Highlights from September 2007 Enews
 
Rimfire's Sparkling Colombard - Only available for Christmas. With the aim of adding a little extra sparkle to your summer, Rimfire will be offering the new release Sparkling Colombard exclusively to our Wine Club members. Due for release in December 2007, plan ahead and include a bottle or two of Sparkling Colombard with your end of year wine orders...
 
                                     Our 2006 Rimfire Colombard wine, a recent medal winner at the Queensland Wine Awards, is an excellent compliment to a full range of summer seafood dishes. With highlights of lime, kiwifruit, and the fresh, zingy aromas of grassiness and lemon zest found in the wine, you'll find the flavours are full, juicy, cool, and the piercing freshness is long-lived on the palate. Rimfire's 2006 Colombard really offers the essence of crisp summer pleasure.
 
Rimfire's new release 2007 Tinta, follows in the well defined footsteps of the Gold Medal winning 2006 vintage and is offering traditional Rosé lovers the same divine satisfaction as its predecessor. Tinta is a Wonderful wine for sipping on warm balmy evenings. Rimfire's Tinta is crafted in true traditional method. Careful juice management, with limited contact to the skins, gives the wine not only lovely fruit filled flavour, but also structure and tannin. This Rimfire rosé is a soft, easy-to-drink wine and is lovely served lightly chilled.
 
For added spring time enjoyment we recommend a sip of Rimfire's Musqué, a medium dry wine made from wonderfully aromatic white grape varietal Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains.
 
Rimfire's new release 2007 Aleatico is another great medium-dry choice, with its delicate, spicy
  perfume and a hint of salmon-pink colour derived from the dark skins of the berries. This wine really works well with Asian influenced and pork dishes.
 
Rimfire's Sangiovese is pleasingly typical of the Sangiovese style produced in Tuscany. Careful oak management has ensured the essential savoury Italian spice and earthy berry flavours shine through. Light and dry with spicy raspberry and blackberry characters, this wine shows vibrant fruit, integrated tannins and excellent length. A great red as the weather slowly warms or, alternatively, match this wine with Mediterranean-inspired cuisine for a great culinary combo.

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For a seriously sexy, fuller bodied red, firm Wine Club favourites are definitely Rimfire's Touriga Nacional and the outstandingly delicious Rimfire Ruby Cabernet both of which were recently well reviewed by James Halliday, Australia's most respected wine critic and wine writer. In his publication "Varietal Wines" Mr Halliday recommends Rimfire Winery as one of Australia's best producers of Ruby Cabernet, Touriga Nacional (and also Aleatico).
 
  Confirming this vote of excellence, Rimfire's 2005 Touriga Nacional just awarded a SILVER MEDAL, is a wine to watch out for. You can expect both Rimfire's Touriga Nacional and Rimfire's Ruby Cabernet to cellar well. So consider stocking up on
a few extra bottles to enjoy later on. ("Varietal Wines" by James Halliday Harper Collins Publication pages 249,256 & 263)
 
Christmas Wines As the afternoons stretch lazily into long summer evenings, the soft clinking of glasses and splashing of wine becomes an increasingly familiar sound. Wine is always an appreciated gift and a great personal touch when expressing your thoughts. It might be a simple thank you, a birthday or festive surprise.
 
So send a special Christmas wine selection to someone you care for... Rimfire will freight your chosen selection free of charge (to Qld, NSW, Vic and ACT postal addresses). Of course as a Wine Club Member you can spoil someone with a selection of rare varieties, museum releases or your favourites from the full range of Rimfire's wines.  
 
Simple to arrange and ready to be delivered in time to celebrate what ever the occasion... Plan ahead now, for Christmas.
 
Order now by contacting the Rimfire Cellar Door or online at www.rimfirewinery.com.au
 
Keep in touch... Email has now become the most requested point of contact by Rimfire Wine Club members. It enable us to keep in touch easily and quickly. So if we don't yet have an email address for you, or you have changed to a new address please send your details to: rimfire@bigpond.com so we can keep in touch.
 
Remember! If you will be away in early December or early January and are expecting your Wine Club delivery - let us know NOW so we can re arrange delivery for you.
 
Cheers!
From Michelle and all the team at Rimfire Winery.
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