Wildlife volunteers have stated that 23 kangaroos used by award-winning Jacob’s Creek winery to bring in tourists, were found in what they believed to be a malnourished state. Some were so apparently neglected that they were in “shocking” pain from … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Australia, Jacob's Creek, South Australia | Leave a comment //A new study has shown that sex-deprived fruit flies are more likely to drink excessive amounts of alcohol than their sexually satisfied counterparts. It’s one of those studies that raise the question: Who does this kind of research? “This was … Continue reading
Posted in Funny, News | Leave a comment //Wine: Hubert Brochard Place: Sancerre, Loire Valley, France. Price: $18’ish
Posted in Reviews | Tagged France, Hubert Brochard, Loire Valley, Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc | Leave a comment //Cloudiness / Haziness All wine starts off cloudy, that’s a fact. During winemaking and after the grapes are pressed, the juice is fermented, and the wine is run off the skins, stems, pips et al., therefore there’s plenty of smaller … Continue reading
Posted in Facts | Tagged A Guide to Wine Faults, Cloudy wine, Filtering wine, Fining wine, Hazy wine, Unfiltered, Unfiltered wine | Leave a comment //