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Month: April 2015

April 7, 2015April 7, 2015Drew (The Wine Wankers)

A crash course in Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

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Which wine is fake - can you tell? . . Is it the Emmanuel Rouget Cros Parantoux, Vosne-Romanee on the right, or the left? One is worth more than $1,000 a bottle, the other is worthless . According to fraud experts, 20% of all wine currently circulating the globe is fake. We lift the lid of the world of counterfeit wine by speaking to Scott Evers, one of only eight people globally to be mentored by the world’s leading wine fraud expert, Maureen Downey. When fully qualified, Scott will become a TCM Master and Licensed Wine Authenticator. With Maureen's unparalleled training backing him up, Scott offers the invaluable advice every winelover in the world should heed. Head to winewankers.com to read the article in full or go to the link in our bio. . Post by Drew #winewankers #winefraud #wineauthenticaion #fakewine #counterfeitwine #maureendowney #scottevers There’s a great story behind Joseph Sparkling Shiraz by @primoestate . 1991 was the first release and boy was it a fruit salad of rare and unique wines. The liqueur dosage that’s added after the second fermentation includes such wines as a Hardy's 1978 vintage port. Even though it’s only 20 mls each time, it’s this nod to the past that sets this wine apart. Also setting this wine apart is the spanish styled solera system that is used to source the base wine. . On top of the original 1988 McLaren Vale Shiraz that went into the system, Joe Grilli topped off the blend with pallets of red wines from the 1960s, including vintage bottles of Penfolds Grange that were going cheap because they had low ullage. Those wines from the original blend still exists in each bottle today, because each time they take out 5000 litres from the 'mother', they replace it with 5000 litres of new wine. I love it when you can drink history! Post Drew #winewankers #primoestate wine via @qantasepiqure #qantascollab#qcollective Do you suffer from this too? Running out of #wine is scary! 📷 @beaverdamdecor Do you know the backstory Valpolicella Ripasso? . This northern Italian wine is aged for a period of time on the left over skins of Amorone wines. Why is this important. That’s because Amarone is a time consuming process where the grapes are air dried to concentrate the fruit flavours before the grapes are crushed and turned into juice. Amarone is super expensive - Ripasso is not - but it gets rewarded with little bit of expensive flavour along the way! Smooth, refreshing, fruit driven and great with Italian meat dishes! . Post Drew #winewankers #wine #vino #instawine #redwine #winetasting #winelover #wineoclock #winetime #winelike #likewine #wino #winelover #winelovers #winetasting #wine🍷 #winetime #winecountry #wineglass #sommelier #winereview #winejournalist #winefollow #followwine #picoftheday #photooftheday #instawine #vine #vineyard Where's your favorite holiday destination? . At under $20 a bottle this classic @darenbergwine is such great value! It's a wine with character. . #food #instafood #travel #instatravel #outdoors #picnic #leisure #luxury #motivation #wine #instawine #vino #vinho #winelover #winelovers #winetasting #wineoclock #winetime #winewankers #postbyconrad Who's your #winelover and what do you want to tell them? 😍 . Post by Drew #winewankers

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