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April 4th, 2011 - Vinteloper Wines makes Best of the Best 2011.

Congratulations to Vinteloper Wines for making Mike Bennie's Best of the Best List in the April issue of Gourmet Traveller Wine.

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Wine Fight Club Archives

Lazy Ballerina - Wine Fight Club June 2009: Memory Lane... McLaren Vale 1870's.

Lazy Ballerina - Wine Fight Club May 2009: Lees on the ground.

Lazy Ballerina - Wine Fight Club February 2009: Image, Image... James Hook shares his photographs of the vintage featuring Redheads Studio.

Lazy Ballerina - Wine Fight Club 10/8/08: James Hook Blogs. Wine opinion.

Lazy Ballerina - Wine Fight Club 21/11/08: Stupid wine names. Greedy Sheep. Cockfighters Ghost. Vampire Merlot Cardinal Zin.

Lazy Ballerina - Wine Fight Club 1/8/08: Phillip White vs Peacock.

Lazy Ballerina - Wine Fight Club 5/6/08: Tough but fair reviews of Lazy Ballerina - back catalogue, Inkwell and the multiple wines of Paul Petagna - a true shed winemaker.

Lazy Ballerina - Wine Fight Club 1/5/2008: A picture tells a 1,000 stories. 18 months work - taking a run down farm and garden - to create headaches. Lazy Ballerina Cellar Door.

Lazy Ballerina - Wine Fight Club 1/3/2008: Vintage 2008, some like it hot others sweat when the heat is on.

Lazy Ballerina - Wine Fight Club 1/7/07: Sub regions of McLaren Vale, Beer Fight Club.

Lazy Ballerina - Wine Fight Club 1/10/07: Cellar doors of the Napa Valley.

Lazy Ballerina - Wine Fight Club 1/8/07: Worst vintage... Ever! 2007 with super low crops.

Lazy Ballerina - Wine Fight Club 14/2/07: Game on! 2007 vintage begins.

Lazy Ballerina - Wine Fight Club 12/1/07: Lunch with Legends. Philip White on the Primadonna Shiraz/Viognier.

Lazy Ballerina - Wine Fight Club 15/11/06: Local Hero: Phil Christiansen. Longwood & 12 Staves reviewed.

Lazy Ballerina - Wine Fight Club 1/11/06: Redheads by Ric Einstein. New releases from Piombo, Wilson Gunn, La Curio, Azzardo & Yard Dog red.

Lazy Ballerina - Wine Fight Club 16/10/06: Vietnam Dreams. Wine shops on the edge.

Lazy Ballerina - Wine Fight Club 4/9/06: Oliver's Taranga- & how I lost my first job. WineChicks- Pink Marketing.

Lazy Ballerina - Wine Fight Club 7/8/06: The Sideways effect: I'm not drinking anymore f#%$ing Merlot. Plus our readers write. Competition- a shameless grab for email addresses, but you get free wine.

Lazy Ballerina - Wine Fight Club 30/7/06: Great White Hope: Pinot Gris vs. Viognier. The Rant- who shot who first? Why in 2006 the big companies are involved in trench warfare. Matt Rechner- Pinot Gris. Hastwell & Lightfoot- Viognier. 2002 Hahndorf Hill Chardonnay.

Lazy Ballerina - Wine Fight Club 15/7/06: Paul Petagna- the man behind Piombo and Diavolo. Vine Time with James Hook. Discoveries: The top 2004 McLaren Vale Shiraz's no ones ever heard of... Fat Hen, Thomas Vineyard Estate, Pertaringa Undercover Shiraz, La Curio Reserve, Lazy Ballerina.