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Rick Allen

@tippleandtweet

Sports tragic, wine lover, writer and technical buffoon. Hunter resident. Enthusiastic but hopeless in the kitchen.

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Hey Matt Burton Matt Burton this is a beauty. Biggest, boldest Gundog I’ve tried and delicious. 2017 vintage very serious quality in the Hunter

Hey Matt Burton <a href="/GundogEstate/">Matt Burton</a> this is a beauty. Biggest, boldest Gundog I’ve tried and delicious. 2017 vintage  very serious quality in the Hunter
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A heads up wine lovers: MarganWines are selling museum release 2013 White Label Shiraz for $40. Drinking beautifully and crazy value at the price. Jump in!

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Sadly Mt Pleasant decide today to make no wine from 2020 vintage. Winemaker Adrian Sparks says there’s good fruit in the Hunter: “I’ve tasted it but it’s just not ours. But don’t write off the vintage. It’s very site specific.”

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Covered Mulletfest on Saturday - what a hoot. Entrants from UK, Norway, USA, Canada and Germany as well as locals. Who'da thought? Here's my story. bit.ly/2VDSnnk

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Hey Gladys, doesn’t a short, sharp lockdown of a small part of Sydney’s eastern suburbs now seem a ridiculously small price to pay? Sadly, was always so.

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In broad terms I have generally believed Aust PMs (maybe not Abbott - “no cuts to ABC’ etc) But with Morrison I don’t believe a single word he utters. #insiders #scolow

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I’m a big fan of Matt Burton wines, but really loving the 2022 Gundaroo off-dry Riesling. A terrific balancing act of sweetness with lemon, lime crispness. Thai takeaway anyone?

I’m a big fan of <a href="/GundogEstate/">Matt Burton</a> wines, but really loving the 2022 Gundaroo off-dry Riesling. A terrific balancing act of sweetness with lemon, lime crispness. Thai takeaway anyone?
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A good top of the table win by my local footy team, a delicious roast leg of lamb with potatoes and gravy for dinner, washed down with this delight from Vanya Cullen. It doesn’t get much better.

A good top of the table win by my local footy team, a delicious roast leg of lamb with potatoes and gravy for dinner, washed down with this delight from <a href="/cullenwines/">Vanya Cullen</a>. It doesn’t get much better.
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Rosalie Chapman's call to rejoin the EU is a must watch - one of the best speeches by a young person 👏 "Years ago, the people of this country made a choice" "A choice that has left us isolated, diminished and weaker than before" "To those who voted leave, I say this. You were

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Love Springsteen, Van Morrison, John Lee Hooker et al, but in drought ravaged #huntervalley there’s no better sound than rain on a tin roof. Play on #abouttime