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Perth, Western Australia |
| hosted by Gerry Prewett |
| Introduction |
G'day from WA, my name is Gerry Prewett and I live in the northern Perth suburb of Joondalup (or south Geraldton as many locals would have you believe). My experience of tasting and writing about wine is confined to two areas , Australia for wine and the Internet for a medium. Until I emigrated to Perth from Bristol in the UK in 1990 my experience of wine tasting had been confined to a few French holidays and the usual Poms tipple ie. Liebfraumilch and Mateus Rose.
Finding all these wineries on my doorstep in the Swan Valley I decided that an interest in wine might be easily followed. Once I'd started tasting and then making notes of what I tasted the next obvious step seemed to be to give the wines marks, to remember which ones I'd really liked and which ones were maybe so so {of course all Aussie wines are wonderful :-)}.
Through my work at Edith Cowan University I've had access to the Internet for a long time. I started reading the "rec.food.drink" newsgroup and posted some of my notes there. The response was, much to my surprise, very positive. The next step was to start up a newsgroup, Ozwine (for Aussie and Kiwi wines). I was stunned by the takeup in subscribers.
It was about the same time that I came across Ken Tripp's excellent WineBase for Windows, I was knocked out by the quality of Ken's program. For months afterwards I bored people senseless telling them about this fantastic program for managing their cellar. Well just like Topsy Ozwine and WineBase "jus' growed an' growed" only WineBase grew in a more orderly fashion than Ozwine.
In mid 1996 Edith Cowan Uni took the decision to dump Ozwine from it's site, I was fortunate to find that Marcus Schnell jumped to the breach and you can now join the Ozwine mailing list by sending a message to subscribe-ozwine@gospel.iinet.net.au with the message "subscribe ozwine" in the BODY of the message. You can post to the group (once you've subscribed) by sending your messages to ozwine@gospel.iinet.net.au.
Why not join the list and read my monthly tasting notes and let me know just how little I really know about Aussie wine!
For anyone who wishes to contact me, here are the details;
| G.Prewett@Cowan.Edu.Au | ||
| Phone (Home) | (09) 300 2402 | |
| (Work) | (09) 273 8758 |
| Perth Sheraton Wine Awards | ||
| 1994 | 1996 | |
| White, Dry Light Bodied, Floral | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Brookland Valley Sauvignon Blanc 1994 | Plantagenet Riesling 1996 |
| Silver | Capel Vale Riesling 1991 | Chatsfield Riesling 1996 |
| White, Dry Light Bodied, Non-Floral | ||
| Gold | Houghton Chenin Blanc Tokay 1987 | Chestnut Grove Verdelho 1996 |
| Silver | Ribbon Vale Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 1994 | Evans & Tate Sauvignon Blanc 1996 |
| White, Dry Full Bodied, Wooded | ||
| Gold | Voyager Estate Chardonnay 1993 | Brookland Valley Chardonnay 1995 |
| Silver | Capel Vale Chardonnay 1994 | Devils Lair Chardonnay 1995 |
| White, Dry Full Bodied, Non-Wooded | ||
| Gold | No Award | Salitage Chardonnay 1996 |
| Silver | Paul Conti Chardonnay 1994 | Woody Nook Semillon Sauvignon Blanc Chardonnay 1996 |
| White, Sweet Table Wine | ||
| Gold | No Award | No Award |
| Silver | Nesci Chittering Valley, Muscat 1992 | Paul Conti Late-Picked Muscat 1996 |
| Red, Light Bodied | ||
| Gold | Wignalls Pinot Noir 1993 | No Award |
| Silver | Plantaganet Pinot Noir 1993 | Capel Vale Pinot Noir 1996 |
| Red, Medium Bodied | ||
| Gold | Vasse Felix Shiraz 1993 | Gralyn Cellars Shiraz 1995 |
| Silver | Capel Vale Shiraz 1993 | Baldivis Estate Cabernet Merlot 1995 |
| Red, Full Bodied | ||
| Gold | Fermoy Cabernet 1991 | Plantagenet Cabernet Sauvignon 1994 |
| Silver | Vasse Felix Cabernet Sauvignon 1991 | Redgate Cabernet Franc 1995 |
| Fortified | ||
| Gold | Houghton Tokay Verdelho 15 Years Old | Sandalford Blend Non Vintage |
| Silver | Houghton Shiraz 10 years Old | Houghton Shiraz 15 years Old |
| White or Red Sparkling Wine | ||
| Gold | No Award | No Award |
| Silver | Plantaganet Chardonnay Pinot Noir 1990 | No Award |