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Royal Queensland Wine Show: The winners

By Peter Scudamore-Smith MW Sun, Jul 31, 2011 7:51AM UTC View Comments

The Royal Queensland Wine Show 2011 in July produced a host of trophy, gold, silver and bronze medal winners from Queensland-based wineries. I went along to the exhibitors morning tasting to see what enlightenment there was. This is Queensland largest and most influential wine show for the year. Here I have chosen to review the...

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Distinctly different wine shows: Reflections

By Ned Goodwin MW Tue, Jul 26, 2011 3:34PM UTC View Comments

Judging the best of show: Royal Queensland Wine Show

I recently judged at two distinctly different wine shows, the Royal Queensland Wine Show and the Yamanashi Concours, in Yamanashi prefecture, Japan. While judges at both scored wines out of 20 points and dressed in stark white lab coats, the approach to the wines on show was, perhaps, a reflection of an Australian wine culture...

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Rhone, Burgundy: Judge drinks after dark

By Peter Scudamore-Smith MW Mon, Jul 25, 2011 6:10AM UTC View Comments

The just-concluded Royal Queensland Wine Show brought together 1998 wines to be judged from around Australia. It was the first show of the 2011 season (completes with RAS Sydney next February). And there were 12 judges (four panels of three tasting) plus the chief judge, Hungerford Hill consultant Phillip John. After dark it was the...

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