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Aahhh...sounds like a classic offline in Adelaide. A lot of good wine and very nice people. I really miss it...sigh... Did you guys see the bottom of all those magnums? The fortifieds sounded fantastic. Nice notes as usual Ian! cheers Gustav Not drinking to much Australian lately (although I had a g...

About time I posted in the Auswine forum again For me it boils down like this: When I drink wine without the company of food I find a hot finish disturbing. However, a wine that's "hot" can be completely different when enjoyed with food, especially food with high fat content. In Norway nea...

And a glass of Richmond Grove Watervale Riesling 1998 from a cork-sealed bottle and not displaying the overt reductive problems of the screwcap versions. This bottle was in superb condition - still fresh to nose with vibrant lime, honey, toast and lightly dusted with dried herbs; gorgeously texture...

1998 Chateau Reynella VP (fantastic stuff) cheers, Shhhhh! It really is mediocre. Ignore the reviews please. I can't believe that a vintage port in this day and age is worth $30. cheers Carl Carl, Our opinions seem to be diametrical regarding this wine. I gladly pay $30 for this fortified shiraz. c...

1998 Chateau Reynella VP (fantastic stuff) cheers, Shhhhh! It really is mediocre. Ignore the reviews please. I can't believe that a vintage port in this day and age is worth $30. cheers Carl Carl, Our opinions seem to be diametrical regarding this wine. I gladly pay $30 for this fortified shiraz. c...

I've made some last minute changes. We'll be bringing:
2006 Cape Jaffa La Lune Shiraz (in the top three of what I've tasted while living here - still SA though)
2001 Heggies Reserve Riesling
1998 Chateau Reynella VP (fantastic stuff)

cheers,

I'm looking forward to this night. For a red I'm thinking of a Wirra Wirra RSW 02, or the Turkey Flat shiraz 02, or the 01 St Peter's. Any preferences Gustav? Chris, I'm a fan of all the wines you mention so I leave it up to you ot make the choice The riesling also sounds very interesting. I'm sure...

BTW Can I ask why so early, why a 6 pm start?? Is not 7 or 7:30 a bit more civilised?? or did I miss something? We usually start around 6.30 - 7, but I guess we need to start early to get through all the wine Especially after Sarah's "two bottles per person" statement I've never taken mor...

Alex,
Of the wines you list I've tried the 2006 Winter Creek Reserve and the 2004 LEAS Chardonnay and I also find them both stunning wines. The Winter Creek is of course too young, but the potential really excites me.

cheers,

Great notes as usual Ian. I generally agree with your notes. The Grosset was the best match with the soup and was my WWOTN. I had great hopes for the Zind-Humbrecht, but it was a touch too hot (the nose was fantastic though..). I also thought the aged rieslings were very interesting. The Poggerino p...

Hope you can make it Adrian! You always bring excellent champers! Chinese sounds very good. I like the cuisine and also the continous flow of food. It suits the high wine tasting/drinking tempo of offlines I guess I could organise this one although I haven't got any experience organising such an eve...

Steve wrote:BYO... it can mean bring your own wine, or bring your own chef...! With the right location to have a bunch of wine nerds and a good chef to cook for them, that could be a great plan.

That's exactly what I have in mind

Excellent initiative Ian . 30th is fine with us. I'll surely miss all the "wine friends" I've made here. And the offlines of course. BYO is by law not allowed in Norway , but I'll try to arrange the first "vinforum", our Norwegian wine forum, offline somehow anyway. The theme sui...

Last Monday Adelaide Fine Wine Appreciation Club (AFWAC) held a tasting of reputable reds from all over Australia from the legendary 1998 vintage. The only region where the vintage was not outstanding was Margareth River (and maybe more of WA?). It was a great tasting and I thank the organisers, esp...

Sorry about the delay. I've been very lazy. Here are my short, but honest notes. I must have lost my pen as the evening progressed as I lack notes for some of the last wines we drank . Thanks to all for a wonderful evening! 1995 Krug, Champagne Baked bread and citrus on nose. Powerful citrus and som...

2002 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon Very, very young, in need of a long decant, remained very tight and closed through the evening. Chunky tannins, loads of cedary and vanilla oak, red and black fruit(dark cherries, plums, mulberries, and blackberries), and lots of acid. Great potential, but just bar...

The lineup looks great! The Moss Wood and Best's are both looking very promising. Both wines were poured into decanters at 1 pm. I'll pour them back into their respective bottles just before we leave. Looking forward to seeing you all again (and your wines )!
cheers,

Bick, I tried the 1996 and 1998 this at a Classic Wines Club tasting not long ago and was not impressed. Maybe they are better young? Ian aka "n4sir" wrote some good notes from that tasting, see http://forum.auswine.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=8254 Here are Ian's notes on the Mountain Blue 96 a...

I agree with Nick. The Clonakilla sounds very interesting. Talking of decating - I guess both the Moss Wood and the Best's would benefit with some hours in the decanter?? Opinions?

cheers

After attending the Great Shiraz Challenge I was so impressed with the 2006 Cape Jaffa La Lune Shiraz that I bought a six pack. I had to try one just to see whether it was as good as I remembered it to be...and it was! Generous and ripe, but still restrained and promising. Very long finish and an ex...

I've finally bought the wines we're bringing for the offline. I couldn't make myself buy aged wine this time so I ended up with: - 2002 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon (I know it was a cool vintage, but it should be a very interesting drink) - 2004 Best's Thomson Family Shiraz (I've been aching to try ...

wet dog It sure sounds like TCA. Mario bottles his wines with Diam. Diam is supposedly the best conglomerate cork available. The producer of Diam is also very (too?) confident in their product ( http://www.tcafreecorks.com/ ). I guess screw cap would be a better alternative...... cheers

The Classic Wines Club held their annual dinner last Monday and what a dinner it was! All courses were spot on, my favorite being the slow roasted lamb which was out of this world! The dinner was held at Wine Underground (Pirie St. ,Adelaide CBD), which has literally risen from the ashes after a tra...

Forgot to mention that their 2002 Hanlin Hill Riesling was rebottled with screwcap closure. The 2005 was still under cork. I asked the CD staff whether they've had problems with their 2002 and therefore the rebottling (as e.g. Leeuwin). The answer was "no". The reason, if I understood him ...

pc79, I agree, it was a very nice, but daunting task to get through the wines. I posted a note on this event earlier (see http://forum.auswine.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=8333&sid=d782b64e6f0b13ce497e12f4fefdfa63 ) and I see that we have "The Beast" in common. It was indeed a great Barossa ...

I've wanted to go to Bridgewater Mill for a while now, especially because Petalumas Hanlin Hill Riesling is one of my favourite Rieslings. The 2008 has just been released and I was looking forward to trying it. We started by tasting two sparkling wines; the 2005 Croser and the 1997 Croser Proprietor...

95 Krug (or MV if preferred)

and

1989 Château Suduiraut
or
1994 Quinta do Noval Porto Vintage

That's what I call setting the standard! Must....stop....drooling....

Now...what to bring.

I've convinced my wife to come to this one so count me as +1 please. Maybe I'll get hold of a cool magnum.

cheers

I'd been looking forward to this happening for a while and I was not let down. $25 for tasting a selection of 300 shirazes in the $10-100 is reasonable My plan was to taste as many as I could (spitting all wines) and after 2 1/2 hours of intense tasting I had reached 136. I was quite exhausted and m...

I won't miss this one! SOHO has indeed been very nice the times I've been there. I'll also start looking for something special.

cheers