The Auswine Forum

It's very easy to bring wine in for personal consumption at a lower price than retail, obviously -- you're cutting out the importer, distributor, retailer. That's the same for a lot of products. But try making a business out of it and deal with the courier losses, breakages, thefts, the items that j...

Hard to say. Philippe is professional but doesn't give much away; Frederic likes to be contrary. I always suck up to his wife. I reckon there are some goodies to be had at Le Tonton and Caves Madeleine too. Ask if it's not on the list or in view.

With some of the guys mentioned above, they are on the lookout for foreigners, sometimes to take advantage of, sometimes to frustrate. Philippe is the owner at Mon Millesime. He has a regular stash of old cellars (deceased estates) coming in and the pricing reflects market value. It's worth poking a...

I don't seem to have the memory I used to. Probably been spoiled by my generous wine-drinking buddies. Had some memorable wines at a dinner we organised at Tetsuya's to crack a group purchase 1993 Henri Jayer Vosne Romanee 1er cru Cros Parentoux . It lived up to the hype: sublime. At the same night ...

Has anyone tried the 2004 Dom Pérignon? Looking at opening up a few bottles for NYE and thought I'd get some feedback here first? I've tried three bottles and really wasn't impressed with any. Some wine-swilling friends, who appreciate good bottles I open but are happy drinking $10 stuff, were q...

What year is the Fritz Haag Brauneberger Juffer Sonnenuhr Auslese GK?

If you're going to Champagne there are still a couple of retailers selling older bottles from less high profile estates that are worth a shot. Most of the retailers will tell you whether the wines are worth drinking or just nice display objects. I've bought 1979 Palmer for about $125 for a mate and ...

Trying to restrict myself to birth-year and wedding wines these days: 5 x 1964 Bouchard Beaune 1er cru Baby Jesus 1 x 1964 Bouchard Le Corton GC 3 x 2010 Raveneau Les Clos Chablis GC 3 x 2010 Raveneau Chablis 1er cru Montee de Tonnerre Also a few quaffers while on holidays outside Vancouver ... not ...

Sam. Infloresence is his entry level wine, but I find that they're all good, but very different. He uses some of the rarer (allowed) grape varieties in Champagne. Mike Actually Inflorescence are the vineyards owned by his father, and as of 2014 they will pass to Cedric's ownership and change to Ros...

Mike Hawkins wrote:

sjw_11 wrote:RDJ Inflorescence 2009

Nice champagne. This may be zero dosage IIRC, but given the riper vintage, doesn't need much anyway. I'm a big fan of Bouchards... and they drink well young

Always zero dosage, single varietal, single vintage, single vineyard, no oak.

My recent purchases:
6 x 2010 Rockford Basket Press
6 x 2004 Seppelt Show Sparkling Shiraz
1 x 2011 Vogue Amoureuses
1 x 2011 Vogue Chambolle Musigny 1er
1 x 2011 Cathiard Vosne Romanee
2 x 2011 Roumier MSD Clos de la Bussiere

Have you tried recent Anne Gros, Hacker? I was unimpressed with her 2009s and 2010s.

The bottles must also show lot numbers somewhere -- on the label, capsule, even on the glass, and this should be repeated on the invoice. If you're doing this sort of thing, I think it's worth it to pay extra for refrigerated trucking in France too. Didn't know about the 100-litre limit, but then I ...

German riesling is always an inexpensive good bet for cellaring, and the 08s from good producers (kabinett and spatlese for under $50) should go 20-30 years easy enough.

Neudorf for me. Personally would choose Dog Point last.

20g is too dry for me! Yes, so picked at spatlese level and fermented to off-dry/feinherb level. The magic formula for these is about 3g of r/s to 1g of acidity. The Germans are trying to be more understandable with their labels these days. They are actually not putting kabinett trocken or spatlese ...

Oh, on their site, or do you subscribe? Any of my guys on there (probably not, they are little obscure producers!)?

You're on the money, Wizz. A clean auslese (so no botrytis), especially with age, is an awesome aperitif. I have a bottle or two of this when I go to an old friend's place in NZ -- with hors d'oeuvres -- and the low alcohol but high flavour is a great way to start. But I also love champagne.

Open another bottle for a start. If it's no good, show it to someone else to get their opinion on what might be wrong. I had two bottles of wine recently that people might have just presumed to have been very ordinary, but because I knew the wines and knew those bottles were not representative, I op...

I've been charged for a full order but it hasn't arrived yet (Sydney).

2005 Echezeaux Grand Cru (Burgundy) - Decanted for maybe an hour, and not nearly long enough for this wine at this stage of its life. Bloody fantastic though, as it began to open up in the glass, with a superbly weighted palate, and faint mocha characters lain over some lovely sweet leafy red-berry...

Hi Ian,

Hang in there, buddy! Just remember doctors talk from statistical averages ... you can keep surprising them for the rest of a long and healthy life!

Verge almost full, few seats still available at Estivo.

Brisbane guys, any suggestions/requests for venue?

Michael McNally wrote:And Brisbane???

First half of July.

Hi guys, Just a quick heads up that you can now book for dinners in Melbourne, with 12 wines (at least) to be opened each night. Probably 10-14 people each night, but fairly flexible if people get in quick. June 15, Estivo, Kew, $95 June 17, Verge, CBD, $130 Not quite covering costs but it's an oppo...

Josh and Phill? Be good if you can lock it online. Edinburgh Cellars are going to mail their list now, so the rest of the spots may quickly disappear.

Melbourne dinners now available too. Will start another thread.

Not sure it's quite that clearcut. A mate of mine bought two dozen 1975 or 1976 Lynch Bages 375mls and most of them were gorgeous. Not sure 750mls would go another 35 years and magnums another 105 years!

08 was OK for syrah, bad for cabernet -- it rained at the end of the vintage before most of the cab could be picked. There are reports of some good 08 syrahs: Gourmet Traveller wrote some up, and my guys at Unison are very happy with their new one, although they made only 200 cases. 09 obviously a c...

Wizz wrote:Peter, most interested in your impressions - I'll be in the Mosel in July, staying in Erden. I'm booking up appointments now,

cheers

Andrew

Oooh, where are you going Wizz?

Twenty people booked and paid now. Limit is 40, so go to www.eurocentricwine.com.au if you want to book your tickets.