Dreamtime Ridge, Australia - Wine Review

I've got millions (very slight exaggeration) of wine review blog posts in my draft folder waiting to be completed and published. Some of these blog posts are so old I can hardly remember writing them, let alone what I thought of the wine.
But this wine, this blog post is freshly written today, and the impression the wine left on me is as fresh as if I'd drank it today - I actually drank it about a week ago.

So, what did I think of this Australian wine.
Well, firstly I'll say I'm not particularly keen on Australian wines, not usually - but this wine.......
This wine was so good, I'm definitely interested in trying more wines from Oz in the future.
It's not that we don't drink Australian wines in this house, it's just that we tend to buy more French, Spanish, and Italian wine.

Anyway, this wine, it was seriously nice, it had a pleasantly strong aroma of chocolate and those chocolate liqueurs that are popular at Christmas, and it tasted more like a liqueur than a wine, and reminded me of a light, young, port.
Now, I know that food can influence how wine tastes, so I thought that maybe I was loving Dreamtime Ridge wine so much because of what I'd eaten, but no, Mr.R had eaten something completely different to what I'd had, and he also liked this wine a lot, and agreed with me that it tasted like a liqueur and a young port.

From the label - 

Fresh, fruity, easy drinking red.

Great with pasta, pizza or grilled meats. 

13% vol

That's so typically Australian isn't it? The wine label description I mean; short and to-the-point.
No messing. No using one hundred words when 12 will do. Excellent! Hahaha!

Anyway, we loved this wine. It's cheaper than chips, and twice as tasty, and a bargain from Asda for £3.50.
Although it's probably only a quid in Australia. Joke!
Have you tried Dreamtime Ridge, Australia?
Did you love it?

Hereford, Tempranillo Malbec 2013 - Wine Review

Hereford!
No this wine is not from the city of Hereford, on the River Wye, in England, this wine is from the Maipu region of Mendoza, Argentina.
This wine was delicious!
It was big and meaty.
It's a lovely dark ruby colour, medium-bodied wine. 13% abv.
This wine tastes its age - young, but it's also delightfully smooth, good amount of tannins, and has a nice heavy mix of berries, slight bitterness of chocolate, subtle vanilla, and flavours of tobacco.

Hereford is a lot of wine for a fair price, £4.99 on promotion instead of the usual £7.99, from the Co-Op until the 19th of November, or until stocks run out, which may be soon with this lovely bottle of red.

From the label -
Original Argentine flavour, pure Argentine wine, it means, HEREFORD soul. This wine has a deep red and lively colour with aromas of red fruit. Well-balanced in mouth, it is perfect to combine with traditional dishes such as red meat, cheeses and spicy cuisine. 

I prefer not to drink wines from Argentina, but as occasionally happens Mr.R buys wine without paying much attention to the nationality.
Anyway, despite not usually choosing to drink Argentinian wine, I tried this wine, by which I mean I drank lots of it, and it was very nice indeed.
Have you tried Hereford, Tempranillo Malbec 2013?
What did you think of it?