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Danny, For "Best Red: Current Release: 2004 Penfolds St. Henri. Vintage: 1985 Chateau Decru Beauchamp Saint Julien." I think you meant to say Chateau Ducru Beaucailleau? Cheers..............Mahmoud Indeed you are right... I did take a photo of the bottle for the wineweek twitter account h...

# Best red : Current Release: 2004 Penfolds St. Henri. Vintage: 1985 Chateau Decru Beauchamp Saint Julien 1985 # Best white : Current Release: 2005 Leeuwin Art Series Chardonnay. Vintage: 2001+2002 Trimbach Cuvee Frederich Emilie (both were stunning) # Best value wine : Pirathon by Kalleske Shiraz ...

Just a little bit to kick off some discussion of your own, but over at WineWeek.com.au we're reached our 100th episode. So instead of our usual "$30 and under" self imposed guidelines, we decided to do something a bit different to celebrate the milestone. The four best Aussie wines. The ta...

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Cheers!

We do look mostly at mid-to-lower end (priced) wine. There's not much point in us reviewing Grange, Hill of Grace or d'Yquem... there are lots of guys and girls reviewing that end of the market who are better qualified (and probably better with their palates) than us. Our "best" was in par...

Goodness. I hope Greys paid you for that else it looks like a fine case of blogsploitation...anyway.. the 99 Gartner is a lovely wine. Always was. Records show buying 6 in July 2002 for 24.99 from Auswine I do believe. It has regularily sold on Langtons for about $11 which is a great bargain. GW No...

tonsta wrote:Cheers Danny,

If I may, how much is the Two Hands fee? I want to let my friends know in advance to make sure they're ok with it.

Tony

Don't remember exactly... either $3 or $5.

Torbreck is a must, and if you're heading that way, drop by Two Hands as well - they have a tasting fee, but if you're trying to impress Two hands do some mighty fine wine.

Goodness. I hope Greys paid you for that else it looks like a fine case of blogsploitation...anyway.. the 99 Gartner is a lovely wine. Always was. Records show buying 6 in July 2002 for 24.99 from Auswine I do believe. It has regularily sold on Langtons for about $11 which is a great bargain. GW No...

The $189 + 15% for a single bottle of 2000 Torbreck 'The Steading' isn't too clever either!

I went along to the tasting night in Melbourne on Wednesday. Not a lot of wine that I thought was particularly impressive. Did get to catch up with Max Allen, which was good, an I think he was of a similar feeling... But.. there are a couple I thought were pretty reasonable... So we did this week's ...

Really like the Torbreck Saignee, although it's difficult to get hold of. The newest vintage is supposed to be released this month as I understand. It's as dry as dry can be... very different from the (below) average lolly water Rosé drops.

As most have pointed out the Two Hands Brilliant Disguise is top quality. I liked the Wirra Wirra which I tried only a few weeks ago (which is also the smaller 500ml bottle like the Two Hands) I've also been reasonably impressed with the bianco De Bortoli offering as well. Nicely off-dry with a dece...

I saw these at Henschke's the other week. Very interesting, wonder what extra cost they add to a bottle. They seem to seal very well also. The people at Henschke that I've spoken to suggest that it's roughly au $1 per closure... which is very similar to what they are currently paying for top range ...

Normally I don't want to clutter up this forum by self-promoting... but this week I thought people might want to have a heads up on our current episode. The reason being that we look (with close ups) at the cellar door/mailing list Henry's Seven from Henschke which uses the 'glass cork' (or more cor...

As far as places to eat I would thoroughly recommend the Sevenhill Hotel. It doesn't look like much from the outside, but it is a great pub with absolutely top notch meals. The cellar is a little on the light side at the moment (I understand the place is up for sale). But they will do BYO at $10 cor...

I hadn't heard Grange, but had heard the Hill Of Grace is headed that way. I believe Henschke are going glass stoppers at the premium end, adds about $1 bottle to costs. This is the closure you're thinking of. http://www.vino-lok.de/inhalt.htm#eng It appears on cellar door Henry's Seven's at the mo...

At under $15, I think the Stephen John Blanc de Blanc is a pretty good bet, but will be difficult to get your hands on.

Hello Everyone, Just wandering if someone can help me? I have a bottle1947 Para Liqueur it has never been opened (still has seal) and the labels are in pretty good condition. what i am getting at is i don't like port at all and was thinking of selling it to someone who may appreciate it, though i h...

The one problem I have with this "match a wine with wood fired pizza" topic is that wood fired pizzas come in significantly different styles. I actually put myself through university by working as a pizza cook at a well renowned Melbourne gourmet pizza place. The difference in mouth flavou...

I was really disappointed to find a tasting fee at 10 x Tractor when I visited it this easter. Although only $3 (not the $5 of many instituting this), I thought it a bit rich when considering that their two best (or at least most expensive) wines were 'sold out' and so unavailable for tasting. To ch...

Spent the weekend up in Canberra with some mates... so there was less wine and more beer and bourbon. Havig said that tho', a trip so close to Clonakilla without dropping through. Tim, the chief winemaker was pretty busy so I didn't get a chance to chat with him (and I think they were getting ready ...

(snip) In regard to "vegetal vs capsicum" I actually find the two very different, but that could be because my definition of vegetal mightn't be quite correct.... I was certainly not trying to imply that your terminology is incorrect. This is one of the main difficulties of trying to expl...

Thanks for taking the time to do these side by side, I intend to exactly the same soon. I must say I haven't had much feeling of hotness from any of the 2004 Phoenix's I've had, but once again this hasn't been a view formed from blind tasting the two side by side. I am interested in your view that t...

Craig(NZ) wrote:in NZ this week you can get 389 as low as $30NZ peso which equals approx $5.50 Australian

Which off-topic reminds me of the old joke "What's the capital of NZ?" --- "About $10"

Gary W wrote:Who reviewed the 99 Grange at under 90 points??? It is better than the 98!
GW

Sorry... I meant to type "Hill of Grace" not "Grange"... my mistake...Wine Spectator has it at 82 according to another post here.

For a 'regular drop' I'd consider the Vasse Felix as an option, a very nice 04 Cab Sauv. with some nice oak behind the blackcurrent.

I can't get on the forum with a conventional google search engine. Only available through safari these days. Why are you trying to get on the forum through Google? Just bookmark the site and come back... Plus, Safari is a browser, whereas Google is a search engine. The two aren't the same thing. Su...

I can't get on the forum with a conventional google search engine. Only available through safari these days. Why are you trying to get on the forum through Google? Just bookmark the site and come back... Plus, Safari is a browser, whereas Google is a search engine. The two aren't the same thing. Su...

To continue the analogy I would rate the 04 Penley Phoenix as "excellent" - ie a step under "mint" and "near mint". And personally certainly the equal of the Majella in almost every regard, and better than it in terms of value for money. It's good to have some basis fo...