might be redneck...

[winophite]

Well, I guess my hoosier heritage has come through. Tonight I enjoyed an Oliver 2004 Shiraz reserve, 18.00ish at the winery. Must be made with Ausi recipe' I guess to be called shiraz instead of syrah, but..started it out with DQ take out. A surprisingly nice combo with the thick fries,(not so great with the carryout out cheeseburger but still having fun with it. The wine is really nice, deep ruby, earthy chocolaty nose with dark fruit.fruit and spice both mild with a lingur+ing finish of raspberry\cherry. smooth mild tannins, only a 1.5-2.0 lap finish. Good quaffing wine WP

[winophite]

I was just reviewing the label here with my magnifing glass, (black label gald print), no wonder, in the words of the great late James Brown, "I feel good!", this stuff was 14.9%. Hope I make the end of the big game. WP

[dananne]

I like how you support the local folks. We always try to buy a couple of cases each year from our regional wineries. IMHO, regional wines are only going to get better.

If I can ask, does it indicate on the bottle where the grapes were from? Sometimes, regional wineries will make wine from bulk juice they get from Cali and elsewhere. If the grapes came from Indiana, I find it pretty remarkable and impressive that they could get the ripeness to produce a wine with 14.9% alc.

[winophite]

The bottle doesn't indicate grape origins, but definately not an estate bottled, they use a "creekbend" label on those. Check 'em out, oliverwinery.com. I'm on a bottle of 04 pepperwood grove syrah now 7.99, the oliver was perhaps a step up, but price... WP