"Alive After Five" Some Young Punks

Met up with my friend Dana down in Boston's Financial District at Brix on Broad for their weekly "Alive After Five" tasting. This week they featured four wines by Australian winemakers Some Young Punks - http://www.someyoungpunks.com.au/.

First off, the artwork on the bottles was exquisite. I know you're not really supposed to choose a bottle by the label, but it sure doesn't hurt.


The best of the four wines was by far the Quickie! -- a mix of mostly Nebbiolo (85%) with some Shiraz (15%) grapes. It's a very light red, not jammy at all, which a really delicious almondy aftertaste. Definitely the kind of bottle you could drink all by yourself without realizing.

"We blame the booze. The whiff and the swill did us in and all that was left to do was to make more. In many ways the wines that weren’t worth the pull on the cork caused this as much as the wines that we will never have the pleasure of decorking again. This is Passion, a monster bigger than the three of us that leads us to soapbox, grandstand and sometimes pass out on the couch.

We wanted to do something that had been done before, to make exceptional wine with small estate charm.

The ethos is simple, self centred, and just a little arrogant - We make charismatic wines that are true to what we think ‘wine’ should be about. If someone doesn’t like the way we do it then they had better put the bottle down because there’s already not enough to go around."
-Some Young Punks Philosophy

These guys have a lot of fun with the wines, and that is definitely something I can support!

Curious about more tastings in Boston? Check out our Super Fun Things to Do in Boston calendar.