Recent Tastings
New Release Imported Red Wines
May 2017
Over the last few years, Lamont’s have been importing a range of wines from Europe. This has ranged from high-end Burgundy to cheap and cheery reds and whites from Spain.
August New Release – Reds
14th August 2016
Every now and then, a wine comes along that is absolutely irresistible straight out of the bottle. On this occasion, it was the Angove Family Crest GSM that blew the panel away. Absolutely delicious and a bargain at $22.
Achaval Ferrer
For the wine-lover who has everything.
4th December 2015
According to Gaston William, the Sales Director for Argentinian winery Achaval Ferrer, the winery was started in 1999 by the Achaval and Ferrer families in conjunction with Roberto Cipresso. Hailing from a winery in Montalcino, Cipresso brought vinous expertise to the venture while the Achaval and Ferrer families injected the capital.
Cotes Du Rhone – New Release
Reviewed: 11th December 2013
Cotes Du Rhone to me is synonymous with spicy grenache-based red wines that offer immediate drinking pleasure and, in some cases, are also capable of short-term cellaring.
Grenache MasterClass
Reviewed: 5 April 2013
Following on from the recent grenache discoveries I wrote up last week, I was very pleased to attend a grenache tasting held by a local wine groups. Grenache is a variety that is commonly blended with other varieties (typically shiraz), so straight grenache based wines can be overlooked as a source of fine wines. Confusingly, where it is produced can affect what it is called. In France and Australia, it is referred to as grenache, where as in Spain, it is typically referred to as garnacha.