• JANUARY 2009

  • Green quilts on the hills, steady as she goes and more summer sun...

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• FEBRUARY 2009

  • Devastating bush-fires, remembering the past and no dramas yet...

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• MARCH 2009

  • Bringing in the grapes, the rise (and fall?) of Parkerized Australia, and a mixed bag...

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• APRIL 2009

  • Time to take stock, a Reserve Merlot review and a glorious month...

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• MAY 2009

  • A sense of the absolute, structural wine and the break of season...

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• JUNE 2009

  • Entrapped in Osmington, barrel tastings and when it rains, it pours...

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• JULY 2009

  • So close, Jane Anson article and a typical winter...

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• AUGUST 2009

  • Soon is all starts again, what is wrong with Australian wine, and cool and consistent...

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• SEPTEMBER 2009

  • Expect the unexpected, wine shows & the death of interesting wine, and weather for ducks...

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• OCTOBER 2009

  • And the vines burst forth, the written word and a touch of warmth...

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• NOVEMBER 2009

  • Hope springs eternal, wine and food, and variable weather... 

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• DECEMBER 2009

  • Lazy summer days...not, a Blue Poles status report and summer has commenced...

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