Penfolds Grange | Sarah Ahmed - The Wine Detective

Christmas treats: Bibendum’s odd bottle offer

Posted Thursday 9th December 2010

Bibendum have just released a list of fine wines from all around the world which are all available by the bottle for immediate delivery – it’s a lipsmacking wallet-opener with mature vintages of Port and Penfolds Grange (I might add for little more than you’d pay for the current release), also Bordeaux and Burgundy of course. Abandon [...]

Looking backwards & forwards: Penfolds St Henri 50th anniversary tasting & a preview of Penfolds’ new single region releases

Posted Tuesday 2nd November 2010

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Yesterday was as convivial a Monday as they come. A tasting followed by lunch with Penfolds’ urbane Chief Winemaker-cum-globetrotting ambassador, Peter Gago (pictured sitting pretty at Pied à Terre). The excuse? A celebration of the 50th anniversary of Penfolds St Henri Shiraz (tasting the 78, 86, 91 & 2006) sprinkled with choice vintages of Grange (1978 and 1990) [...]

Penfolds Icon & Luxury Release Tasting Part 1– make way for some serious Chardonnay!

Posted Wednesday 5th May 2010

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Last week, though a judging day, wild horses would not have kept me away from Penfolds’ Icon & Luxury Release Tasting. Penfolds house style famously emerged from the constraints of a fortified wine culture when the iconic flagship, Penfolds Grange, was created by Max Schubert in the 1950s. And Schubert’s philosophy “true excellence is a [...]

St Hallet Old Block Shiraz 2006 – snap up the no. 1 wine – Wine 100 magazine

Posted Friday 26th February 2010

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A quick post so you’re not pipped at the post! I’m part way though writing up my notes of the Australia Trade Tasting of which St Hallet Old Block Shiraz 2006 is a highlight – I’ve extracted my tasting note with alacrity below so you can make a pre-emptive strike. Reason is I just had [...]

Eating humble pie

Posted Monday 31st August 2009

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August has been the humble pie season and I’ve had a double-helping! First, I said I’d never blog and here I am, writing my first blog! Second, I ditched my street cred, borrowed Sir Cliff Richard’s biography from my local library (really!) and headed out to his Algarve winery, Adega do Cantor, for an uncorked/unplugged [...]