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Welcome to the AWAS blog!
Welcome to the Australian Wine Appreciation Society's Blog! We are moving the sharing of AWAS news, event overviews, and more into the 21st century! It will be easy to follow this blog since you can...
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Tasting Note: Majella "The Musician" 2009
We recently had this wine as a participant in our "Spring Walkabout", and I just picked up another bottle to be sure it was good as I remembered it to be. In actual fact, it seems to be better!"Deep...
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Tasting Note: Yalumba "The Cigar" 2009
Recently, the BCLDB had a special release of over 20 wines from Australia's First Families of Wine, a group of iconic family-owned wineries from all over Australia. This is a very exciting release,...
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Tasting Note: Gemtree Bloodstone Shiraz 2009
Gemtree Vineyards is a family owned enterprise in McLaren Vale. The Buttery family owns 330 acres of vineyards and they embrace organic production methods. They are currently trialling biodynamic...
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Exploring McLaren Vale with Mark Davidson - Sept 30th, 2010
(This will be the first of a series of retrospective blog posts describing the events of our 2010/2011 season.)We were excited to be in a new venue, the Marriott Vancouver Pinnacle Downtown. Mark...
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Tasting Note: Yalumba Organic Shiraz 2010
Now here is a little gem that I found hiding in the "Organic" section of my local Signature store.Yalumba Organic Shiraz South Australia 2010 is a new release and I decided to try it. I am glad that I...
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Two Hands with Michael Twelftree - October 25th, 2010
Two Hands Wines is based in the Barossa Valley. It was started in 1999 and has gone from strength to strength with it's wines. We were privileged to have proprietor Michael Twelftree join us and tell...
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Tasting note: A tale of two Xanadu's
Xanadu is in the Margaret River area of Western Australia. In 2005 this winery was purchased by the Rathbone Family (who also own Yering Station, Mount Langi Ghiran, and Parker Coonawarra Estate), and...
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The Gala Dinner: (another) Vintage Evening - January 20th, 2011
We were fortunate to have the wonderful Tramonto Restaurant at the River Rock Resort Casino all to ourselves on this perfect evening. Executive Chef Sylvain Cuerrier and his expert staff went all out...
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Penfolds Hawksworth Dinner, held July 27th
Recently our President Tony Beatty attended a special wine dinner put on by Penfolds Wines. This was held at Hawksworth Restaurant. You may have noticed on our recently released 2011/2012 Schedule...
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Tasting Note: Frisk "Prickly" Riesling 2010
Here is an interesting new release.Australian wine makers continue to re-invent themselves in a competitive marketplace, and this wine is a great example of this type of Aussie wine ingenuity.Frisk...
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Tasting Note: Middle of Everywhere Shiraz 2006
Well, here's a label I simply couldn't leave in the store. My thinking was that if the wine in the bottle was anywhere near as interesting as the label was, I would have something worth drinking.Upon...
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"A Spring Walkabout" - Held March 8th, 2011
(This post is part of our ongoing review of events from the 2010/2011 season.)This event just gets better and better every year! We enjoy putting on a walk around tasting each Spring to showcase...
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Tasting Note - Bleasdale "The Old Press" Cabernet Malbec 2006
The Potts family has been making wine in the Langhorne Creek region of South Australia since the 1860's, making Bleasdale the second longest running family owned winery in Australia, after...
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Newsflash - Wine Dinner with Wolf Blass
Wolf Blass' Biography "Behind the Bow Tie"We haven't even got to the official start of the 2011/2012 season and we're already changing the calendar!Wolf Blass, renowned wine maker and bigger-than-life...
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100% Official - "Howl with Wolf" on September 24th
Wolf Blass in his elementWell, it is 100% official - the dinner with Wolf Blass is definitely on!This will probably be his last visit to Canada - this dinner is not to be missed.It is being held at the...
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Tasting Note: Vinaceous "Raconteur" Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
Vinaceous Raconteur Cabernet Sauvignon Barossa 2009Here is an interesting new release available in the BCLDB. This wine must have one of the most whimsical labels to come from Australia in a long time....
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Guest registration now available for Wolf Blass Dinner
UPDATE: We are now sold out for the Wolf Blass Dinner!See you at the Listel!
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Tasting note: Langmeil "Three Gardens" SMG 2009
Here is a nice wine that shows the strength of blending.I am a big fan of grenache blends and this is a good one.It comes from Langmeil Winery in the Barossa. Three different vineyards are used,...
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