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Sweet justice for wines once scorned
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DAVID ELLIS
e were reminded the other day of how the Hunter Valley’s Mistletoe Wines was somewhat scorned by some fellow Hunter makers and not the odd cellar door visitor too, when back in the late 1990’s the company launched a series of Semillons that had varying degrees of sweetness – much like Germany does its Rieslings. These ranged from a quite dry The Reserve Semillon to an off-dry Home Vineyard and a Silvereye Semillon that was close to Mosel-like sweet. And while critics had a field day then, it’s a different matter today: many other Hunter makers now also make sweeter-style Semillons, including some of those original critics. Owners, Ken and Gwen Sloan and their Winemaker, Nick Paterson say this has achieved one of their original goals: to have those who initially lean towards sweeter wines try these sweeter Hunter Semillons, and as their palates mature, progress to Mistletoe’s (and the Hunter’s generally) drier-style Semillons. We recently tried all three Mistletoes and loved the off-dry 2013 Home Vineyard Semillon. It’s a wine with wonderful lemon and grapefruit flavours and a perfect harmony between sweetness and crisp acidity, to us a perfect drop at $22 with all manner of seafoods. One to note: The other day we mentioned enjoying the occasional “cleansing ale” to a beer-loving mate who also happens to be a long-time fan of TV show, ‘The Simpsons’ – and to our surprise he offered us Homer’s favourite drop, a Duff Beer. USA-made, it now sells here through BWS and Dan Murphy’s at $17 for a six pack!
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NATHAN TAYLOR TV News
Pawn Stars Australia A&E 2015
What next for duo Hamish and Andy So I got the shock of my life last week when I learnt A&E was producing a local version of one of my favourite ever shows ‘Pawn Stars’. Yes, from 2015 there will be a ‘Pawn Stars Australia’ to watch, which will involve Sydney pawn shop franchise Happy Hockers. I guess we’ll see how it goes but if it’s anything like ‘Pawn Stars UK’, we could be in trouble.
Still on ‘Pawn Stars Australia’ and the reason while I’m so unsure about it is that the US version is all about the history of the item. Let’s be honest, America has a much richer history than Australia. We only became a Federation in 1901! I mean how much is a signed Michael Clarke cricket bat worth? I don’t know if there will be the level of content to match the show.
Last week’s finale of ‘Gap Year’ means Hamish and Andy are free from Nine and are virtually free to do whatever they like. Last Tuesday’s final episode saw more than a million viewers tune in with the funny duo now thinking long and hard what to do next.
There’s no doubt Nine would still want to re-sign Hamish and Andy for more television duties considering how incredibly popular ‘Gap Year’ has been over the years. For me, I’d love to see them come back for more but there is talk live TV could be on the cards.
There’s rumours swirling that Mike Munroe and his big red ‘This Is Your Life’ book could be returning to our screens in the near future. Munroe previously hosted the hit show for many years whilst at Nine. These days he works at Channel Ten and is understood to be mulling the idea.
Finally, after initially hating it I ended up loving ‘The Voice Kids’, which sadly wrapped up last Sunday on Nine. I wasn’t quite sure about it at first but after the first few episodes I was hooked. Despite the constant backlash, I honestly thought the kids were incredibly talented.
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