2023 Bosward Touriga
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2023 Bosward Touriga

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2023 Bosward TourigaThe lesser known, Touriga Nacional (Touriga amongst friends) has been a favoured grape of mine since I started wine making in 1988. I was introduced to it by my friend David Guimeraens, who I studied with at Roseworthy College all those years ago. Davids home was (and still is) Portugal, Touriga is their Shiraz equivalent, widely grown and very versatile. Its notoriety is derived from its ability to produce the worlds highest quality Vintage Port.

The lesser known, Touriga Nacional (Touriga amongst friends) has been a favoured grape of mine since I started wine making in 1988. I was introduced to it by my friend David Guimeraens, who I studied with at Roseworthy College all those years ago. David’s home was (and still is) Portugal, Touriga is their Shiraz equivalent, widely grown and very versatile. Its notoriety is derived from its ability to produce the world’s highest quality Vintage Port. However, its suitability for the production of dry red table wine, is very well established. The varietal assimilates and presents its delicious array of flavours at a lower ripeness, this results in an explosive, flavoured wine with a more medium bodied feel. Like Barbera, Touriga is a rare variety in Australia at present, but one which suits our lifestyle and tastes.

Colour: Garnet with purple hues

Nose: Blackberry, liquorice, blueberry and violet

Palate: Soft and fleshy with gentle tannin. Blue and black fruited flavours linger on the  after taste.

12.5% alcohol

Deep crimson with blossom-flecked fruit tones of blackberry, blueberry and boysenberry with underlying hints of five-spice, dried citrus rind, turned earth, blueberry pie and licorice. There's a light, graphite-y edge to the powdery tannins, a thick tide of ripe black fruits on the palate and a siren-like call to fire up the barbie and slap on some steaks as the wine slowly fades. Me gusta.
93 points / Rated Special Value for Money 
Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion, 26 August 2024

Medium to full ruby with rich purple tones at the rim. Heady and fragrant, mulberry, musk stick and exotic spices all leaping out. Medium to full weight, has lovely density to the purple fruits with dusty tannins ensuring it doesn’t spill into flabby territory. Great length and poise to the finish where a whole melange of spices greets you and lingers long. Drink: 2024–2032.
Stuart Knox, The Real Review, 10 September 2024

 

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Hab Madoyan
San Leandro, US
★★★★★ 5
very good book
Format: Paperback
I was 8 when the Union collapsed. I don’t remember much, but the years that followed were full of conspiracy theories and stories about who “razvalil Sovetskiy Soyuz.” This book tries to answer that question. You can sense from the book that the author is not happy with how everything ultimately evolved. The Soviet system was corrupt, inefficient, and ill, but probably there was a chance to cure it rather than kill it. However, I think the book is overall quite balanced and very informative and is a must read.
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Brandon Nelson
Chelsea, US
★★★★★ 4
So very long….
Format: Paperback
Every time Yeltsin takes a nap? Paragraph. Bush mumbles something indecisive to Scowcroft? Boom—chapter! I felt like I was experiencing the fall of the Soviet Union in real, agonizing time. Look, it’s a fine book. If you’re going for a career in the foreign service, this is a good place to start. Otherwise, you can get a fine rendering of these events in much more concise form elsewhere.
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Boise, US
★★★★★ 5
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The author summarized: "The ghost of the disappeared Soviet Union ... still haunts the imagination of contemporaries .... This amazing story teaches us not to trust in the seeming certainty of continuity and should help us prepare for sudden shocks in the future" (p. 439). An engrossing in-depth eloquent analyses concerning the events and individuals affecting the 1991 demise of the Soviet Union. Moreover, the unforeseen Chernobyl nuclear disaster on April 26, 1986, crystallized the horrors of a possible nuclear war. Thus, a new orientation to end the exorbitant arms race with the United States. Further, General Secretary Gorbachev promulgated new reforms, including, relaxing travel restrictions in 1989: "... [T]he shock that thousands of Soviet people experienced when they crossed Soviet borders and visited Western countries .... For first-time Soviet travelers to the West a visit to a supermarket produced the biggest effect. The contrast between half-empty, gloomy Soviet food stores and glittering Western palaces with an abundant selection of food was mind-boggling.... This experience changed Soviet travelers forever" (p. 82). At times, repetitive and somewhat confusing. For instance, U.S. President Bush needed Gorbachev's approval for his Iraq offense, which was initially described on Page 143, then inexplicably again, on Page 172. On another occasion, the author indicated that Yeltsin was influenced by Alexander Solzhenitsyn's brochure "How To Rebuild Russia," on Page 150, which is again repeated, on Page 173. Scrupulous editing needed. Notwithstanding such glitches, nonetheless, a fascinating detailed portrayal of the unexpected implosion of a superpower. Having read other books on the subject, if I had to select only ONE about the USSR collapse, I would choose this as the best.
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Andrew Platek
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★★★★★ 5
Thought Provoking
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I bought this book after I heard the author on a podcast. Growing up in the US we have been inundated with the story that the collapse of the Soviet Union was an inevitable triumph of liberal, Western values. I had my doubts. Even poorly run dictatorships can muddle along for years. What the author did was center Gorbachev in the story. He was the eye of the storm. It was the terrible combination of Gorbachev’s ambitious idealism and gross ineptitude that led to the dismantling of the Soviet Union. Unlike much of Marxist historical narratives which emphasize the forces of history; the author shows that it’s individuals who shape events and are shaped by them. A different person than Gorbachev could have turned the tide in a different direction and left us a different world than we have today. This is a history book that teaches lessons not just about the Soviet Union but about human history in general.
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Luca turin
Chelsea, US
★★★★★ 5
A compelling account of the fall of the USSR
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Zubok describes blow by blow the series of decisions that sent the USSR towards disaster. Gorbachev, widely hated in Russia, comes across as principled but indecisive, ignorant of economics, and incapable of translating his worship of Lenin into coherent action. The book reads like a thriller despite the density of facts. Zubok is a pessimist, but his thesis is convincing.
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