12/18/2023 0 Comments Case of relax wine![]() ![]() The highly rated winery was established in 1993 by Andrew McPherson and Alister Purbrick, of the historic Tahbilk winery in South Australia, and sells little of its wine in Australia itself, relying on export markets. As the river is the boundary between the states of Victoria and New South Wales, and the wine is described as coming from south-east Australia, it would seem that the grapes have come from both sides of the river. It comes from the McPherson Winery, in the Ngambie Lakes region of the Murray Irrigation area. It is this last wine that I would like to write about. The firm’s last offering included a Malbec from Argentina a young, fruity Beaujolais, ideal for summer drinking and a full-bodied Australian wine, XV Pure 2018 (£9.99). Her first exposure to the wine trade was working for me, and I like to support my alumnae. The other reason is that the current figurehead of the company is Mimi Avery. Why do I buy from Avery’s? The selection always includes some fascinating wines that I would never dream of buying normally. Once a quarter, I receive a case of its “Signature Collection” red wines. My regular mail-order supplier is Avery’s, in Bristol, which, after a long and sometimes perilous existence in the wine trade, has now become part of the Laithwaites/Sunday Times Wine Club empire. Unfortunately, when I logged into its website and entered my individual code and password, the reply came “Out of stock” so I could go no further. Its rather different selling-point is that it asks its customers to invest £20 a month, which is then passed on to up-and-coming wine-makers around the world. Naked Wines is one of the big successes of the mail-order wine world. On this occasion, I thought I would focus on them. ![]() It seems that many of us have been content to sit back and rely on the mail-order companies for our consoling bottles. While, on the one hand, it has been reported that wine consumption has increased by as much as 13 per cent, those wholesalers who have relied on pubs and restaurants for their trade have seen sales drop to zero. ![]() IT APPEARS that the wine trade has been one of the beneficiaries from the lockdown - or, at least, some branches of the wine trade. ![]()
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