Category Archives: AUSTRALIA

A Down Under, Down Home, Get Down Thanksgiving

Posted on November 22, 2012 by intoxreport

Ode To Katerina B.: To me, the weirdest thing about Australians—and they are legion—is that they speak English.  That is, if you can process words like chinwag, bodgy, dinkum and crack-a-fruity through your Funk & Wagnalls and still come up … Continue reading →

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Block No. 42: Penfolds’ Ostentatious Obscenity

Posted on July 5, 2012 by intoxreport

As a winery, Australian producer Penfolds has always tried to be all things to all people. In 1844, the cause was noble enough: Emigrated English physician Christopher Rawson Penfold planted vines around his Adelaide cottage and set out to produce … Continue reading →

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Mohua: Mo’ Value from Central Otago

Posted on September 4, 2011 by intoxreport

  “Try some Mohua…” ‘Fess up: I’ve worked Detroit restaurants where the response would be, “Try some mo’ whatta?” At that point, one of two things would be in order.  Either a tutorial on Central Otago, where the Mohua (pronounced … Continue reading →

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Holy Trinity Wine: The Pope’s Got A Seat On High—And Another One Down Under

Posted on August 31, 2011 by intoxreport

Barossa! Just growling out the word is sort of a charge, like it could be the name of some Somali warlord hijacking vessels off the Horn of Africa, or a military operation to liberate fertile swaths of Uzbekistan so that … Continue reading →

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Robert Oatley Winery: Will the Canes Mutiny?

Posted on August 25, 2011 by intoxreport

North of Mudgee, in between Putta Bucca and Buckaroo, just below Budgee Budgee and near the Wooloomooloo vineyard, they’ve got a bunch of old grape vines piled up. The burning of which I would not have had the slightest interest … Continue reading →

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