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We received this video from Alyssa Graham who is helping to promote Yalumba's Patchwork Shiraz .  We have previously had their 2009 Mawson's Hill Block 3 Wrattonbully Cabernet Sauvignon which we loved ( review here ).  We have also tried their Y Series Shiraz Viognier which we also recall as being a nice wine.  That said, this video combines our favorite topic with something we have always wanted to try but never have...Hot Air Ballooning.  It is a cool look at what a Hot Air Balloon ride over the Barossa Valley might look like and what it looks like is whole pile of awesome!  Someday we'll do it...someday.  It's a quick 2 minutes so give it a watch: As always....Keep on Tasting! Chris & Shannon

We purchased this wine a while ago at a Cristall Wine Merchants  where they were selling this and a Saperavi (Georgian Red) where we had previously done a quick Blog post about ( see that here ).  Coincidently, the Georgian Lelos beat the Oaks of Romania for placement in the 2015 Rugby World Cup yesterday as well.  Go Georgia and good luck against the All Blacks. :) We were talking to a former staffer who gave us some insight on how these Georgian wines came to Nova Scotia and how expensive it was to get them here.  Having to have the wines shipped from Georgia to Germany then on to Canada.  That said, they retailed for less than $20 so it would be interesting to know the wholesale price. The bottle is dark so we incorrectly assumed that would be a golden or amber wine.  In fact, this is a very light colour wine, it borders on clear with a little fizz in the bottom of the glass.  Really interesting look to the wine made even more su...

We picked this wine up on the weekend at Bishop's Cellar here in Halifax. We are pretty positive we have had this wine before but probably in the pre-Blog days.  We continue to love the value that comes with Spanish wines.  Great flavours at reasonable prices are always on order with the wines of Spain.  We love Tempranillo, Monastrell, Mencia, Albarino, Godello, Cava, and the list goes on and on. This is typical Tempranillo which is to say it is light in body but still quite dark red.  It has fairly quick legs in the glass and again in what we would call typical fashion is on the thinner side of things. The nose is very familiar and not just because we think we have had it before.  It just has that Rioja nose, which is spicy white pepper, with cedar notes, and black cherries.  Really nice nose. The wine has really nice tannins with a round mouth feel.  There are black currents, plums, licorice, and vanilla flavours that work thei...