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$10 Shiraz to impress with at the tableBy David Ellis Great value with oven-baked rack of lamb or a beef & Guinness pie. Made from fruit from the company’s vineyards in the Murray Darling region of North West Victoria, it’s a wine whose deep and vibrant red colour not only looks good, it tastes good too. Winemaker Phil Spillman aged separate parcels of the wine in American and French oak barrels, then brought them together for the resultant blend: rich blueberry characters are to the fore with medium tannins and a lingering finish.  Enjoy with Moroccan & Asian dishes, spiced- up chicken wings or pork ribs. One for lunch: Even though he has planted just 34-hectares of their 280-hectare fine wool property to grapes, Graeme Shaw and his family have produced some ripper wines from their Shaw Vineyard Estate at Murrumbateman just to the north of Canberra. One of their latest is their 2011 Riesling, a wine that shows how Riesling can enjoy life to the full in a cool climate like that around Canberra: this one’s got lovely tropical fruit aromas and a palate of passionfruit and limes, and with Riesling being one of the great food wines – it’ll match such a diversity of dishes through the whole spectrum from entrees to desserts – try this one with anything from Moroccan, Asian or Mexican, to spiced up chicken wings or pork ribs. Just 300 cases were made, at just $22 a bottle these are sure to be snapped up. NEED A FOOD/DRINK IDEA? Check out http://www.vintnews.com To find out more about David Ellis click here. 
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