2013 Velvet & Willow Clare Valley Riesling

This Riesling smells of pear, musk and, at the outside, green apple and citrus. Its colour is unusually gold for the grape variety. On the palate its watery, followed by savouriness, so it is a Riesling definitely to be drunk with food: something salty such as whitebait or sardines – in fact, both would be fab with this quite unusual Clare Valley/Watervale Riesling.  $20 from the Clunes General Store and Cellars, NSW/Bryon Bay hinterland, and the eclectic choice of young winemaker, Jared Dixon, who runs the Wine Store. Velvet and Willow is such a lovely thing to say! Produced by Andrew Miller wines with a quote from Theodore Roosevelt  about perfection and failure, which is true to all creative production.