The Story The Yalumba Y Series Shiraz Viognier 2017 is 95% Shiraz and 5% Viognier sourced from vineyards in South Australia. In case you are not aware, Shiraz (Syrah) is a red grape and Viognier is a white grape and it is not all that common that red and white grape are used in a…
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The Shoofly Shiraz 2015 is sourced from select vineyards located in the McLaren Vale, Langhorne Creek, Padthaway, and Wrattonbully wine regions of South Australia. Shoofly is one of Ben Riggs wines, he has been a successful winemaker in Australia for a long time and CWF has featured 4 or 5 vintages of his Woop Woop Shiraz…
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The Guild of Fermentation Fanatics Coonawarra Shiraz 2016 is a $8.99 ALDI import wine sourced from the Coonawarra region of the Limestone Coast district in southern central South Australia. The Guild of Fermentation Fanatics are the winemakers for Kingston Wine Estates of Australia who banded together to produce their own wine brand. This Shiraz (Shiraz and…
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The Cycle Buff Beauty Shiraz Malbec 2013 is 90% Shiraz, sourced from 2 vineyards in McLaren Vale and 1 in Clare Valley and 10% Malbec sourced from a single vineyard in Clare Valley, both a part of the South Australia growing region. Shiraz (Shiraz and Syrah are two different names for the same grape) and…
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The Woop Woop Shiraz 2013 is sourced mainly from vineyards in McLaren Vale and Wrattonbully (inside the Limestone Coast), both in the South Australia wine region. Back when we started the CWF website, back when it wasn’t so easy to find a real good wine in the $10 range, Woop Woop was one of our…
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The 2011 Presswork Barossa Valley Shiraz is a $9.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. The grapes seem to come from old vine Shiraz vineyards located in the Ebenezer growing region in the north of the Barossa Valley in Australia and this Shiraz was aged in French oak for 14 months. If you do a little detective work…
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The 2012 The Corker Shiraz is sourced from grapes grown in the Riverland region of South Australia. A Corker is Australian slang for something that is excellent or remarkable and is also a pun given that it is the name of a wine brand, except this is an Australian wine, so of course a screw-cap…
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The 2011 Woop Woop (Aussie slang for the middle of nowhere) Shiraz is mainly sourced from McLaren Vale and Wrattonbully in Southeast Australia. Woop Woop has long been our go-to inexpensive Aussie Shiraz, here are the tasting notes for the 2008 and 2009 vintages. Woop Woop is Penny’s Hill winery (winemaker Ben Riggs) value priced Shiraz,…
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The 2012 Lindeman’s Bin 50 Shiraz is sourced from multiple vineyards in South Eastern Australia. Lindeman’s has been making wine for 170 years and is currently owned by Treasury Wine Estates, who also produce Beringer Vineyards, Chateau Ste Jean, Stags’ Leap, Penfold’s as well as 50 others. The Bin 50 is aged with some sort…
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The 2012 19 Crimes Red Wine is a blend of Shiraz and Durif sourced from vineyards in South Eastern Australia. Shiraz and Durif translated from Australian to American is Syrah and Petite Sirah. The 19 Crimes referenced in the brand name refers to the 19 felonies you could commit that would get you shipped out…
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The 2011 Banrock Station Shiraz is sourced from vineyards in several of Australia’s grape growing region. Banrock Station was founded in 1995 in part as a means to fund conservation projects all over the world, to date they have funded 95 environmental projects in 13 countries. Banrock Station’s motto is “Good Earth-Fine Wine”. This is…
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The 2010 Stump Jump Shiraz (Stump Jump is the name of a plow that is used on rough terrain) is sourced from multiply vineyards in the McLaren Vale grape growing region of Australia. This is d’Arenberg’s entry level Shiraz and is basically made from many leftover parcels of wines from their more expensive Shiraz labels,…
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The 2010 Penfolds Koonunga Hill Shiraz (75%) Cabernet Sauvignon (25%) is sourced from vineyards all over Australia, but mainly the Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale and Coonawarra on the Limestone Coast. Penfolds was founded in 1844 and are known for The Grange, a blend that sells for $500 for a new vintage and increasing more as…
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