(Big) Blue and Wine: Lindeman's Shiraz

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Lindeman's Shiraz

Name: Lindeman's Bin 50 Shiraz
Color: Red
Varietal: Shiraz
Vintage: 2008
Country/State: Australia
Region: SE Australia
Price: $6
Stars: 4 (out of 5)

This was a very inexpensive wine that I picked up based on its reputation as being a quality, budget-friendly wine...It definitely didn't disappoint. It didn't blow me away, but it was really enjoyable on its own and with food. I drank this bottle myself over two days, once with dinner (pizza) and the next night after dinner. It was a simple but typical Australian Shiraz -- fruit forward, red berries and blackberries, juicy, smooth, and easy-drinking. For the price, you can't go wrong.

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The main purpose of this blog is to provide an outlet for my wife and I to keep track of and easily organize wines as we buy them, drink them, and review them. Although we have been drinking wine for years, we really developed a strong interest in wine in the late summer of 2008. From about August of 2008 through mid-March of 2009, we consumed approximately 35 bottles of wine. I have tried to keep track of these wines and our feelings about them, primarily through the use of Excel spreadsheets. I am hoping that this blog will allow us to accomplish some of these goals more effectively and interactively. I briefly summarized these wines in the first post of the blog. Subsequently, I will post more detailed notes regarding our tastings as we look to expand our palates and continue our journey of exploring the world of wine. Along the way, I will try to make notes about my wine-related influences and provide links to some of my favorite sources on the web. Occasionally, I may post about other life events or happenings in the world of sports and music, two of my other passions.