GrapeScott

I am back now. Sorry for the lack of notes but I haven’t been well. Anyway, I hope you all had a good Christmas and are planning an even better New Year’s. Cheers!

Behind the scenes at GrapeScott we, well I, monitor bits and bobs, and one thing I have looked at is what search items people use to get to this website. And from what I can see, it would seem that the most popular search terms are “penfolds”, “st”, and “henri”. I didn’t really expect this, not that I really had thought about what to expect. There you go.

I don’t know about you, but when I have some leftover bottles I like to do some blending. I have done heaps of Shiraz/Cabernet blends, but at the moment I am trying Shiraz/Pinot. And in the glass at the moment is 50% Epsilon Shiraz 2007 and 50% macforbes EB1 Pinot Noir 2005. I like it because the Pinot has knocked some of the sweetness off the Shiraz, and added a layer of complexity. Perhaps I have a calling….

I have just upgraded WordPress. Hopefully I haven’t broken too much.

Sorry for the glitch… I will try to fix this asap….

Welcome to GrapeScott. After a few years of writing notes on other peoples’ websites I have decided to do my own. Luckily, the cost isn’t exorbiant and modern web authoring software makes it pretty easy to do it yourself. So, over the coming days and months, and hopefully years, I will post my impressions of wines that I think are noteworthy in some way. They could be simply an excellent wine (eg a Rousseau Chambertin), or a well known label (eg. a Wynns Cabernet), or a wine that interests me, or a wine that is plain awful and should be avoided. For the most part, these will be wines I have purchased myself, or have shared through the generosity of a friend. I will also sometimes review a sample from a retailer or a winery; this will be plainly stated. I will also periodically upload old reviews which might be of interest to you. These will posted with the original post date so won’t appear at the top of the blog, so either use the Search function or note the Category sidebar for wine regions of interest to you. I hope you enjoy the site.