News: Australia's best Riesling?

Red Bigot · Post by **Red Bigot** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 11:32 am

And best white wine, as voted at the London International Wine Challenge a couple of days ago.
http://www.winebiz.com.au/dwn/details.asp?ID=153
Probably still some available if anyone wants to see if they agree.

(Also the Yaldara Farms Shiraz 2002 voted best Australian Shiraz, just so I won't be accused of a white-only post ;-)

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TORB · Post by **TORB** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 2:44 pm

The 2002 Farms Shiraz - I bet they wished they kept the price at $90 and didn't move ity through a discount brokerage house.

I have tried the wine but a "world beater" it aint! Just shows the "value" (sic) of these awards.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 11:16 pm

I will stick to my Leo Burring as No 1 thanks.

smithy · Post by **smithy** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 10:28 am

Torb,
I'm with you.

International competitions award the strangest wines.
My dear old Dad won Gold medals in London for the worst styles of wines.
Perhaps there's a lowest common denominator approach in the judging.

Take with a grain of salt, look more to serious respected comments like Halliday etc.
Cheers
Smithy

707 · Post by **707** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:01 am

I really enjoyed the 1998 Yaldara Farms Shiraz, a surprise packet when it was released. Still got an unopened six pack, anyone know how it's travelling?

Still possible to find any 2002?

These international awards might be good for the winner (congrats to O'Leary Walker) but they are a bit of a joke. Australia has won many of them over the years but very few of the wines were world beaters. 2000 Knappstein Enterprise Cabernet Best Cabernet? I've had it several times, it's ok a best.

I seem to remember John Riddoch winning at least two maybe three of those gongs for the 88, 90, 91?

Mike M · Post by **Mike M** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:34 am

So the McGuigan Shiraz was the top dog, huh? Does this mean that Brian actually makes some decent wines instead of all those drops for the masses, those yummy examples of fine Aussie viticulture we see here in the US? Since I share something in common with Mr. McG, like the same surname, maybe I can claim to be a long lost cousin of the convict clan and see if I can wrangle some of the good stuff. Whaddya reckon???

TORB · Post by **TORB** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 6:23 am

Without wishing to cast aspersions, this was the same company that got caught using different samples to the commercially available wine in the Divine Competition a couple of years ago so who knows......