A Grab For Grenache

"PERFUME IS THE KEY. IT'S MORE aromatic with a fresher profile and it makes you salivate like pinot noir," declares winemaker Stephen Pannell of a variety that he loves, grenache. "It's never fat on the mid-palate and it shouldn't be as it's a medium-bodied, not a full-bodied wine. The bad thing about medium-bodied wines with less fruit intensity, it's harder to build a wine with delicacy."

Smooth Finish To Event

AFTER a wet and wild opening to the Shoal Bay Jazz, Wine and Food Festival, the missing ingredient organisers had prayed for, sunshine, came out yesterday.

Raise A Glass For Quality

This couple made an immeasurable impact on Australian wine.