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You know the drill. What you taste is one thing, what you rate highly is another. But what you spend your own dosh on is the real tale of the tape

For me another quiet month however

07 Church Rd Reserve Syrah. it good value and I want to try it on reputation
05 Villa Maria Reserve Syrah. Thanks Bick, finally got to take advantage of your half price retailer

That's it

A stash of 07 German off dry Rieslings
Devils Lair 06 Chardonnay
Tyrrells Vat 47 06 Chardonnay
Penfolds Bin06A Reserve Chardonnay 06
Mostly whites for the warmer months.

Nothing this month, I splurged a bit last month.

Fernfield Wines from Eden Valley, one of everything plus one to make a 6 bottle case...very happy with Triple C Cab Sav...rest to follow.

Grosset 08 white mixed 6 pack (the one with free freight from the winery)
6 Wendouree 06's (credit card ouch)
Arrivo Rose
More German Riesling

Viking Grand Shiraz 2007 - Yummy. Could finish bottle in one go which is dangerous.

Mak CabSMCabFranc 2003

06 Dupont Tisserandots, some 06 Henri Gouges, 05 Domaine Lafarge, a few 05 Bouchards, some '90 Wynns cabernet from auction, plus I also found a small cache of 05 Rousseau

Surely next month is a better time to buy, if you have any money left.

2002 Guy Bocard Meursault Navarins
2005 Dugat-Py Chambertin
2005 Prieure-Roch CdB
2005 Prieure-Roch Les Clous
2007 Jean Foillard Cote de Py Morgon
2006 Gonon St Jospeh
2006 Chignard Les Moriers Fleurie
2006 Gramenon Le Meme
2006 Gramenon La Sagesse
Egly-Ouiet Grand Tradition Brut
Larmandier Bernier Terre de Vertus
2004 Rockford Vine Vale Riesling
Rockford Black Shiraz
2008 Radford Wines Riesling
2005 Radford Wines Shiraz
2006 Decendiantes de J. Palacios Petalos

Some German rieslings are on the cards and I've got my hand up for some 2006 Phillipe Pacelet Burgundies when they arrive early next year.

Daryl Douglas wrote:Nothing this month, I splurged a bit last month.

That's all right Daryl. I bought 6 cases of Tahbilk.

Also a case of Seppelts Original Sparkling Shiraz. Perfect for Christmas.

Plus a regular order from Chrismont in the King Valley. All Italian whites. Arneis, Pinot Grigio and their new releases - Albarino and Prosseco. The Albarino is sensational - I am going to have to order more.

6 x RWT 2004
6 x Shaw and Smith M3 Chard 06
3 x Arras sparkling 2002

1971 Chateau Cos d'estournel
1971 Grange
1989 Chateau Palmer
1982 Chateau Musar
1985 Guigal Brune et Blonde
2002 Torbreck Juvenlies

Craig(NZ) wrote:
07 Church Rd Reserve Syrah. it good value and I want to try it on reputation
05 Villa Maria Reserve Syrah.

I've also picked up a 6 pack of the Church Road -- great buying at a tad under $30 -- and a bottle of the '05 VM, albeit not at half price ...

That's it so far, though there's a few more I 'need' to buy this month.

Cheers
Peter

I've also picked up a 6 pack of the Church Road -- great buying at a tad under $30

yeah and its a wine that i think is a bit scarcer than you would think. i thought id just grab a couple when i saw them - no worries type attitude. got 2 of the last 3 bottles from GG vic park. surprising...guess the trophy lifts demand but still obviously not too much of it about

jester wrote:3 x Arras sparkling 2002

World class wine this. Am keen to grab me some for the festive season as well.

A six-pack of Amon Ra Shiraz 2003.

One can never have too much classic shiraz in one's cellar.

The deals are flying thick and fast over here so -
12 x Campbells Isabella Rare Tokay NV ($25USD/375)

And then 2 each of RL Buller Tokay, Muscat and Tawny

A mix of single bottles of Shiraz from some of the producers that are mainly export, like the Grateful Palate R wines (2005 First Class, 2005 Grail of Lisa), and Hazyblur 2005 Baroota and 2005 Adelaide Plains, and Flinders Run 2005 Shiraz. And a few others that escape memory at present.

Plus a bunch of other stuff from USA mailing lists arrived in the last week or so – Cayuse, Lagier Meredith, Russian Hill Estate.

Mike

Nothing much just,
6 bottle of Piper-Heidsieck Champagne
2 bottles (last remainning)05 Shaw & Smith M3 Chardonnay
6 bottle 06 Charlartan Shiraz.

Cheers
Boyeah

KMP wrote:The deals are flying thick and fast over here so -
12 x Campbells Isabella Rare Tokay NV ($25USD/375)

And then 2 each of RL Buller Tokay, Muscat and Tawny

A mix of single bottles of Shiraz from some of the producers that are mainly export, like the Grateful Palate R wines (2005 First Class, 2005 Grail of Lisa), and Hazyblur 2005 Baroota and 2005 Adelaide Plains, and Flinders Run 2005 Shiraz. And a few others that escape memory at present.

Plus a bunch of other stuff from USA mailing lists arrived in the last week or so – Cayuse, Lagier Meredith, Russian Hill Estate.

Mike

Mike

Gavin here.

Tell me, have you tried the Grail of Lisa yet?

After advice from the NZ crowd, I bought the following Pinots for pick up in NZ, of which I thought they were pretty sharp prices

Felton Road 07 ($48NZD)
Martinborough Vineyard 06 ($51NZD)
Craggy Range Te Muna 07 ($41NZD)

All from http://www.regionalwines.co.nz/

Other stuff for Chrimbo
Bleasdale Sparkling Shiraz ($16AUD)
Chrismont Marzemino Frizzante ($16AUD)
Peter Lehmanns Eden Valley Reisling 07 ($13AUD)

Gavin Trott wrote:
Mike

Gavin here.

Tell me, have you tried the Grail of Lisa yet?

Gavin,

No. But I will open it sometime this week.

Mik

It was supposed to be a non-buying month for me, but I couldn't resist when some hot prices on Dutschke came along yesterday so I bought a mixed case of these.
2004 Willow Bend (10 USD)
2005 St Jakobi (20 USD)
2005 Oscar Semmler (30 USD)

Lincoln wrote:06 Dupont Tisserandots, some 06 Henri Gouges, 05 Domaine Lafarge, a few 05 Bouchards, some '90 Wynns cabernet from auction, plus I also found a small cache of 05 Rousseau

Noice

For me:

Some more Castagnas
Some cheap Moscato for Christmas day
Some seasonal bubbles
Maybe some more 07 German Kabinett and Spatlesen. I can't help myself.

Sharkey wrote:

Daryl Douglas wrote:Nothing this month, I splurged a bit last month.

That's all right Daryl. I bought 6 cases of Tahbilk.

Also a case of Seppelts Original Sparkling Shiraz. Perfect for Christmas.

Plus a regular order from Chrismont in the King Valley. All Italian whites. Arneis, Pinot Grigio and their new releases - Albarino and Prosseco. The Albarino is sensational - I am going to have to order more.

6 cases of Tahbilk? List them if you will. I sure hope there was some marsanne and rousanne included! The best reason I can think of for moving down under would be Tahbilk wines!

Bob H. wrote:

Sharkey wrote:

Daryl Douglas wrote:Nothing this month, I splurged a bit last month.

That's all right Daryl. I bought 6 cases of Tahbilk.

Also a case of Seppelts Original Sparkling Shiraz. Perfect for Christmas.

Plus a regular order from Chrismont in the King Valley. All Italian whites. Arneis, Pinot Grigio and their new releases - Albarino and Prosseco. The Albarino is sensational - I am going to have to order more.

6 cases of Tahbilk? List them if you will. I sure hope there was some marsanne and rousanne included! The best reason I can think of for moving down under would be Tahbilk wines!

I bought quite a few of their member's everyday drinking wines - great value at under $10 a bottle
2006 Merlot, 2002 Shiraz, 2008 Sav Blanc, 2008 Riesling

Then they have a cellar door red dozen - 2 bottles each of cellar door only stuff - Cab Franc, Tempranillo, a GSM, straight Grenache, Merlot and Sangiovese (I think).

Then a 2008 whites dozen - again 2 bottles each of Marsanne, Rousanne, Riesling, Sav Blanc etc

They are also selling Marsanne and Riesling vertical 6 packs - 2003 to 2008, so I got a couple of those with the intention of drinking at 10 years old (already half way there with the 2003s)

Plus 2 x 2005 Shiraz magnums and 2 x 2005 Cab Sav magnums to put away for a goddaughter's 18th and 21st birthdays - 2005 being her birth year.

St Henri 2004
389 2005
Seppelt Great Western 1991
Vassse Felix 1994
Torbreck Struie 2004

Sharkey wrote:I bought quite a few of their member's everyday drinking wines - great value at under $10 a bottle
2006 Merlot, 2002 Shiraz, 2008 Sav Blanc, 2008 Riesling

Then they have a cellar door red dozen - 2 bottles each of cellar door only stuff - Cab Franc, Tempranillo, a GSM, straight Grenache, Merlot and Sangiovese (I think).

Then a 2008 whites dozen - again 2 bottles each of Marsanne, Rousanne, Riesling, Sav Blanc etc

They are also selling Marsanne and Riesling vertical 6 packs - 2003 to 2008, so I got a couple of those with the intention of drinking at 10 years old (already half way there with the 2003s)

Plus 2 x 2005 Shiraz magnums and 2 x 2005 Cab Sav magnums to put away for a goddaughter's 18th and 21st birthdays - 2005 being her birth year.

Sharkey, you are a lucky guy, living there where you can get Tahbilk at the drop of a dollar! I have the 95, 98, 99,00,02,and 06, marsanne. I also have one single bottle of the 02 rousanne, which I desperately need to find a reason to open. I also have some red. regular shiraz and some 1860 shiraz. The latter needs a special occasion for opening too. If you find yourself on this side of the pond, yell at me and we will pull some bark.

Bob H. wrote:Sharkey, you are a lucky guy, living there where you can get Tahbilk at the drop of a dollar! I have the 95, 98, 99,00,02,and 06, marsanne. I also have one single bottle of the 02 rousanne, which I desperately need to find a reason to open. I also have some red. regular shiraz and some 1860 shiraz. The latter needs a special occasion for opening too.

Bob
I still have a few bottles of 80s and early 90s Cab Sav (86, 88, 91 I think) as well as a magnum of 92 Marsanne - which also needs a special occasion for opening.

Bob H. wrote:If you find yourself on this side of the pond, yell at me and we will pull some bark.

Likewise.

Sue will be envious after her Syrah tasting at this

Picked up 4 bottles of 06 Cottage Block Syrah at $19 a bottle from the clearance bin at my friendly local supermarket

Partagas wrote:St Henri 2004

I'm looking at an offer for this at NZD 58 (AUD 44 / USD 32) that expires tomorrow -- any thoughts on the vintage (or price)?

Thanks
Peter