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Well said, Wizz.

Martin's funeral service will be held at 2pm on Wednesday 13th November at Kelvin Grove Chapel, 270 Kelvin Grove Rd, Kelvin Grove.

Regards,

Tyson.

Dear friends, It was on the Auswine Forum some 13 or 14 years ago that I first met Brisbane property identity Martin Edwards (MartinE). We hosted the first Brisbane offline together with Ged Connors and our partners in 1999 or 2000, which led to regular blind tastings, dinners, verticals and even is...

Hi Craig, Thanks for your response. I always score wines as I see them, not to appease their makers. Even just this week I've been in the bad books of one maker (one that I know about!) upset about low scores. But I'm not answerable to winemakers, only to my readers. Your question about these wines ...

Hi everyone, The Penfolds pricing question is a good discussion. On the one hand I think the 'halo effect' is not a bad thing for Australian wine, and with Bordeaux going ballistic at the top end, it's inevitable that Australia's flagships ultimately start to head in the same direction. On the other...

Thanks Ian,

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Regards,
Tyson.

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... and these days I am very reluctant to but buy wines under cork for this express purpose. ... The sooner the majority of middle to top end of wines (Aus) moves to this type of closure the better. I would prefer to buy nothing but screwcapped wines from now on. And if some magic fairy would appea...

Hi Ric, The implication in my post was that wines under all closures should be treated with care as far as sulphides are concerned, hence if things are done properly to start with, no difference in winemaking should be necessary for screw caps. Apologies if I did not make this implication clear. I'l...

Tyson, This figure (and we all know itÂ’s a guesstimate but thatÂ’s fine for the purposes of the debate) means that (if you are lucky) one bottle in 20 with a cork will seal as tightly as a Stelvin. Given that number is so incredibly low, then surely, whilst itÂ’s t...

Hi John, I hope to see more of you again now that I'm no longer head-down in textbooks but have time to get to tastings again! Hopefully we'll catch up soon. In relation to the scalping question, the key lies in the fact that flavour scalping by natural corks and synthetic (plunged) closures (i.e. t...

Hi Graeme, My comment in relation to ullage was with respect to ullage level at bottling. I have not investigated the relationship between ullage and oxidation during ageing. This would be an extremely complex area to examine, since it would depend heavily on such things as the wine varietal, sulphu...

Hi everyone, Interesting discussion. I've been thinking more about the whole question of screw caps and wine ageing rates recently, and have been tossing around some thoughts with a few key winemakers who've had a bit of experience with screw caps for some time. This led me to make the following com...

Phil,

Let me know if you can't find prices on the Two Hands wines. I can give you Michael Twelftree's email address.

Cheers,
Tyson.

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Hi everyone, Thanks for your kind words. It's good to see screw caps getting the exposure that they deserve in the media at the moment. Around 1150 copies of "Screwed for good?" have been sold now. Only 1000 were printed, so the back orders for the second print run are piling up! I'm pretty happy wi...

Hi Matthew, I remain a big fan of NZ SB. Anything with a list of characters as long as "capsicum, passionfruit, asparagus, nettle, cut grass, tinned peas" falls solidly into the "complex" realm for me. I agree with you that most NZ SBs have "little scope for development" but they don't pretend to be...

Hi Gavin, Good on you for doing this bit of research for the Liebichs. Not surprisingly, a question such as this on a wine discussion board will inevitably receive a positive response. Wine marketers acknowledge that it is among discerning buyers that there is the least resistance to screw caps. Non...

Hi Ric, Greetings - I hope you're well. Wow, a cellar that's too cold. Sometimes I wish I had that problem! Using a domestic air conditioner for a cellar is a good solution. Rex has demonstrated that this can be done with resounding success. In the case of a standard small unit, replacing the thermo...

Good point, Justin. I believe that a good tasting note should be like a good wine: balanced. That is, it should have appropriate emphasis on fruit and flavour and at the same time sufficient detail on structure and quality. There is an ongoing discussion as far as emphasis on each is concerned. In m...