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1996 Greenock Creeck "Creek Block" shiraz Old father time came and gave me a good working over so it was time to open something special. Hit the decanter singing - my first thought was you could smell the power just on the perfume of this one. Bizzare but true. Perfumed and incredibly all...

1999 GW Mr Walsh is a stirrer, a troublemaker and correct in this case. History, as the arbiter of these things, will show that 1999 shall eclipse both in time, thus rendering the argument insignificant. However, put both in your cellar. And as much 99 as you can find. Rockford BP Turkey Flat shira...

Great fun, and I also scored many brownie points with the wife and teens, cause at around $30 a kilo, snapper is NEVER on the menu!! Cheers, Rossi.. p.s I missed that score from the last one dayer in Cape Town..can anyone fill me in on the details??? Just watching the last one dayer now. You should...

When do you drink a $100 wine ???


Whenever you can.

TORB wrote:I have just had contact with Jermey and that post was his.

BA, you owe me a bottle of Clare Rielsing.

Would you prefer a Polish Hill or a Watervale ? Your website's not clear on which one is your favourite ...

I sincerely doubt this is the real Jeremy Oliver from Onwine. Wonder who it is stirring the pot? I am willing to bet it is the real JO. He has posted on forums before and specificailly this one a couple of times previously. I'll bet you a bottle of fine Clare riesling on that one. This "Jeremy Oliv...

You know, I'd be prepared to give up one-quarter (maybe even one third) of my existing cellared riesling if I could have the remainder retrospectively sealed sealed with screwcaps, let me tell you. cheers, Graeme I'd trade in the whole riesling stash on a 2 for 1 basis on those terms. I will give t...

One thousand, one hundred and seventy two and a half.

Can Scott & I try and build a kon-tiki.

Mr Twin,

Passed by the cellar door several months ago and the 03 Nirvana was the pick of them. A couple made it into the cellar anyway. Sorry, have no real notes. 03 Dark Side wasn't as impressive.

cheers
BA

I recommended the 2002 Murray Street Cab. Sauv. in my post above, but didn't mention how impressed I was with this wine, which seems to me to offer great value for money. I've not seen it mentioned anywhere on the boards, so was wondering if anyone else has tasted this wine? Cheers, Staybaker. Is t...

Wizz, Steve, Bill et al are right. Coonawarra is a long way from the rest of SA and shouldn't be rated the same. I passed on most 01's as they were not up to standard of the 98,99,00. 02's came in less impressive than 01's. Passed completely. 03's are looking good so far. Anyone who likes Coonawarra...

Why does this remind me so much of Jamieson's Run. The child label becomes so popular it grows so big it takes over the parent label. The old classics like the Mildara white label Coonawarra Cabernet became either impossible to find or converted to other JR labels (McShane's, Alexander's etc). Anyon...

Had the last of the 1990 last year. Fabulous wine. Nowhere near collapse. Also a 95 last year that was right on the button, again without falling apart. The lesser years seem to make 8-10 easily. The better ones - who knows? RB seems to enjoy these younger than I would.

cheers
BA

01 Malleea was a lovely wine when I drank it last time which was about late last year.Am I on my own here? 01 Cabernet was good 02 not bad but not great. The 01 Mallea was disappointing when I first tried it but has really improved with almost a year in the bottle. Much better now - you are not alo...

Aaaah...You like merlot...That explains it As per Sideways: "Anyone suggests f****** merlot and I'm f****** out of there !!" Cheers, M. Just for that ... one of the 20 bottles of merlot in my cellar will have your name attached and be allocated just to haunt you I was surprised to find 20 in the da...

Hi Martin, It was no surpise to me that the 4-5yo showed better than 2yo as they were the super premiums released with more age. They should show well. It was the 3yo showing much better than 2yo which was more significant. The 03's I've seen have showed well, though younger. We'll know more when th...

Ratty,

The Huntington Estate HB (home bottling) reds are unbeatable. It's a mailing list only, and they sell it in bulk containers, or for $98/case. Can be a little vintage dependant, but the good years really blow away all the cheap riverland reds.

cheers
BA

Martin, I decided to skip most of 01 at the Coonawarra roadshow a couple of years ago, when my 6 best wines of the tasting were 1x98, 1x99, 4x00. The 01's were just outclassed. That I had too many 98,99,00 already made the decision easier. I noticed the same thing last year when I preferred 01 to 02...

Shiraz 01 - Good without being exciting. Cabernet 97 - V.Good effort fr a lesser vintage. Cabernet 01 - Lets faced it, the last excellent Majella Cab, I had was their 2000 vintage. Lately their wines seems lacking some ommph! Malleaa 2000/01 - It's used to be the benchmark for a Shiraz/Cab Blend in...

michel wrote:
Anyone else got any other brisbane ones ?

michel

ISIS - A winning trifecta of good food, service and glassware. The only place where I've seen a BYO wine decanted with more care than I'd take at home.
They'll only take a maximum booking of 8 though - great for a small offline.

cheers
BA

Wilson wrote:I found the water quite mineraly.

Wilson

Funny you should mention that, Wilson.

Brisbane water has a higher mineral content than Perrier.

Yet we still only have one winery - and it's very ordinary.


cheers
BA

Don Coyote wrote: "sheeple" .

What a magnificent and magical word.

It's very interesting his use of the term "moron market". Coming from the land who's affinity with Jacob's Creek literally launched our export industry almost single handed.

It's sounds to me like he's got the hot air market cornered, being both a Philoshopher and a wine writer


cheers
BA

Hi Ratcatcher, I happened to have a 2002 Semillon on the weekend. Still very young and fresh, will last quite well and looks like starting to develop a little bit of complexity. Bodes well for the future. More in the hunter style than say a wooded Barossa. Reminds me a little of Huntington's from Mu...

I've been noticing that wine under screwcap closure seems to need additional airing to begin to show its best. Sometimes this is next day type airing. Has anyone else had the same experience/feeling? I'm trying to get clear in my mind if it's real or imagined, I of course believe it to be the forme...

Let's hope for the "Steve Hoff approach" to pricing - if it costs double to make, charge double for it - I'd have no problem paying $40 for an OLW Reserve. (Speaking of Steve Hoff, when is the Rosscos 2002 out? It should be a cracker) Ged Agree totally. A very good winery with top wines at very rea...

Bit of both really Torb. We've seen too much good wine in this price bracket over the last decade to be able to tolerate a mediocre wine here. I shared my last bottle of '90 with a wine appreciating (but not collecting) friend last year and he marvelled at how well we could do in this country. I agr...

Hi Duncan, I once had 4 from a case tainted. They were not all together in the case and bottles sitting in between the corked ones were fine. This was from a 5yo case that hadn't been opened, so I do not think it can happen inside the carton. I agree with the Guest here that it most likely happened ...

Barossa Accomodation - heaps of B&B's. try m and follow your nose. Restaurants - Barr Vinum is the place. In Angaston. Compulsory It's hard not to have an enjoyable time here. No great architectural wonders in the wineries. More like old stone country charm. Rockford is essential. Enjoy BA

Guest, I was there three weeks ago and no BP on tasting I agree with BC on the Frontignac (a pleasant surprise - take to an asian restaurant) and alicante bouchet. Both nice. Rod & Spur will hopefully be a beautiful & rustic old wine. Wonderful. I ranked the SVS the other way around, but tha...