News & Reviews
Chefs’ Charity Cup, Saturday 2nd June, for the Starlight Children’s Foundation
Date posted: May 2012
Fenix Restaurant, sponsored by Helen’s Hill Estate and Ingram Rd, are competing in the Chefs’ Charity Cup on Saturday 2nd June, 10am – 4pm, as part of the Good Food & Wine Show at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre. The Chefs’ Charity Cup is an annual soccer tournament for Melbourne restaurants and they take [...]
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96 points, Ashton Hills ‘Armen and Benen’ Pinot Noir Saignee
Date posted: Apr 2012
2010 Ashton Hills ‘Armen and Benen’ Pinot Noir Saignee – arriving soon! “If it’s not the most expensive Australian rose, it should be, because it is the best.” Rating: 96, $33, Drink by: 2014, Alc: 13% “Made from the first free-run juice of the best of the 18 clones of pinot noir that Ashton Hills [...]
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Friday night, friends around: Ingram Rd Chardonnay
Date posted: Apr 2012
2010 Ingram Road Chardonnay, Yarra Valley ($19) “A lovely light, yet complex chardonnay with zesty citrus flavours and savoury characters from the barrel fermentation employed. Clean and precise with great refreshment value.” Dan Coward, 3 Wines of the Month, Feast Magazine, May 2012
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92 points, Rolf Binder Eden Valley Riesling, The Wine Front
Date posted: Apr 2012
2011 Rolf Binder Riesling “…so good to drink right now…” “You don’t read about Rolf Binder wines so often, eschewing local media as they do, preferring to concentrate on building their brand awareness by other means. Floral and toasty with sweet lime and a little petrol coming through. It’s lightly chalky and delicate, but has [...]
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Philip White: “New lights glimmering for Australia”
Date posted: Mar 2012
Vintage 2012 at Oliver’s Taranga: “Scarce and beautiful” “The first photograph of vintage 2012 is still my favourite. Corrina Wright, winemaker, left, with marketing and sales sister Briony, and Dad, master viticulturer Don Oliver, of Oliver’s Taranga, with the first grapes of a great year. Which 2012 is. Scarce and beautiful. The Olivers recently celebrated [...]
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94 points, Helen’s Hill Chardonnay, James Halliday
Date posted: Mar 2012
2010 Helen’s Hill Chardonnay 94 points, 5 glasses, ‘Special Value’ “Pale straw-green; has (just) stayed on the right side of ripeness balance; barrel fermentation and maturation in French oak has been perfectly judged, providing support and a degree of complexity to an elegant wine with equal contributions of grapefruit, white peach and nectarine. Rating: 94, [...]
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