Max Allen’s timely piece on Aussie AMPHORA reared wines, including Brash Higgins‘ 2011 “NDV” nero d’Avola and winemaker, Brad Hickey, in the Nov. issue of Gourmet Traveller. The 2012 “NDV” will be released in early 2013. Excerpt: “I love fermenting in amphorae”, says Brad Hickey. “Each one is only 200…
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by Brash Higgins Brash Higgins has our first white wine ready for bottle, a unique ensemble of riesling and semillon from a cool climate site along the Kangarilla foothills of McLaren Vale, hand picked on the same day, then basket pressed and co-fermented wild in barrel. Look for this field…
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by Brash Higgins Brash is a new entry into the 2013 James Halliday Australian Wine Companion, a good start, indeed. Nice to be in the ‘bible’ of Aussie wine. Thanks, Mr. Halliday. BH
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by Brash Higgins Brash NDV Cracks James Halliday’s 2013 Australian Wine Companion with conviction. Thanks, Mr. Halliday. BH
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by Brash Higgins Famed UK wine writer, Matthew Jukes, took a taste of the Brash GR/M last week and really liked it(see below tasting note). The Brash All-Stars like him, too, and are playing footy in his Wine Rules charity in Melbourne Nov.18 to help fight homelessness. www.winerules.com.au
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by Brash Higgins Pruning the nero d’Avola vines on our Omensetter Vineyard is the priority in late Winter. Here freshly groomed vines interlace on the verdant front block. Pruning by lunar cycles is best done when the moon’s in a descending phase. BH
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by Brash Higgins Brash GR/M handsomely reviewed in the July 17 Weekly Review by Ben Thomas, and a sweet write up for the McLaren Vale district as a whole. Thanks, Ben. BH go here for link: www.theweeklyreview.com.au/article-display/Going-for-the-great-grenache/5218
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by Brash Higgins Vintage 2011 wasn’t easy, but some standouts are to be found, according to Campbell Mattinson in the August Wine Companion (p.34), amongst them the Brash Higgins ‘NDV’
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by Brash Higgins Sharp tasting notes and write up for the Brash NDV in June’s Sumptuous Magazine by Louise Radman; thanks, LR. The “little wine that could” keeps on keeping on. BH
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by Brash Higgins Helluva BH nero d’Avola write up by Nick Ryan in June’s Gourmet Traveller Wine “Wines to Watch” (p.46). “The result is a revelation…startlingly bright and racy. You can almost hear it hum… If this is how nero d’Avola can perform in this country, I want to see…
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