Red Nose (Free subscription) | yesterday
I love: a nice Shiraz -- very tasty. Trader Joe's Margherita pizza -- also very tasty. Shanney and SonnyeBoy for clearing off the porch at the beach just in case Tropical Storm Hanna gets wicked -- it would be a...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
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i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | yesterday
By RFE/RL Watchdog Reports from Iran say that two Christian converts have been charged with apostasy. The two were reportedly detained in May in a park in the city of Shiraz, and according to Christian groups, Mahmud Matin Azad and Arash Basirat have been held in solitary confinement since then. A member of an Iranian Christian group based in Dubai, who because of the sensitivity of the issue didn't...
Wine Whines (Free subscription) | yesterday
India does indeed have a wine industry . It is still nascent at this point, but it is certainly promising. I have tried a Zinfandel that was passable, although it suffered from poor storage, a red Pinot blend that was simple but decent, and a Cab/Shiraz that was very good. The Cab/Shiraz came from Grover Vineyards which is associated with the Bordeaux wine star, Michelle Rolland, and it showed. As...
Wino sapien (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
South Australia. Shiraz (with a small amount, 5%, of Cabernet). Cork (half stained). 14% alcohol. Source: Cellar. Like an infant woken from slumber, this wine is stern and unresolved. It's large and rich and laden with texture and flavour, while still possessing form and spine. Compared to recent vintages I have tried, this is somewhere between the 2004 and the 96 . I suspect this will outlive my Liebherr...
In the Land of Lynfred (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Harvest season is here and the aromas at the winery are bountiful! We got our first load of grapes, Seyval Blanc from Illinois, on Tuesday and the California shipments will begin next week! We’ll be receiving a shipment of Shiraz from Frank Olagary’s vineyard in Lodi since they are picking the Shiraz tomorrow or Saturday. I’ll be posting a ton of harvest pics starting next week. Yesterday was an exciting...
Shiraz (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Australian Shiraz has been criticized, especially outside the boundaries of the island continent, as having a sameness, of being big, blustery fruit bombs, high in alcohol but low in regional expression and not long in life. Its very easy to dispel this myth, all you have to do is gather together a few quality shiraz from several regions and taste them. That’s the easy part. Putting together a blog...
Wino sapien (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Limestone Coast, South Australia. 14% alcohol. Approx $A40 (from wine list). To my son, I've been reading Roald Dahl's Charlie and the great glass elevator . All the adventures and talk of vermicious knids has obviously done something to my mind. For tonight, I felt compelled to order this from the Brisbane Hotel's wine list. . . The label and the wine remind me most of Mollydooker . It's very ripe...
Grape Wall of China (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
By Jim Boyce When not dragging along this or that Chinese wine (usually from Grace Vineyard) to a party and forcing it on the wary, I often bring a bottle by Ben Glaetzer, whether it be Stickleback (~RMB100), Heartland Shiraz (RMB~150) or, on that rare occasion I fumble across a long-forgotten wad of cash in a [...]
Frédéric Latour (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Mohamed Nemazee, and his son Hassan Nemazee, are both philanthropists who involved themselves in a society that was far from understanding philanthropic activity for the good of others. Mohammed established the Nemazee Hospital in Shiraz, which is the city his family hailed from. (Neither Hassan Nemazee nor his father were born nor did they live in Iran.) This hospital was established in 1950, and...
Hiraeth (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Grapes: Top Left: Shiraz Top Right: Flame Bottom Right: Green Bottom Left: Concord For more ABC Wednesday click on over to ABC Mr. Linky Blog . Or, if you prefer, you can also check out the ABC weekly no comment site and browse all in one place. You can see the rest of my Alphabet by clicking on the 'A' in the sidebar or the "A Letter a Week" category at the bottom of this post.
Irish Blogs (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
The Good Mood Food Blog The last couple of months have given us “nice weather for ducks”, so let’s get our own back and roast one of the little blighters using the Duck Noodle Salad recipe from Donal at The Good Mood Food blog. The duck would go really well with a nice Shiraz. The Salena Estate Shiraz (available from Dennison Fine Wines, Waterford) I had recently would be a fantastic match, even more...
NihonCar.com (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Nissan's future lies in the hands of its designers and the spaniard Miguel Ángel Iranzo Sánchez recently came up with a mix of what the Japanese manufacturer does best: 4x4 and sportscars! This car, or co... Reader Comments
Wino sapien (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
South Australia. Shiraz, Cabernet sauvignon. 14.5%. Screwcap. Approx $A20. I first read about this wine back in March . I looked for it momentarily, but gave up. I liked the idea that in celebration of 30 years of Koonunga Hill, a special wine and retro label was created. Not being able to find it initially, I settled on the standard release . I fortuitously found a few bottles this week. Which coincidentally...
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
Filed under: Concept Cars , Coupes , Crossovers/CUVs , Nissan Click above for hi-res gallery of the Nissan Shiraz Concept Design student Miguel Ángel Iranzo Sánchez created the vehicle you see above, and he describes it as "a mix between a[n] SUV and a sportscar infused with Nissan brand DNA." For his efforts, which took an entire summer, he won a scholarship to get his Masters in Car Design in Valencia,...
