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Hi, sorry to hi-jack the thread - what are the differences between Sherry, VP, Tokay and Muscat? for beginner, any label that you can recommend? I'm tempted by VP deal posted on the other thread.

thanks.

I've started my stairwell cellar a couple of years ago and my latest account was roughtly 20 cases - and it is pretty much at its capacity . i have no real strategy, i buy a few to try, then buy more of what i think will be good for the long term. Now that you've brought it up, i have to go give it ...

here are some of my favourites:

Vic: Mount Langi Billi Billi, Waterwheel, Tar & Roses
Barossa: Glaetzer Heartland, St Hallet Faith, Rolf Binder Veritas
McClaren Vale: Arakoon Sellick's beach

Cheers

2005 Arakoon Selleck's Beach - much more approachable than it was a year ago.

+1 vote for Beechworth. Should checkout The Warden love the food there.

there are a couple of little wineries worth checking out too:
- Pennyweight
- Smiths - love their chardy

tt.

many thanks everyone, much appreciated. Allan, yes i do enjoy some good cabernet blends from Lake Breeze (Bernoota), Shotfire Quartage, but yeah, this time around i'm more interested in straight CS. Like some suggested, i should be more open minded about other regions outside coonawarra & MR. ti...

Hi all, I find shopping for CS in this price range a challenge simply because i don't know any better - everytime i try to look for CS, i ended up with Shiraz and now i think i'm overloaded with it - over 44% of my collection are Shiraz and CS is less than 10% would you please recommend some label t...

2x 05 Grant Burge Filsell Old Vine
2x 07 Glaetzer Amon Ra
2x 06 St Hallet Blackwell
2x 06 Bremerton Sellkirk

Thank you all, that was very helpful, i have my itenery around the following places: Wellington, Nelson, Fox, Queenstown, Cromwell and Christchurch. I couldn't resist the images of Milford sound, so have booked ourselves on to a day trip bus+cruise tour. At in Wellington we'll drive to Martinborough...

Craggy Range Zebra Pinot Noir 2006 : Strawbery, with beautiful floral and vanilla aroma. It leaves a lovely fragrance aftertaste. I had this wine with roast duck at a restaurant where they charge $10 a glass - a bargain! De Bortoli Windy Peak Pinot Noir 2008 : Fruity, with long soft tanin - it's an...

Is it for real?

http://www.wines-info.com/Newshtml/200812/1892008122011201257.html

thanks everyone Yes Tristram, i planned to head north while in Welly towards hawkes bay. Oh and i heard this thing about BLUFF oyster, i love to try it if i have a chance - and apparently it's only available in the north, can i find it in Welly? since my missus doesn't drive, and i'll be doing most ...

Thanks Craig, i'm thinking of doing a loop picton, nelson, franz josef, queenstown then christchurch with major stopping points being franz josef, queenstown and christchurch for a few days each - would that work?

Mery Christmas everyone. I'm planning to visit NZ in Feb for around 12 days. Given limited time, i plan to fly in to Wellington and stay there for a couple days and then head south with hired car, and if possible fly home from Christchurch. I need guidance in working out my iternaries - the objectiv...

TORB wrote:If the plastic was like a band aid and the tingling was a bit metallic, then there was probably low level Brett.

I don't think i say it was like band aid nor metalic tingling - but Brett?

at friday beer o'clock drink today at work, someone opened a Argentinian malbec, can't remember the vintage, with Lady Donna label. i've never tasted malbec on its own before, following is my TN: the wine has a dark, inky colour and has hints of plastic smell. the weirdest thing about this wine is i...

got 05 henschke keyneton estate euphorium for 28.45 a pop recently. it's a real steal i reckon.

hi, i'm just wondering if there's some unwritten rules about having my wine decanted at the restaurant. So for instance, if i order a bottle and wish to have it decanted - should i just ask? or is it up to the restaurant to decide? that takes me to the next question - is it worth the trouble? from w...

mate - i'm new in this forum, not sure if anyone told you, but that bug drives me nut

I suppose this is the stats of purchases not the actual consumption

2006 Rockburn Pinot:black cherry with soft tanin and mocha after taste. I didn't know pinot noir can taste as rich as this - i could have been mistaken for thinking it was a cab. sav. wonderful drop!

Kwatro, there was a discussion on a recent post about "hot" and "warm" wines. As I see it, your notes on the '07 Tatiarra indicate that it is a hot wine with alcohol overpowering the wine: " the alchohol content made its present felt - it was quite overwhelming to my nostri...

i was there 1.5 year ago - you're right, there are plenty of cheap french wines, but if you know where to look, you should be able to find oz wines - i went to a western style supermarket Metro just outside of saigon (apparently the only one of its kind in vn back then) - where you can find typical ...

2007 Tatiarra Shiraz Culled Barrel Straight out of the bottle, apart from the colour, the wine was dull with slight fruity scent and bland, watery mouth feel - not even a hint of tanin(?). After 1 hr in the decanter changed all that - and it has grown even bigger after 2 days - the alchohol content...

I can't remember how i got into wine. As an asian, i grew up seeing asian men drinking rice-wine/johny walker/xo in tinny little cup (don't laught, i know it sounds bizare, but i'm being fair dinkum here, i'm not surprise if they're still doing this in some part of asia!) with their meal. now fast f...

i was looking an easy to spell/remember email address, and after trying so many combinations without success, i decided to try something differrent and voila it worked, that was it.

as to my real name - errmm, is my initials tt good enough?

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if you're in the spa country, i'm sure you've heard of the Lake House in Daylesford - if not you have to check it out.
Wildwood winery that Sean was talking about serves excellent & honest food...hmm that makes me thinking...

04 St Henri
08 Pewsey vale riesling
06 Glaetzer Bishop
05 Glaetzer Bishop
07 Tatiarra Culled Barrel
05 Hollick Cab Sav

Thanks - i'll take it with us the next time we have a w.end break - it'll be in a couple weeks time. I can't promise, but i'll try to post my own TN.

Hi

not much of a champagne drinker - and don't really know how to appreciate it.

i got this bottle as a gift - when should i drink it? and what food should i drink it with?


thanks
tt.