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Have a great night Gents. Would love to join you but just too many things on at the moment.

Cheers
Shannon

Hi Ian,

Apologies for the confusion, Brisbane is Friday 4th of July. I have also edited the original post as well. Hope to see you there on the 4th.

Cheers
Shannon

Melbourne and Brisbane Auswine friends we are attempting our first Rare Wine Dinners in Melbourne and Brisbane and we would love to have you join us. We are sure many of your have read the reports over the years about the dinners in Sydney and Perth and the fantastic provenance of our wines. We have...

We have a dinner on this Saturday in Sydney and there are still 2 seats available if someone is interested to taste a 1956 Maurice O'shea Sauternes and 1955 Woodley's Treasure Chest Claret. These are Australian wine making history! Full wine details below and more information on our website: Steel B...

Hey Tim, I am out now too sorry.

Diddy wrote:That Bordeaux dinner =

We should do a raffle for the last remaining seat!

$100 buy-in for 1/12 chance - not a bad punt!

Thats not a bad idea actually, now all you need to do is find 12 people prepared to lay a green back down for a 1 in 12 chance!

Reaching out to all the Perth forumites. I wanted to let you all know that we are attending Perth again in March to present a couple of dinners including our first dinner for Perth under $250pp. For all of you in Perth who read about some of the wonderful old wines we drink at the Rare Wine Dinners ...

Is there room for one more?

Auswine forumites we have a few tickets left to this Saturdays Rare Wine Dinner in Sydney if anyone is interested? Details below: Saturday 23rd November 6:30pm La Margherita Restaurant 7 The Strand Croydon Sauvignon/Chardonnay/Pinot Grigio 2005 Lis Neris, Bianco, Friuli, Italy (Magnum) Spatlese Ries...

In 4 weeks time I have a dinner coming up in Sydney that i thought may be of interest to some of the Auswine regulars. It includes 13 wines encompassing 5 vintages of the Mt Mary Quintet, some vintage Bordeaux and Burgundy with a few other wines to keep things interesting. The tasting also includes ...

I have added 3 posts to the Food and Wine forum on this board for dinners coming up in May including a Rare Burgundy Dinner in Sydney, a Rare Wine Dinner in Perth and an Aussie Icon Premium Wine Dinner in Sydney that will be matched to an all Australian degustation menu, most of which will be native...

Great notes as always, thanks Ian. I enjoyed this read and the wine comparison here.

Have a great night all. It is likely i would have been interested to join you had i seen this a little earlier however i would definitely be keen to join you at a future offline.

I totally agree, these are great wines. I drank the last of mine a little over 2yrs ago and have been waiting for Charlie to knock out another batch ever since.

A belated Merry Christmas to all. Wines over Christmas in short: Annual gathering with friends who enjoy a wine or two : 2005 E&E Sparkling Shiraz - Lovely Sparkler, big and rich with plenty of chocolate and dark blackberry fruit 1991Cape Mentelle Cabernet (magnum) - Lovely black currant nose wh...

Also the photo's of the bottles in TiggerK's post are the property of Ensofoto and although they are shared here they should not be reproduced without Ensofoto's permission. I will also post more photo's of the actual event here later. Bugger does that mean I have to destroy my T-Shirts? http://www...

They were definitely using both white and gold capsules for different wines back in 1964. It hadn't been endorsed by everyone admittedly but JJ Prüm did it. Perhaps, not being official, they had a different reason for using a gold capsule for some wines and not for others. Although, as you menti...

Big Thanks to TiggerK for the great write up and also Cam for the notes and powers of observation. Also thank to everyone else here for your positive comments and to those that attended on the eve. When a night like this runs as smooth as it did and everyone is as happy with it as they all were it c...

Thanks Jamie and i have to say i agree with your comments i have had some fantastic Borgogno at 60yrs of age and i am looking forward to the Tondonia including exploring other vintages perhaps via the cellar door in the not too distant future.

Thank you Craig, Mate we would love to have you along for the journey if you do decide to make the trip.

Redsmurf, I sent you an email tonight. I agree the 81 Lopez de Heredia white will be a very interesting wine. As for the 64 Prum i am hoping for a revelation.

Rare Wine Dinners, Journey into Italian Wine, Rare Barolo Dinner Buon Ricordo Restaurant Friday 14th September 2012 The Wines: Sparkling 1990 Ca' del Bosco Cuvee Annamaria Clementi, Franciacorta, Italy (3L Jeroboam) Chardonnay 2006 Gaja, Gaia & Rey, Chardonnay, Piedmont, Italy Barbaresco 1997 Sp...

Thank you Mark, Craig and Mahmoud, many great wines once again committed to memory.
Next stop Italy and in particular Barolo on 14th September at Buon Ricordo.

It has taken me just over a month to get this up but finally it is here. Enjoy. After making a decision to move the Bastille Day dinner from the Private Dining Room at QuarterTwentyOne to a new restaurant following the appointment of administrators to the Becasse Group I began the search for a new a...

Condolences to both Mel, yourself and family.

Just swinging by to say that I thoroughly support the nature of this forum. Many friends met and fine wines consumed as a result of participating. I completely agree with your comments. Have been a long time member and although i contribute far less these days than previously i am hoping to soon tu...

Viva la Riesling indeed. Every winemaker wants to make it, but no one wants to drink it. I cant stop drinking it, and just cant seem to get enough of it, particularly the aged stuff. Im about to head out right now to a French tasting at a fellow Grapemates house themed with Tour de France and i sti...

I just wanted to let everyone know that i have posted details for the coming dinner on 14th July in the Food and Wine section of these forums. I have 2 seats available for this dinner if anyone is interested in a wine experience like no other.

Cheers

Just thought it might be worth mentioning that there are some interesting German Riesling currently available in Wickman's June Auction. The 1990 Jos Jos Prum on offer would be a superb example of a medium aged Spatlese from an exceptional vintage in the MSR if you are looking for something differen...

Hi Mal, With regard to Australian Riesling i think it is all very well covered above and i would only be repeating what others have already said. Having said that i would like to add that personally i have found that many good Australian Riesling will often shut down and go into a dull and unexcitin...

Apologies for the delay but i just wanted to thank everyone for their positive feedback above. Those of you who attended it was great to meet some of you for the first time and as always it was a pleasure catching up with those of you who have been attending regularly for some years now. No doubt i ...