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$195 a head, according to their website. Yep - that's just for the wine though. Omnivore food component comes in at $150 per head. We were there just before Christmas and it was very good. Food was fantastic and the wines were eye-opening for us as we rarely stray from Australian producers. It shou...

it is the universe we are in. Maybe when we all get to heaven, the dear lord will have the perfect system, all our palates will be the same, there will be no bottle variation or any other bias. we can all buy a book on heavens 100 greatest wines and never need to argue its contents. We will be all ...

Put me down for 547....

Hey all, Anyone had any recent experience with these: Fox Creek Reserve Cabernet 1999 Yalumba The Menzies Cabernet 2000 Knappstein Enterprise Shiraz 1999 St Hallet Old Block Shiraz 1997 Wirra Wirra RSW 1999 Yalumba Shiraz Viognier 1999 Peter Lehmann Mentor 1998 Peter Lehmann Mentor 1999 Interested t...

Hi all,

Does anyone know anything about the above wine? It is not the John Zilm but apparently an wine that was bound for export...

Anyone tasted it?

Cheers,

Brett

Hi Jay, I wonder if you would let me know how the Edelstone is travelling - have one sitting in the cellar. had the 94 at the end of last year. its looking very good now - great year for henschke. unsure how long it will last or if it will get better but certainly nothing to stop you from cracking ...

Have too much that needs another 10 years so am back-buying wines if it comes up at okayish prices. Problem in UK is that older vintages can be very well priced via merchants but mainly by the case ... 12 x Henschke Mt. Edelstone 1994 12 x Annies Lane Contour Shiraz 1996 4 x Wynns Centenary Cab-Shi...

Update: The Editor of WINE has now emailed me to say that they will send me the two bottles 'from their editorial department'. I should point out here that I subscribe via Magshop and, I think, the promotion was from them. I have no idea if Magshop is an arm of Gourmet Traveller WINE or simply a thi...

I went two weekends ago with my partner - we bought a six-pack with no questions asked.

Brett

Hi all, I am guessing that a portion of you would be subscribers to Gourmet Traveller WINE. I renewed my subscription in July last year when a promo was being run to inlcude two free bottles of wine. Despite monthly phone calls, I was still waiting for the wine until I finally cracked and asked to s...

I'll have a crack at 735...

Brett

Not sure if it opens mid week but D'arrys Restaurant at D'Arenberg Winery is good - with view over the vineyard

Brett

Was wondering when we might see the bigoted point of view

Right on cue

Well, I am spending Christmas with my partners (of 5 years) family and extended family. Never met most of them so I need to tread the fine line between impressing them and trying too hard... Maybe we'll look at: Foggo Black Myriah Sparkling Shiraz 2002 D'Arenberg Coppermine Road Shiraz 2004 Bin 389 ...

That's nowhere near enough Pale Ale...

TORB wrote:As per Brian's suggestion, the cut-off date for guesses is the eighteenth of October.

You might have missed the cutoff ds....

3x Charles Cimicky Trumps Shiraz 2006
3x Glaetzer Bishop Shiraz 2006

Brett

Succinct - I like it

Hi all, Someone mentioned a couple of weeks ago that they had experienced a cork problem with Rockford BP 2004. I believe the wine had seeped almost to the top of the cork already. I have a 6-pack of these in my cellar (as I'm sure many of you do) and want to know if we should be cracking them out a...

Wouldn't be Rockford would it Gustav?

Brett

I had a half bottle of Rockford Basket Press (1999 I think) at the Victory hotel a couple of months ago - not sure if they usually produce halves (or if they are available to the public)

Brett

Fair point by both of you I suppose.

The point I was making is that everything in the control of Auswine was done well - that is, the goods left their premises 20 minutes after I ordered them. How far away you live is hardly in Gavin's control.

Anyway, I say thanks to Auswine....

Brett

There have been several threads in the past regarding online wine retailers - the good, the bad and the ugly. Let me share with you one of the good: At about 2.30pm today I placed an order online with Gavin here at Auswine. I almost fell off my chair when my secretary came into my office at 3.30pm c...

I generally only buy the BP Shiraz. Therefore, buy it via CD each year. Is there any way I can get on the Stonewaller list?

Seems you need to start out buying from the standard mailing list and then get promoted but you can't buy BP by standard mailer - bit of a catch 22

What is rugby? Where is Craig when I need him. I had the Weeping Sands Syrah 2006 from Waiheke Island. Pretty smart wine. Craig is wasting time in Aussie or at least he was on some work related junket .. and on the plus side England won .. my wife being english I have little choice but to grit my t...

rednut wrote:Thanks you all for the well wishes...

As for his name it is Joshua James

Big boy hopefully a Crows ruckman...

How fast can you get him ready?



Brett

Just how much are these prices likely to rise?

Oh, and how long is a piece of string?

Brett

Okay - make mine 21st November....

Brett

November 7th 2007.

And, I'll be needing that bottle of wine after I blow all my money on a Derby Day/Melbourne Cup trip....

Brett

I once met a bloke in Northampton, England who told me Northampton was the best place in the world. My natural question was 'have you done much travel?'. His reply 'Nope, never been out of Northampton - why would I?' Fair enough... if it were somewhere other than Northampton! (I used to play basket...