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Wine pairing with Jacob’s Creek winemaker & Australian celebrity chefs

by Marisa D'Vari25 January 2009

“Gorgeous mansion!” a woman says, accepting a tall flute of Jacob’s Creek Sparkling Chardonnay Pinot Noir from a server in a starched white jacket. We are standing in the hallway of the Honorable John Olsen, Australian Consul General, New York,…

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Wines from Adelaide

by Marisa D'Vari16 October 2007

… so today I met Ian Hongell, winemaker with Peter Lehmann Wines from Adelaide, in South Australia. Ian — a very engaging and personable chap — grew up in the Barossa Valley. “At an early age, my uncle asked me…

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Identifiying “black pepper” aroma in wine

by Marisa D'Vari2 August 2007

As if Australians need to create more “frankenwine.” Australian scientists say they have identified the substance that gives some red wines a distinctive peppery aroma. Until recently, the aroma (found in fuller-bodied wines made from shiraz or cabernet sauvignon grapes)…

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