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Hi Gavin, I stopped visiting forums back in 2010 (just checked for accuracy) for a couple of reasons. I got sick of the BS here but mainly that other forum, now defunct, and I thought it inappropriate to keep posting as I was now also representing a couple of wineries and didn't wish to be like othe...

You left off the Gin and Beer to start with but

Some pretty fair cheeses to be sourced from those regions, as well as local dishes to go with the wine of your choice.

As I have gotten older I have almost completely given up on the steely acidfest that is Oz riesling and almost exclusively purchase old world gear. However I must admit to succumbing and buying half a doz Jim Barry Florita 2009 and a doz Jim Barry Watervale 2009 on our recent foray through the valle...

Probably quite a few more than you think, just that the mataro/mourvedre percentage is less 15% and hence not mentioned on the label.

1998 Bin 28 is still excellent
1998 Bin 128 forget it
1998 Bin 389, superb if you have a win with the cork. They were a real lottery as far as TCA was concerned.

As far as I'm aware, the Yalumba D Black is a vintage sparkler, not NV. And if you can find it for under $30 these days I'd like to know about it. The best price I've seen is around $36. It's a favourite of mine - nice combination of cabernet and shiraz. Sort of like a sparkling Signature. I think ...

A bit biased here as I sell it :- Magpie Estate "The Thief", Mataro/Mourvedre dominant in the dry/savoury style.

Gary W wrote:Heat with a screwcap won't oxidise the wine or compromise the seal. It will just boil all the flavour out..it's a theory. Best we have at present.
GW

And boil "wet cardboard" flavour in ???

Just because it is under screwcap doesn't mean it isn't TCA. Muted fruit and wet cardboard sounds like TCA to me. However the Angelina hallucination brings in the possibility of LSD

The monthly wine options lunch today and the bloke presenting the wines opened some crackers:- Cullen Reserve Cab Merlot 1988, drying out but still singing, much better than most of the younger Cullens I have had over the past couple of years. Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon 1990, only 2 years younger ...

19 years old, beer and spirits drinker, a girlfriend opened a flagon, yes that's right a flagon, of Sveta Maria Dry Red. The wine had picked up a gold medal at the Perth Wine Show and her father had received several flagons as a gift for helping them with designing the labels for their bottles. The ...

Muscat Mike wrote:

Davo wrote:The Hardy VPs I bought for my own kids 21sts were bloody lovely, 1977 and 1979.

Did you allow them to have any Davo?
Mike.

Hell no. Way to good for the likes of them

Rockford "Rod and Spur"
JJ Hahn "Reginald"

I buy birth year + 100 Seppelt Para Ports for the grandkids so I guess they should hang in there another 20 years. The Hardy VPs I bought for my own kids 21sts were bloody lovely, 1977 and 1979.

I guess you have never tasted Barossa Pearl (or Rhinegold, Starwine etc)

A little bird once told me that there are more wines labelled as coming from 100yo vines than the number of 100yo vines in Australia could produce. It was further suggested that one day this labelling conundrum may have to be settled by a lawyer and a horticulturist with a chainsaw.

Off the top of my head:-

Kays Amery Vineyards "Block 6" 114 yo.

Penfolds Kalimna Block 42 Cabernet vines planted 1888.

Veritas have a block of 100+yo mataro

You seem to enjoy the Oracle's style Davo - I still have a couple of bottles of the 04 Cheers daz It was in a flight of 5 with the Juniper Estate, Guigal d'Ampuis, Penfolds Grange, and Octavius. The other 3 Oz wines all had a sameness despite the different regions, the Frog yelled France though I p...

A bunch of 03 Shiraz, tasted blind at the Peel Shiraz Tasting:- Capercaillie "Ghillie" Katnook "Prodigy" Majella Bests "Bin 0" Peel Estate Penfolds "Grange" Cape Mentelle Plantagenet Yalumba "Octavius" Guigal "Chateau d'Ampuis" Geoff Merril...

Nice, I particularly like the warming open fire and leather sofas. Port snifters would have been handy, but.

If you are just up for Pub food, the meals at the Greenock are more than just OK. The Tanunda Hotel is usually pretty good and is an easy walk from your apartment.

If you want top nosh and are willing to pay - Appellation at Louise.

Better off having dinner at Vintners and sorting out lunches elsewhere like :-

Salters at Saltram, Greenock Tavern, or picnic hamper at Peter Lehman (or Rockfords if you are a Stonewaller).

Paranook Apartments are excellent, as are Cabernet and Bluestone Cottages in Mills St (even closer to the pub and restaurants).

If you want isolated and comfortable old world charm, Light Pass House in Light Pass Road, Light Pass is the spot. Middle of nowhere but strangely close to everything.

Sweet

Whoever thought life could be so complicated

You great Jessie

Waiters Friend wrote:You're right, Davo, got my wires crossed. Is it the Rathbones that own Yering Station?

Yep, that and Mt Langhi, Xanadu, and Parker.

G'day The following day saw a leisurely drive back to Perth via the South West Highway, and the scenic road through the Serpentine National Park - to Millbrook. The Rathbone family also owns Deep Woods in Margaret River, and Lakes Folly in the Hunter, and it's obvious they have a quid or two. A sin...

Personally I have had no problem (apart from the time taken) with returns from Penfolds for TCA affected wines.

1998 389 was a real crapshoot as far as TCA was concerned and I ended up exchanging all I had bought for equivelent value in Bin 28 after the first 3 bottles I opened were all foul.

Given my current committments I personally am not looking for any more regular tasting groups to join, it's hell already when all three occur in the same week. Getting old? I don't think I've ever met anyone that is getting younger... Around about 10:30pm I usually feel younger but the sensation ap...