THE WINE FRONT

There's been a lot of new material added to The Wine Front site over the past week or two - though most of it is available to subscribers only. One thing that is available to everyone though is the terrific new Q & A profile of Wayne Dutschke (pictured above with his family), conducted by Adam Catford. This is arguably the best of these profiles so far ... it's available for all to see by clicking here.

Popular South Australian winemaker Dean Hewitson recently celebrated 10 years out on his own with a set of vertical tastings of just about every wine he's made under the Hewitson label. Two of these verticals particularly caught my eye - the Old Garden Mourvedre vertical, and the Mad Hatter Shiraz vertical (the wine formerly known as the L'Oizeau Shiraz). Full reviews from these two vertical tastings are available to subscribers (only) at:

Old Garden Mourvedre vertical tasting

Mad Hatter Shiraz vertical tasting.

Of course, these aren't the only new reviews added in the past week or two. If you scroll below you'll see links to my video impressions (which have proven remarkably popular) of the new Penfolds Super Premium red wine releases, while the written reviews are now in the (subscriber only) LATEST REVIEWS section of the site.

Of course, you won't just find new Penfolds' reviews in there. The following is a list of wine reviews that have been added across the site recently. I've put an asterisk beside those wines you should pay particular attention to.

Binbilla Hilltops Good Friday Shiraz 2006
Donny Goodmac Yarra Valley Chardonnay 2007
Hewitson L’Oizeau Shiraz 1998
Hewitson L’Oizeau Shiraz 1999
Hewitson L’Oizeau Shiraz 2000
Hewitson L’Oizeau Shiraz 2001
Hewitson The Mad Hatter Shiraz 2002
Hewitson The Mad Hatter Shiraz 2003
Hewitson The Mad Hatter Shiraz 2004
Hewitson The Mad Hatter Shiraz 2005
Hewitson The Mad Hatter Shiraz 2006
Hewitson Old Garden Mourvedre 1998
Hewitson Old Garden Mourvedre 1999
Hewitson Old Garden Mourvedre 2000
Hewitson Old Garden Mourvedre 2001
Hewitson Old Garden Mourvedre 2002
Hewitson Old Garden Mourvedre 2003
Hewitson Old Garden Mourvedre 2004
Hewitson Old Garden Mourvedre 2005
Hewitson Old Garden Mourvedre 2006
Landhaus Estate Barossa Valley Mourvedre Grenache Shiraz 2006
Landhaus Estate Barossa Valley Reserve Shiraz 2006
Landhaus Estate Barossa Valley Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon 2006
Landhaus Estate Barossa Valley Shiraz Mourvedre 2006
Landhaus Estate Barossa Valley The Saint Shiraz 2006
Landhaus Estate Barossa Valley The Sinner Grenache Mataro Shiraz 2006
*Majella The Musician Cabernet Shiraz 2007*
Margan Hunter Valley Barbera 2006
Margan Hunter Valley Merlot 2006
Paradise IV Geelong Dardell Shiraz 2006
*Penfolds Adelaide Hills Reserve Bin 06A Chardonnay 2006*
Penfolds Bin 144 Yattarna Chardonnay 2005
Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 (video and note)
Penfolds Grange Shiraz 2003 (video and note)
Penfolds Magill Estate Shiraz 2005 (video and note)
*Penfolds RWT Shiraz 2005 (video and note)*
*Penfolds St Henri Shiraz 2004 (video and note)*
*Petaluma Coonawarra Cabernet Merlot 2005*
Petaluma Picadilly Valley Chardonnay 2006
Savaterre Beechworth Chardonnay 2006
*Savaterre Beechworth Pinot Noir 2006*
*Seppelt Heathcote Shiraz 2006*
St Hallett Barossa Faith Shiraz 2006
Voyager Estate Margaret River Girt By Sea Cabernet Merlot 2006
*Zema Estate Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2005*
Zema Estate Coonawarra Cluny 2004
Zema Estate Coonawarra Shiraz 2005

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