Renowned for their 100% rye whiskey, Wheated Rye is the first experimental whiskey from The Gospel that introduces a second grain into their mash bill, making it truly unique. The Gospel’s Master Distiller Ian Thorn said, […]
Australian Icon Release | Allocations Now Available
As Elderton celebrate 40 vintages this year, they are set to release the 2017 vintage of the Barossa icon, the Elderton Command Shiraz, as well as a special museum vintage of Ashmead Cabernet Sauvignon on 1st March. The Command vineyard, now 127 years old, an “Ancestor” block in the Barossa Old Vine Charter, consistently produces a wine of intense depth and concentration, yielding only […]
The Pleasant Mountain
The name Mount Pleasant conjures up all kinds of bucolic images. But when this Hunter Valley vineyard was named almost a century ago the region was far from the tourist destination it is today. While no doubt beautiful, the original Mount Pleasant vineyard was a long, slow and dusty journey from Sydney, in a place […]
LEGACY IS COMING SOON
Two 19-year-old casks with an extraordinary heritage, our inaugural Legacy Release was crafted during Bill Lark’s tenure as Head Distiller at a renowned Tasmanian distillery. By joining the waitlist, you’re now first in line for the chance to own a bottle of these unprecedented single cask, single malt whiskies. For nearly two decades these precious casks were nurtured, soaking up complexity […]