Just sitting here sipping a lovely Muscat calming my frayed nerves after the oldest boys 13th birthday sleepover. I think its going to take a lot of Muscat though.

Heres something you don’t get everyday: Free Beer!!

Seeing as we have the best wine club around, we thought that we should reward you all. More info read on down the page.

I’m running out of favourite recipes to share with you so I want your favourites and I’m willing to give you a bottle of wine if I choose your recipe to reprint in this esteemed newsletter.

I was walking through the store the other day and stopped to peruse the Asian section, a lot of my favourite ingredients are on the shelves, red and green curry paste, dried shitake mushrooms, pickled ginger, coconut cream and, I am happy to say, everything you need to make sushi. There’s the Nori sheets, the sushi rice and seasoning, of course what you put in it is entirely up to you but I’m sure we’ve got most tastes covered, be it fresh fish or if you like your Sushi westernized like us, Smoked Salmon.

Id like to put in a Sushi recipe but its really a visual thing you practice, I learnt from the Iron Chef on SBS and by just doing it. The rice is a bit tricky but the recipe is on the back of the rice pack and I’m only to happy to give advice when you come in to get the ingredients and wine. Maybe one day I’ll give demo session.

Bourbon

Did you know that we have 22 different types of Bourbon Whiskeys on our shelves? Priced from $23 to $85, there is something for every price range and taste.

A question that gets asked quite often is “What’s the difference between Scotch Whisky and American Whiskey?”

In short an E, corn and a few thousand kilometers! But the long answer goes something like this;

Firstly the spelling, the American version has an E in the spelling, god only knows why, I guess they just wanted to be different,

Damn septics! Actually the Irish also spell it with an E, Nuff said! Secondly the Scots use mainly malted barley that has been in a kiln which has been fired with peat, imparting a characteristic smokiness to the final spirit. Then it gets aged for at least 5 years in oak casks that have been used for Sherry or even Bourbon, all the while imparting colour and flavour distinct to that particular distilleries style. It can be a Single Malt style which means that only malted barley is used in the spirit and made exclusively at such distilleries as MaCallan, Knockando and Aberlour to name a few. Then there are the more popular blended varieties such as Johnnie Walker, Teachers, The Famous Grouse, which are blended to the house style and use a mix of grain and malted barley that has been distilled from different distilleries.

Now the American Whiskey, its made with mainly corn ( at least 51%) and malted barley and up to this stage they don’t differ that much from their kilted cousins, except that the barrels in which it matures are brand new American oak that has been charred on the inside to about 5mm in depth. This provides a huge flavour hit for the maturing spirit inside and giving it the characteristic Bourbon taste and colour. Which brings me to another interesting fact, only whiskeys made in the state of Kentucky can be called Bourbon! I could go on about various styles of Bourbon and Scotch but I’ll leave that to anther newsletter. Heres a selection from our top shelf.

 

Wine Expo

Here it is Ladies and Gentlemen, the date for the biggest Fishers Fine Wine Expo yet!!!

Diary this in,

Saturday 30th July 11am to 5pm

The Settlers

Don’t miss this !!!

Tasting

Deakin Estate range and Katnook Cab Sav

This Friday arvo between 4.30 and 7pm come on down and have a taste of these reliably good locals and the glamour addition being the 2002 Katnook Cab Sav for good measure.

Last weeks winner for the Mildura Brewery 6 pack was….. Cheryl Lovell, congrats mate, I’m sure we will see you this Friday to pick up your prize.

I’ve just got to say, how good was the Brewery’s Night Porter, its one of the best tasting beers that has had the privilege of slipping down my throat!

New Arrivals

2005 O’Leary Walker Polish Hill River Riesling $19.95
&
2005 O’Leary Walker Watervale Riesling $19.95

Kirrihill Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2002 $19.95

Free Beer !!!

That’s right folks, a free six pack of James Squire Strong Ale for any member that comes into our Mildura liquor store with a print out of this newsletters first page and the Email addresses of two of your friends that want to become Winetime recipients. That’s all!! We have to limit it to one 6pack per person on presentation of the required material. Only until it runs out so don’t delay.

Now for the small print, the free beer is just past its best by date, but still drinking nicely. So no returns or credits.

Specials

Jacobs Creek Fizz 2 for $15

Lindemans Cawarra range 2 for $10

Half Mile Creek range $6.97

James Boags, Cascade and Crown Lager 6 packs $13.99

Hahn Ice block $26.97

Tooheys Gold block $24.97

Blue Ice block $21.97

Tooheys Blue block $21.97

Smirnoff Vodka $26.97

Chatelle Napoleon Brandy $23.97

Black Douglas Whisky 2 for $50

Cougar bourbon 2 for $50

 

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That’s all folks, see you in store soon.......

Don’t forget its five o’clock somewhere