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2 x 1995 Rosemount Mountain Blue.
1 x 1998 Petaluma Merlot.
1 x 1991 Penfolds Grange.
All three flying under the market's radar and all three a bargin.

1996 Wynns John Riddoch - a bit of a funky nose, verging on what I'd expect from a pinot. Lots of olives on the palate, reasonable length. I expected more given the vintage. Mike, I opened one of my '96 JRs several months back and found it hard to distinguish the flavours in the wine because of the...

Red Bigot wrote:Stop worrying.

Ditto

Wandered the isles of Dan M's picking up bottles and putting them back for an hour and finally walked out with - 2 Tahbilk Eric Stevens Purbrick Shiraz 2002 2 Mount Langi Ghiran Shiraz 5005 2 Torbreck Struie Shiraz 2006 2 Houghtons Wisdom Cab Sav 2005 2 De Iuliis Show Reserve Shiraz 2007 So many win...

This is like watching a train crash.
Latest bid on the 2003 is $319 per individual bottle!!?? Thats $4592 with 15% and $15 per bottle delivery. $382.68/bottle!!

Thanks fellas, as I said before the wineries are only part of the trip and $15NZ is only $12.40AU so hopefully we will assist the NZ GDP.
Bill

Sorry to differ Michael but if you look in the bidding history the bidder has bid $149 each, for 12 individual bottles.
I think the bidder must be mistaken and thinks he's bidding for 1 dozen.

I was just browsing the Grays Online wine auction and noticed that someone had bid $149 x 12 which equals $2176.20 for 12 bottles of 2003 Ata Rangi Pinot Noir with add ons and thats $181.35/bottle.
How good is this wine? Is it worth the money or has someone gone auction crazy??

Thanks for the advice fella's.
I'll take a note of all the vineyards recommended and see where the wind blows us.
Bill

My wife and myself were planning a trip to Italy & France for 6 weeks around September '09 but with the $AU v Euro we have decided to a shorter 3 week trip around the south island of NZ in March might the way until thing pick up. Obviously wines and cellar doors will be part of our itinerary. Ca...

I'm going to take Dave Vino's advice and go with 2 each of the following:

'05 St Peters
Yering Station Reserve SV
+
Brand's Patron CS

That's about $300 +-

C'mon fellas more help please

Thanks Dave, I've got the Voyager, St Henri & the Tally but the others are the sought of suggestions I'm looking for. The St Peters I will put on the list. I thought about the Run Rig because of it's iconic status and I would hate to depart this life without trying some of the more out there win...

I've been saving my penny's and have around $500 to spend on wines for myself this Christmas. I have a reasonable cellar of around 300 wines mainly in the $20 - $30 range. I enjoy all wines white and red. I am thinking of buying an iconic type wine such as a Run Rig and spending the rest on $50 - $8...

The 2006 Yering Station SV is quite good but needs a good breathing

I also have the Kitchener but it is the 430 bottles model. I have a little over 300 bottles in it worth over 10k and as my collection expands I expect I will purchase another. I am very impressed with the "fridge" as the temperature varies little. It is set at 15 degrees. In summer it has ...

Thanks Gustav, humorous read.

Thanks, Graeme, Carl according to GaryW's reviews that seems like great value even in a poor year.

Can any of the members give an approximate cost for the yearly mixed dozen for the Tyrrell's Privite Bin Wine Club?
I enjoy many of the Tyrrells wines and Gary Walsh at Winorama has sparked my interest in their Private Bin Wines.

07 Torzi Matthews Schist Rock
05 Shaw Estate Shiraz
06 Shaw Estate Shiraz Cabernet
07 Clonakilla Riesling
06 Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier
06 Clonakilla Syrah

I bit the bullet about 6 months ago and outlayed about 5K for a Kitchener wine cabinet that holds over 400 bottles. I was keeping my collection of around 300+- bottles inside the house and realised that the collection worth over 9K was cooking in summer where the house got up to about 25 - 30 deg on...

Grant Dodd's web page thewiningpro.com has expired.
Does anyone have any info. as to what is happeing?
Cheers Bill

281 is a nice round number

One aussie iconic wine you guys seem to have forgotten is the great wine that might have started it all........

Kanga Rouge

I wonder what happened to that beauty

2 x Glaetzer Godolphin 04 2 x Granite Hills Shiraz 02 2 x Gemtree Uncut Shiraz 06 2 x Saltram Mare Brook Shiraz 05 4 x Granite Hills Riesling 06 2 x Howard Park Riesling 06 2 x Isabel (Marlb) Sav Blanc 06 4 x Clover Hill 03 4 x Croser 04 4 x Stonier Pinot Noir Chard. 04 Bubbles for Xmas day

You mean, when I say, "sh#t this tastes good". I sound more educated than I thought? Maybe the wine scribes are just like the rest of us but have a better memory of the descriptors for a particular grape variety e.g. Shiraz- plum, dark cherry,black pepper, spice then add their own personel...

Try Googling "US Customs" and search from there.

I have just invested in a Kitchener 430btl wine "fridge". I havn't received it yet so I can't comment on its capabilities. Last summer I kept a max - min thermometer in the internal room I keep my 300+ wines and the flutuation of temp. was about 17-20C overnight to 25-28C during the day. T...

Clonakilla! Havn't tried their Shiraz Vionier yet but going down in November and a visit is a must. Sounds like a great weekend. Have fun.

for giving the people of Sydney a long weekend. It has given me the oportunity to show some good friends some Hunter Valley wineries. They have never been to the Hunter before so we have put together a little tour. The itinery follows: Meet at the hotel at 11am off to Tyrrells then Audrey Wilkenson ...

Does anybody feel the same as I do that the points awarded for wines are too high and don't leave room to fully express a clearer judgement on where a particular wine sits in relation to its peers? Rarely do you see a wine score higher than a 97 or lower than an 80. This leaves a judgement window of...