watauga

For you, rock/punk fans, just imagine the Replacements on stage of a dingy club, packed in elbow to elbow and pumping your fist. Everyone's sweating, bass is turned to 11 and the guitar strings are flecked faster and faster with the rising of Paul Westerberg's famous lines, "We're comin' out! We're comin' out! We're comin' out!"
Well, kids, Australia is comin' out and back and swinging a big cricket bat! Gone are the days of over-extracted, sugar-infused fruit bombs. Since their sudden boom and sudden dropping off the surface of the earth, Australia's wine industry has followed and careful track of creating complex and determined wines. Do not overlook them.
Thorn-Clarke Shotfire Shiraz and the Quartage (Bordeaux-Styled Blend) head up this Saturday's tasting with the charming Geremy Pritchard of Fine Wine Trading.