Sydney in November is simply stunning and it’s a very similar story with my recent find, Municipal Wines Home Vineyard Shiraz. This wine comes from the Strathbogie Ranges where Matt Froude, the Winemaker, applies a minimal intervention approach to managing the vineyard. The Shiraz vineyard is dry grown, unpruned but managed, and hasn’t seen a chemical for over 3 years. I absolutely love this approach to winemaking.

The wine itself is a 12.7% medium bodied ballet of flavour. Perhaps more Syrah in style than that of a traditional Aussie Shiraz, which is no bad thing at all. Dark plum fruit flavours intermingled with raspberry and hints of violets on the nose. The palate is medium bodied with bright acidity, dark fruit flavours, aromatic spices and soft woody notes. It’s a seriously enjoyable wine to drink with a real sense of purpose and place.  You can’t ask for more than that, It’s awesome!

 Sydney in November is simply stunning and it’s a very

BBQ bound and I’m taking this Pirathon Silver with me. I’ve reviewed it before and it’s one of those brilliant wines that manages to skew the cost / quality ratio massively in its favour. It’s total bargain by anyone’s standard! Also, unrelated....that tree! What a stunner! Sydney in November, you just can’t beat it. All in all, a bloody great combination!