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HOGs been screwcap since 06 i believe

Well - its Prum time, so I'll be getting my fill of the 2017s, and have jagged one of the back vintage Beerenauslese that was offered as well :). There was also langhe goldkapsel this year, first time I've seen these I Australia. First time ever outside of the annual auctions that prum have release...

I would buy more wines I identified as being investment grade and dump wines that will always be obtainable. As my cellaring costs are relatively high, a percentage of my cellar being investment grade, makes the cash-flow worthwhile. So a little more Burgundy and Bordeaux, more Italian and more cla...

Great post this, have just had a great half hours reading, couple of my thoughts Some of the early Sami Odi wines are already unicorns, and I think will continue to be so, also several of the 2014 single site Hunter wines such as 4 acres, 1965 Vines Rosehill, etc will certainly be in contention. Al...

Im in

I'm a big customer of his olive oils. I order a case every six months and bring them home to HKG- don't trust the Europeans and its nice to support agriculture in Australia. I'm no olive oil expert but they're pretty nice oils! Anyways, like you Ian, desperate to try the nebbiolo. Australia makes i...

Put me down mate
Got an 08 woodlands shelley anne or could be heather jean, one of these

sjw_11 wrote:

deejay81 wrote: wasn't up for a big one so just took a 98 Sassicaia.

I can't imagine what you drink when its a big one if your quiet casual dinner drinking is Sassicaia!

Latache

Bloody hell, you’ld think something so expensive has at least a better strike rate then what white burgs does. Still i do want to try it if only to have had tried it. Just need to find someone to drink it with

Do i risk pre-mox and open it or send it to auction? Does anyone have experience with 08 white burgs?

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Hey Tim, works crazy atm, i dont think ill be able to make it on Friday so im giving up my spot, hopefully make it to one in the not too distant future

For information purposes only, there is an in-store tasting of the Bass Phillip wines this Tuesday at Five Ways in Sydney. (Gavin I trust you don't mind me sharing this info in the context of the discussion above). I see the Reserve is now going for $750 per bottle :shock: :shock: whilst the Premiu...

Vinh! Long time no hear mate. OK done. Most of the offlines have been during the week so i havent been able to make many of them, also i tried a 2013 mayford chardy the last time i was at an offline and it was a revelation! So hoping to try some few new chardys see if there are any in the mayford s...

Ill take the last spot Tim

Dont drink much whites, but the following are some of the most memorable wines, ive been lucky enough to try Right off the bat 82 JR, prob equal best wine ive ever tried. 2010 astralis, love me astralis! The 04 n 12 were great as well. 2006 HOG, what can you say about HOG, if it wasnt so expensive i...

Separately are you interested in coming to the evening? If so whilst we are ten I have every faith that someone will drop out based on prior experience. Would you like to go down on the back up list - you know you will get hit. Mark I would, but i have a tasting at gc on the 10th hahah So will wait...

Closer to a train station would be great thanks rooman! Brown Sugar was fun, food was excellent, service great, but location was tricky for many and it was rather cramped and noisy which made wine chat a bit difficult. If only we could find somewhere that ticks every box perfectly!! 1. BYO 2. Close...

01 d'yquem
Was blinded by $$$ signs, had 4, sold 3, shoulda kept em

we must do the 03 standish vs 06 beast soon

Brucer wrote:My Top 5.
Tyrrells 312
Standish 252
Rockford 203
Marius 161
Murray St 102

Jesus christ Bruce, u nearly have more standish then i do total wines! Hahah

Were they easy bout it? Like was it a simple "can i byo please" or did you have to justify bringing a premium bottle? They weren't too easy on it. It was wife's B'day and a couple of premium bottles of birth year wines. They said $40 pb but also had to order one from the wine list. I've t...

deejay81 wrote:BYO'd at Guillaume after asking nicely when booking.. $40pb...

Were they easy bout it? Like was it a simple "can i byo please" or did you have to justify bringing a premium bottle?

Mahmoud Ali wrote:Oh Vinh, Vinh, Vinh, that is serious wine porn. I had to go change my shirt because of uncontrolled drooling.

It was an epic tasting. I look forward to next yr and trying to out do myself

Happy bday to me
Aged bdx is a thing of beauty and that Astralis, massive powerhouse but ohh so enjoyable. If only i could drink these everytime hahah

Sell it all and get yourself some heartwoods, stuffs a million times better then every bottle you've purchased

Ahh righto Wish i had a us address lol Finally got onto the colgin mailing list but no means to buy em Vinh, I'm curious, what are the mailing list prices these days for Colgin's latest releases? Any chance you can post these? Top of my head, cariad and ix estate cab was 300odd usd the syrah slight...

Ahh righto
Wish i had a us address lol
Finally got onto the colgin mailing list but no means to buy em

Mike Hawkins wrote:I tend to buy most of mine in the UK these days. At current exchange rates it works out at $1350 per dozen in bond. That said, when i see them at $200 pb in Oz, I'm a buyer

If you do, please let us all know. I havent seen tait cdc anywhere near 200 aud in aust lately.

ReclineWithWine wrote:Clubs, mailing lists (whatever you want to call them) that I buy from:

Sami-Odi
Noon
Wendouree
Hurley
Mount Pleasant
Serrat
Greenock Creek (but how much longer?)
... and most preciously Sine Qua Non (US)

SQN deliver to Aust?

Sorry guys, that weekend is no longer good for me, shame as ill be missing out on some killer booze