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Irish and soda generally

But champagne or sometimes a sherry if at the table

In a way the environmental argument against aluminium based seal isnt too bad. Bauxite is strip mined in the north od australia under favourable goverment conditions. Transported to plant 1000s of Ks away (Weipa to Portland) where it is refined with energy provided from the Latrobe Valley coal fired...

This is really the ultimate problem fo rthe publicly owned wine producers The business head wants increased volumes, increased margins, broader price points, marketable brands. The wine makers want to produce bloody good wine. The winemakers build a reputation the business gradually gut that reputat...

Hmmm, Although the wines matched to the food look great, $190 per person seems a little steep for this. For that, you could have got a couple of really nice bottles off the list. What do others reckon? Cheers, Monghead. In a way I agree with you Mong. If I was a local it might be a different story ...

I havent added it up and dont want to but it would be the $800 odd meal (first night) plus accom plus breakfast plus fuel plus being weak and going back the second night.

Strangely I havent been hungry since and I have lost all urge to cook.

Yellowfin Tuna, onions ,nori, garlic 2006 Craggy Range 'Beaux Cailloux' Chardonnay Hawkes Bay NZ Sounds simple enough but I couldnt find the nori or taste the garlic. Chef has this ability to transform items, extract a character or flavour, insert another, whilst keeping a wonderful synergy in the c...

Well we had heard about the Royal Mail Hotel for a number of years now and as a surprise the good wife (now elevated to great wife) booked us in for the degustation. She had off loaded the kids for the weekend and had us set up for two nights in Dunkeld with a little walking in between to burn off a...

probably fell off around 96 .

That was the last time we had decent seasons in central vic

Light musky wine from central north Spain. Near Leon. Not a DO wine
Dont know the translation

Could be wrong but it contained a fair bit of Heathcote fruit

Could still be a bit tight and unrevealing.

Let me get this straight

Companies are charging you for the priviledge of saving the planet but no companies are actually saving the planet.

I cant believe they would do that to me

I guess the pointing and grading of wine assumes the drinker will be expereinceing the wine in a certain environment, thus is not accurate for real world. We dont sit donw in the evening and compare a draft of 15 wines to each other, well most of us dont. Most of us prepare a meal, cruise the forums...

I worked with a bloke who forgot he had some wines saved at his mums place. Knew I was into wine so brought one of his dozen DArrys from the mid seventies. Weel preserved fully developed and only lightly bricked. It was techinically past the window but was still a magnificently developed wine. I sai...

For two blokes with nothing to say to one another you sure do crap on about it

When I read reviews these days, I look for new labels new regions, new styles. I realised long ago that points and single wine reviews are nothing more than curios. they mean virtually nothing to my drinking experience. If anythingI prefer them after Ive drunk the wine to gain further perspective, b...

It was gin and tonic at the Southern 80 for me this weekend but I am fascinated to hear your take on the region TORB.

Maybe a teaser on Auswine?

You cant back any of them in my opinion. For a start are you talking about thier latest column or thier latest encyclopeadia. They all change over time as do our own tastes. ie 6-7 years ago I was in sync with CM then sort of morphed to Parker, then drifted back to Halliday when he started a shift t...

Its a marketing concept thats been around for years.
The discounters did a fantastic job of gutting brands

I was in this game for a while and I think if you want to charge 50 shekels go for it but provide the appropriate level of service. lets assume you are a true fine dining establishment. At that price I would advertise BYO by appointment, where you can discuss the type of wine being delivered, how it...

Cant not be in this one.

Feb 28th


Com in Spinna

Ive heard a few people now say that they think that Cab S has more potential in Heathcote than Shiraz.
Maybe the winemakers are still working out how to handle it

Theres nothing more dull than pedantry with exception of an argument between pedants.
shouldnt we contribute to the argument through content and colour rather than infinitly disect the simplest of statements

most of the Rosemount range

or was that corporate greed I can never remember

Not a sommelier but looked in to it.

Was a wine waiter about 20 years ago before it was trendy to have Sommeliers. Had some questions for the ASA a few years ago about what Sommeliers earnt etc, they were less than helpful.

I dont use the word Tool very often but.........................

I would have thought this would generate more discussion

Also aged wines dont have much left as it denatures over time

Now who said forum baiting doesnt work

Great notes N4
Any idea of the alcohol on the Two Hands?

Was there any concensus on 'what makes'a Heathcote Shiraz?

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N4Sir you rock more than the Veronicas