A couple of weeks ago the Clare Wine Show judging took place, with me chairing one panel and the other panel chaired by Glenn James, a former senior winemaker at Fosters. Judging at wine shows is one of the pleasures of wine business, a pursuit that allows us to meet fellow wine professionals, to improve our palates, increase our knowledge, and to contribute to the wine community. The only downside is the tendency of some Agricultural Societies to make a killing on running shows, without investing back in the wine industry, which supplies free labour from judges, stewards, and wine committees. At the regional shows this is less of an issue, as the shows are run by the local wine regional associations, and usually take only 1. Not surprisingly, Riesling was the star of the show at Clare. An exhibition class meaning the wines did not need to be currently available of Riesling yielded a big haul of golds, with beautiful wines from , , , and showing the delicious potential of Clare Valley Riesling to age gracefully. Another highlight for me was seeing a very smart Tempranillo get a gold, a wine that I later learned was from Crabtree, and made by the talented Kerri Thompson, aka KT.

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