Best wines of 2008

My Best wines of the year, all alternative varieties of course, were

Centennial Vineyards Tempranillo
Mount Majura Graciano, and their Tempranillo
Pikes Sangiovese Rose
Eldrege Estate Sangiovese Rose
Crittenden's Geppetto Arneis
Tahbilk's Roussanne and Marsanne
Brown Brothers Vermentino, also Di Lusso's
Just about anyone's Barbera (start with Boggy Creek!)
Rewine Durif at the Queen Vic Market for value!
Irvine's Albarino

Leave a comment if you agree, disagree. Add or subtract from my list. See what others think. Just don't rabbit on about kiwi sav blank!

International barbera competition

The fourth International Barbera Competition will be held later this year in Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy. The organisers have gone to some lengths to get some entries from Australia and US so it will be intersting to see the results later in the year.

Details of the competiton are here

Vinodiversity's page about Barbera