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Isn't that your own fault though? Partly yes. Certainly can't attribute all of the blame on the retail market. Heck they get (e.g. the big guys) get away with it because they can If you feel you have to be sold at Dans, Thankfully for our brand we do not rely on the wholesale market and as such we ...

but if the tasting experience is good I don't mind the overpay if it isn't too much Is it really an "over pay" if the winery isn't making good margin via the retail / bottle shop stream and have to then pay increased wages and on-costs (e.g wastage etc) and therefore stick to their "...

Keep in mind that the wine industry is one of very few who give away their products, time, effort and expertise for free in the hope that you will buy something. You can't walk into a - pub, have a middy/pot for free and if you like it buy a Schooner. - restaraunt, have an entree for free, and if yo...

Cant see much in the way of old vine Pinot and Riesling though. Does anyone know if there are any really old vineyards out there with these. Mount Pleasant (McWilliam's) in the Hunter Valley has Pinot Noir that dates back to 1921, planted by Maurice O'shea. This block was the source of the famous M...

Last 200 mls in full sized bottle showing lots of oxidation notes That is a fair amount of O2 exposure given you would have poured out other wine etc. Full half bottle in fridge mostly fine. Remember you exposed the wine to O2 while decanting into the bottle. Keeping the bottle full and cool certai...

Phillips Philip. one wonders where the fruit in the old Phillips is going. Alot of this fruit was from independent local growers or vineyards McW no longer own or are contracted to. Alot of these grapes are now going into small, independent labels where the growers have shifted more towards doing t...

Is there a good reason why it's not being promoted, along with thousands of others?

Production volume is much lower than previous. I'll see what I can find out.

I thought it worth while to pop my thoughts into this thread. For what they are worth Perspective / Position from a Winemaker and Vingeron in the Hunter Valley for both my "Day Job" winery, a Small-Medium business (6,000 cases per year) and Owner/Grower/Winemaker/Marketer for my own family...

Melb to Gosford - Say up $30 would probably be reasonable. Would be more if wooden box etc. - $80 for a 6pk. That's a bit rich. If they are being charged that, or say 80% of that and taking 20% as "handling" that makes if $64....they are being ripped off! Postage / shipping costs are high ...

Plenty of use in the late 1960's and plenty in the 1970's before it went off the boil when the screwcap developed a reputation for only being used on cheap stuff. I remember trying a couple of wines from the late 1970's that were under screw cap followed by a great chardonnay from Wollundry Estate u...

The use of machine harvesting is very much variable depending on the wine style that is winemaker/winery is aiming for and the vineyard the fruit is coming from. If the aim is cheap plonk then there is no doubt that it will be by a machine. Not is this just because the harvesting is cheaper (general...

Bluegrass Cabernet? - Thoughts?

Any experiences with Saddler's Creek's wine Club - "Club Equus" ???

Brand spanking new Sparkling Cabernet;

http://www.saddlerscreek.com/cellar2u/i ... cts_id=414

I would think that Bainton's are the recent owners....not long term owners who sold to Rothybury etc Since then it has been owned by the Elliot Family, J.Y. Tulloch & Sons P/L, Len Evans, and more recently by a consortium supplying fruit to Wyndham Estate. A memorable collection of Hunter names,...

redwhiteandrose, I do not know the answer but something tells me that this is part of the now Margan vineyard. I believe they own part of what was known as the original Fordwich vineyards, some of which was the original Saxonvale vineyard which became owned my Hope Estate, I have a feeling some of t...

Mahmoud Ali, I think you may be correct. The "Brokenback" name, while sharing a name with the Brokenback range which is part of the great dividing rate, is the name of a particular vineyard which was in the past owned by Rothbury Estate. After Rothbury estate was absorbed by what is now Tr...

There was definatley vineyards towards that part of town in the past. When I worked at Penfold's (Magill Estate) I remember seeing photos of vineyards over near the race-course (Morphetville area). If your keen to find out the finer details give the Cellar Door at Magill a call and speak to John Mil...

The more alcohol our residual sugar in the wine will result in more 'legs' as the wine sticks to the glass due to surface tension of the liquid. Does this have any indication on quality....no As for structure...well it could indicate higher alcohol content or more residual sugar. Does this mean bett...

dave vino wrote:

pokolbinguy wrote:How much did this event cost to attend?

http://www.rarewinedinners.com/july-2013.html

Yep looked there....no price that I could see.

How much did this event cost to attend?

Ask them if they have the same reaction eating dried apricots. The suplhur levels in dried apricots leaves wines for dead. This is a much cheaper "experiment" to run. Also don't assume that "organic" = low sulphur.....their legal limit is lower than "conventional" winem...

Simple equation in which the more consumers shop at the big chain stores to buy their wine the less dollars there are to pay growers to grow grapes. The cost of production (equipment, maintenance, running costs, labour etc) have all sky rocketed in the last decade but the end consumers price has dro...

update The same courier company came and pickup the wine yesterday afternoon,i thought they would give me the replacement at the same time to save some $$, but they didn't. still waiting for my replacement wine. Its quite normal for companies to wait for confirmation that the stock has been picked ...

Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone has any experience and comments on the 2007 vintage of the Lakes Folly Cabernet?

Pok

no offense taken mphatic. I am not normally a "review" sort of person, to be honest couldn't be @#$@'ed what Halliday and co have to say about wines but I have a close relationship with this wine (was involved in its making pretty heavily) and had heard this review was good so I wanted to ...

no problem.

Hi All, I was wondering if anyone would be able to do me a favour and if you have a winefront subscription log in and copy the review for the 2011 Mount pleasant Mothervine Pinot. I would really like to have a read but am not too interested in purchasing a subscription for one review. Link is m Chee...

Funny, because over at Bert's place someone has just said nearly the exact opposite: Warming up wont help now. Hmmm, well someone (e.g. Dan Clarke) can be nice and negative then can't they.... If they wan't to come and look at the grapes then that might change their opinion!! From what I have looke...

Don't write us off just yet. Things have been shaping up quite nicely since xmas with some nice warm weather and the odd bit of rain (nothing to worry about). Grapes are looking good and if the weather can stay on our side for the next month then we should see a great vintage for 2011. Fruit has alr...