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Just bought some wines from Majestic in Blighty for when I arrive back and need some summer wines ...bleedin good prices vs here Villa Maria Cellar Selection Pinot Noir £9.99 Wither Hills Pinot Noir £13.49 Villa Maria Reserve Sauvignon Blanc Wairau Valley £9.99 Saint Clair Pioneer Block 18 ...

Blighty certainly does seem to have some sharp prices of the Penfolds compared to Oz, I see that the St Henri 04 is going for 24GBP, so $50AUD. I think I might as well pick a couple up when back there next month. Clearly the pound price is helped by the very strong Aussie dollar against the GBP Is i...

Jacob's Creek Centenary Hills Shiraz 2002 - Disappointing - possibly in a hole or cork driven variation. Initially very dull on the nose, but once it opened up it was angular, with obtrusive alcohol Must have been a bad bottle as I had one a few months back and it had a beautiful nose, I could have...

for the first time in my life I have managed to win something more the 10 pounds on the National Lottery (when I lived in the UK) ... this time round I am the luck winner of a Vintec V190SG2E (RRP $3,699) http://www.transtherm.com.au/index.php?section=products&id=21 I already own two wine fridge...

I am popping over to NYC for work in a couple of weeks and meeting up with some friends. They like wine, but have no clue as to where to buy wine, they would be looking at 6-12 bottles.

Can anyone shed any light on good wine shops, which have competitive prices

Cheers

This may be a silly question, but over the christmas period I had a couple of bottles that were faulty .. the biggest dissapointment was a museum released Lindemans St George 1990. However when I contacted Lindemans they said sorry and sent a current vintage of St George, no problem. However when I ...

Yep Jean was great .. she was literally walking out the door to go to the couriers when I phoned ... great service. I mentioned that you recommended a number of pinots including Lowburn Ferry, which she was very happy about, although she said she couldn't remember whether she had sent you the 07 to ...

So after canvasing opinions about what NZ Pinot to buy on this forum a week or so ago.. I duly ordered my wine last Wednesday with regionalwines.co.nz and even spoke to the people stating I would be in Queenstown on Saturday - leaving Wednesday. Could I get the wines for Saturday so I could drink so...

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 m Other stuff for Chrimbo Bleasdale Sparkling Shiraz ($16AUD) Chrismo...

Craig,

Yep, watching is for chickens. On our honeymoon we went to Queenstown and I flung myself off various rocks into the abyss ... the boss wasn't too happy after a while and stopped me from doing further jumps ... maybe she hadn't sorted out the life insurance at that stage

Sue, Thanks for that great suggestion re. tasting wines that will be a good option to duck away for an hour, without the boss noticing due to the credit card being used on clothes...and shoes ... and hangbags ... the list goes on and on I was going to buy via something like otagowines.com, however a...

I am taking the family over to Queenstown next month and wanted to bring back some PN. So far my cellar consists of the following PN Escarpment Wooing Tree Amisfield (will be taking the family there for lunch) Carrick Dog Point Last time I was in NZ I really liked the Devines PN, a heavier, richer P...

Wow I didn;t realise the price difference between good old Blighty and Australia for Grange, just doing a quick Google shows the following prices which seem to mirror the poor ratings of 1997 shown above. Is the 1997 that bad?? 1995 - £130.00 ($293) 1996 - £207.00 ($465) 1997 - £105.00 ($23...

Just back from Blighty ... and managed to get that bleedin Norovirus that has closed over 100 hospital wards in the UK ... 48 hours of hell ... so the 24 hours on a plane back here was less than enjoyable ... oh well at least it's warm here! Many mathematical equations were used to discover the magi...

Tetsuya's on Saturday with matching wines Cold Corn Soup with Saffron & vanila ice cream Pacific oysters with ginger & rice vinegar with 2001 Clover Hills blanc de blanc, Pipers river, Tas Smoked Ocean Trout & Avurga caviar with Otokoyama sake, junmai, Hokkaido, Japan Leek & crab cus...

I would also say the Zema Family Selection. Got great length, and for around $38-$40 I am tempted to buy even more.

Also have the Katnook '04 (and '01) and the Mamre '04, which I like

Not alot of wine this weekend as beer was drunk due to the RWC, England's loss, oh well such is life Lindemans Limestone Ridge 2002 Bought this direct as cleanskins for $17 ... will try another one soon, but this was not great. Had a greenish edge to it, little on the nose, did open up after a few h...

Cheers All, I think based on that I will get the crew to do the matching wines for the extra $90 ... well hey if we're spending $195 on the meal, it almost seems a bargain at $90 ... Cheers all. And here's to the weekend of rugby ... another 3am drinking start for the final Come on England!

In a couple of months 4 of us will be going to Tetsuyas for a long lunch. Having never been there before what do people recommend as the sorts of wines to take. Current thoughts 2006 Cloudy Bay or Villa Maria Cellar Selection Sav Blanc x 1 2003 Tyrrells Stevens Reserve Semillion x 1 2006/7 Peter Leh...

Grey Ghost,

That reminds me of a poor rugby joke

What's the difference between a teabag and the Australian (& NZ) rugby team?

The teabag stays in the cup longer ... boom boom!!!

Yes I know a crap joke indeed ... but hey as a Pom I quite like it ...

3 x Escarpment Pinot Noir 2006 $40 1 x Gravitas Pinot Noir 2005 $35 1 x De Bortelio Windy Peak Pinot Noir $11 6 x Bleasdale Sparkling Shiraz NV $14 3 x Tintilla Sangiovese 2005 $25 3 x Tyrells Stevens Semillion 2003 $20 3 x Stoneleigh 2007 Sav Blanc $14 3 x Peter Lehmann Eden Valley Resling 2007 $11...

Gary, I did wonder what that comment was about i.e. "beatified" meant ... I have learnt something new In Catholicism, beatification (from Latin beatus, blessed, via Greek μακάριος, makarios) is a recognition accorded by the church of a dead person's ...

Gary,

The vintages were as follows

2003 St Stevens Semillion
2004 St Stevens Shiraz
2006 VAT 9 Shiraz
2006 4 Acres Shiraz

They also had the Vat 8 Shiraz.Cab 2003

The Vat 9, 8 and 4 Acres all had the old baroque labelling which looked v good. (pricing as far as I remember was $40-$42)

What a weekend Two reasons, spent it in the Hunter and England forwards dominated the Aussie pack ... a few too many beers were drunk. Back to the Hunter. We ended up having lunch at Firestick cafe @ Poole's Rock , a great choice in the end, lovely, lovely food, not pricey at all and a great modern ...

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Currently in the Hunter ... the sun is shining, the birds are singing and it is a perfect day for some wine tasting .. great! Last night dinner at Tatler Wines, really good tapas style food, and 3 bottles of the Tatler Paddock Shiraz 2004, which went down a bit t...

Thanks for the recommendations, I like the idea of Blaxlands, I also found on the web Firestick cafe (Poole's Rock Winery) and also Magnum Cafe (Peterson's Champagne House ... it would certainly please the ladies). Any other thoughts on those above and any others greatly appreciated. Sorted out dinn...

I am taking some friends upto the Hunter Valley thsi weekend before they go back to Blighty. I have been there several times so have a good feel for which wineries to take them to. However I don't really know of any good cafe/cheaper restaurants to take them to ... any ideas???? Not looking for fine...

5th March

Here's hoping that England are still Rugby World Champions .... Yes I know, not bleedin likely!

Peter Lehmann Eden Valley Reisling ($12ish) Not often I drink white, but thought I would give this one a go. Gotta say I thought this was really enjoyable on a Sunday afternoon in the sun. Crisp, clean, lemon, lime, and even a bit of apple. Very nice indeed. World Cup rugby has now started so I thi...

Strugglers Flat

Agree with this one from Martinborough. Mind you I have seen the price creeping up to around $30AUD from $25 or so a year ago