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kenzo wrote: pc79 - Oh my...and here's me thinking it had been an expensive month lol!

Access to Europeans from London ain't so bad. Still need to hide the CC bill from the Mrs. Divorce is more expensive than wine!

some '96 Chapoutiers Chateauneuf 'Barbe Rac' Ermitage 'Le Meal' Cote Rotie 'La Mordoree' Ermitage Blanc 'De L'Oree' Blanc Les Granits St Joseph Vin de Paille Marius Symphony x6 Marius Simpatico x6 A mixed 12 containing '18 Bream Creek Reserve Pinot '18 Deep Woods Reserve Cab '16 Kilikanoon Kellys G...

Looks like a great tasting Tim. Surprisingly, the 2017 cooindah was one of my best whites tried last year. Loved it.
Agree re: the quality of Aussie and NZ chardy improving in leaps and bounds. Look fwd to hearing about round two.

This: typical Rockford experience, sadly. The same deflated feeling I've had after visiting the past 4 times. Next stop Rockford. It pains me to say this but I was disappointed. Busy cellar door and rushed through the tastings. They seemed to have become a victim of there own success. Standouts were...

At dinner last night with a couple of others 2017 Thousand Candles Sauvignon Blanc Funk, Quite vegetal, lemonade, snow pea, grassy felons, some tropical fruits, peach and passion, apple juice with light salinity. Lemon candles. Rolls in and zips up with a lovely line of acidity. 90 2010 Dog Point Ch...

2017 is the vintage for me. Balance, persistence, incredible structure across most wines, particularly Pinot that I tried on a trip down there in January.

2015 was the best vintage for Cabernet in a long time imho. All were brilliant.

***which is what swirler said above***

Hi Asajoseph and welcome (back?) to Sydney. As mentioned, keep an eye out for discussion about offlines on here. Events to keep an eye out for Revel (formerly bottleshopconcepts) runs good events each quarter or so incl game of rhones, vindiemen, pinotpalooza, And a couple of others through the year...

Hi Sam,
Have just learned that a few bosses will be in town next week and I’ve been roped in to a dinner on Thursday with them. I know what i’d rather be doing.
Means that Pat and +1 will be comfortably seated. Apologies

I can tell you which one NOT to bring - Domaine A Petit Cab, had one yesterday at a tasting and it was bloody awful. Haha, Dave. Your comments were hilarious. This may suit if meat pies are in the menu? Tomato sauce/tomato leaf. I think the 11 suffered from many factors. The 06 may be a different b...

2015 MM Quintet. A buddy and I on the back deck at his place cracked this... Straight up getting Graphite, lead pencil, a touch of green/stem like characters. Reminded me of an old school pencil case. Subsequently getting some cherry/candy like aromas that had me thinking of red skins lollies. So m...

I will also be keen for this - date dependent

Hey Mark,
Top 4 Chardonnays
2015 864 Drive Block from Oakridge
2017 Luke Lambert Chardonnay
2016 Yarra Yering Chardonnay
2017 Bobar Royal Chardonnay

Special mentions to all Moorooduc estate Chardonnays with the estate offering great bang for the buck.

Gavin stocks it at $35. There are many worse chardies at twice the price

"Matt". "Who the fck is Matt" (krusty) comes a booming voice from restaurant side of the tasting room. Here he is, Timo. The man, the mystery. Loud, loose, family in hand. Voice reverberating through the room. There is a mystique in the wine world about what he's doing and how h...

Waking up bleary eyed and heavy headed after last night's festivities we packed and jumped in the car - which was more like driving around in a small tank - and headed to the Beechworth Bakery on the main drag for some breakfast pies which went down a treat. After knocking them off we made up our wa...

Amazing hospitality and generosity Dave, Tim and Andrew. I would have been blown away if strangers had offered the same open armed welcome to me anywhere. Hats off to you all! The dinner looks like it was a beauty and St Claude's is well and truly on the offline list going forward. Hope to catch up ...

Con J wrote:Thanks for the report, it’s lovely place to visit.
The Queen’s Birthday weekend Winter Wine Festival at Red Hill was an annual must back then.

Cheers Con.

That sounds the goods Con. June. Cold, misty some great wines and excellent food.

I think it is important to point out that after an email to them Yarra Yering have been very classy. A big apology and they are sending up a few bottles as recompense. Whilst it is pleasing to have our issues acknowledged, I do hope it gives them the prompt to have a look at their CD practices, ane...

Thanks PC, particularly interested on your thoughts re YY. Received a couple of emails today re 2015 releases, actually thought they were out some time ago...yes appears to be a lot of hype. I could be tempted in getting a few. Cheers Craig Hey Craig, the 15 YY reds are quite stunning. Actually all...

Day 2 saw us up early doors, the two chefs back on the griddle. This time, we had to knock off the remainder of the kg of bacon that was bought the day prior, more rich Mornington scrambled eggs with smoked trout and smoked eel, and then bacon, bacon oil fried bread and some fresh OJ. Just about kno...

michel wrote:Enjoying the notes and travelling vicariously with you
What is the Ten Minutes wine list like?
You guys have serious stamina

10x list is off the chain. 70 or so pages. An index at the front.

Less is more Dave. Appreciate the kind words.
Just wait for the report on day 2's tasting. I think we have all (those present) re found a previously discarded gem!

Three of us Sydney guys, drhesh, krusty and myself decided what better way to spend the long weekend than by getting down south and hitting up a couple of famed areas in south eastern Victoria. Flights arranged, itineries set and we were on our way. (Notes taken briefly and quickly as the wines came...

No worries all, and thanks for the kind words. Left an hour early as had to get to a dinner. Damage could have been greater.

Alright. Here goes. Apologies in advance for the general shortness of the notes, and somewhat similar feel to them. Had about 30seconds to a minute with each wine before moving on and battling the hoardes to get in there for a taste. Exceptional day. Scores are based on my preference, tannin and mou...

If you get another go at it, you might also find the following interesting. Sean Kalleske at Laughing Jack, Brett Grocke at Eperosa, David Lehmann at David Franz, Col Shepherd at Flaxmans, Damien Tsharcke at Tsharcke’s, Tim Smith, the list goes on ... enjoy :lol: :lol: Great tips. Thanks Malcolm. R...

Yep Mike and George. Totally understandable. Just a little disappointing that someone that was obviously in there writing away and being a bit 'weird' was potentially not cast aside as someone who might want to try the prems. Again, absolutely no requirement for them to do so, but to be cast somewha...

Recently had a day to kill in the Barossa. Here's how I did it. First stop of a quick day in the Barossa was with Dan Standish at his superb place of wine in Light Pass. The old Colonial Estate winery before they went belly up. Dan, a 6th generation Barossan having grown up in nearby Vine Vale knows...

Thanks for the collective wisdom of the forum so far. There seems to be a nice list emerging :D Ravensworth Wines - Riesling and Sangiovese Sassafras Wines - Collector Wines - Shiraz Gundog Estate - Marksman’s & Estate Shiraz Nick O’Leary Wines - Clonakilla - Ceoltori Mount Majura Vineyard - Te...

Add gundog marksman or Estate Shiraz, collector, nick O'Leary. All very high quality