Sovereign Point - Soft Fruity White

Sovereign Point - Soft Fruity White

$9.99 - 4 litres - 11.0%

The touch of the hot Australia sun brings out the full fruit characteristics in this luscious white. A hint of spiciness, yet soft and easy on the palate.  The perfect accompaniment to just about any meal.


The last line of their description seems to suggest it doesn't go with any meal very well, but regardless of the meal, it will get you sauced.  The wine is very subtle without any bite, this probably can be explained by the lower the expected alcohol content.  Although, it lends itself to be a nice thirst quencher for a overly humid day.  The hint of spiciness is just that, a hint, maybe only a whiff.  At 9.99 AUD, this wine is a steal for those who need something cool during the heat of the day and will still do the trick.

It served as a great conversation wine for a night lounging at the hostel and preparing to see "Into the Wild"  at the Arts Factory's own cinema.   The Softy Fruity Wine was unable to give us much energy to stay awake however and its sleepy qualities over took Jen, causing her to miss most of the movie.


Rating (scale of 2-29): 13

Stanley Wines - Shiraz Cabernet

Hey there!
In accordance with the title of our blog, we've decided to start reviewing all of the goon that we drink. This system may be amended with time and will include aspects of traditional wine reviews as well as our own thoughts and experiences with each lovely box.

So, since we believe every goon deserves a chance, here goes:

Stanley Wines - Shiraz Cabernet
$14.90 - 4 Litres - 13.0%

An appealing medium bodied dry wine exhibiting vanillin oak characteristics and ripe berry fruit flavors. Great with pasta, veal and lamb.


This goon is better than the last one that we drank (unfortunately didn't get to review), though seems watery. I definitely would not even call it a "medium body" as it has no real presence on the tounge, it drinks more like grape juice.
It is quite fruity, though I'm not getting any of the "vanillin oak" they claim. And despite their claim, its not too dry for a shiraz (it is goon after all, it comes in a foil bag).
We drank this goon with potatoes and sausages, but I can definitely see it going well with the foods suggested.
Overall definitely satisfying, would consider buying again if on sale like this one was.

Rating (scale of 2-29): 17

will be back with more once we finish this one!

Picking the best time to Pick

http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2009/11/15/2743324.htm - 15 Nov 2009

Cherry growers in Young in southern New South Wales say they have had a five-fold increase in the number of applicants for picker jobs this season.

This article hit the web one day before we left.  Talk about bad timing!

Hello World

Almost a week into the Australia journey we have a blog!  All the lavish dreams of a nice hosted site with a cool domain name using WordPress have gone to the wayside, as time for that sort of thing is fleeting.  Still getting settled over here, job search is on going but starting, as of today, to look promising.  Currently staying at the Arts Factory in Byron Bay.  The campground and whole complex is real hippy-dippy but has a good vibe so we decided to stay longer then initially planned.

We hit Byron Bay at the worst time imaginable, the town is littered with almost 20,000 schoolies.  Schoolies are all the kids who just graduated from High School and now traditionally spend two weeks mucking it up in various locals around Australia.  Byron Bay happens to be one of them.  Schoolies week is like spring break but with barely legal 18 year old instead of college students.

Currently checking out options wwoofing in case jobs picking fruit take longer then expected to get.  It is slightly harder to get good harvest jobs then I initially thought.