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Dont' think theres a thread on this How did you guys first get into wine? And for how long have you been drinking it? For me, i would say about 6 months now, and out of curiosity really My mum worked as a labourer at a winery and the boss gave her a bunch of different wines, and i thought that i'd t...

well it just didn't feel like a 82 pointer what is that funny smell? bit of a carion sort of smell and the wine has small bubbles on top at the sides of the glass that don't go away, like all the bubles in the other wines i've had maybe because the body is light anybody know what i'm talking about w...

i'm drinking this: m De Bortoli Gulf Station Shiraz Viognier 2005 i find it a bit ... disgusting nice dark red color when held to light. brightish red. the nose is strange.. a bit floral, its different. not that pleasant. smells a bit like 4 day old wine. not vinegary, but that fruity estery smell. ...

I finally got round to driking that Penfolds Bin 28 Kilimna Shiraz 2004 nose balanced, alcoho not bad, dark chocolate. v. clear smell plum comes up with a swirl good first impresion, doesn't hit too hard spicy towards the end, good smooth tannins, not harsh. alcohol is in the foreground a little bit...

where can i get my hands on some of this cheap Australian Shiraz?

is there a risk in importing from the US?

So you two had the exact same bottle but gave too completely different tasting notes

is it any good?

i was thinking about buying a bottle

how much do you reckon its worth paying for? $15?

yeah tannin. i get that with tea i always thought it was a bit of sediment in my mouth or something im drinking the same bottle a day later, been in the fridge tastes about the same. alcohol dominates the nose, its rather off putting very harsh tannins, like eating raw banana. rather bland and taste...

[quote="Jules"]I have had about 4 years experience in bottle shops, and doing tastings and the stupidest questions / statements were: 1. Maybe they havn't tried enough to know what they like yet 3. I think they just dont want to drink anything that is clearly sweet. its either sweet or its...

was that tasting note alright? i wrote as much as i can, alot of notes mentioned tasting oak, but i never got it but drinking this wine, i was like "ohhh yeah... oak!" i still can't pick out the other substle stuff, like cherry, chocolate, spice, etc i'm still not sure what tannin and cass...

man, you guys list so many winemakers i never even heard of or see i just opened a Taylors Cab 06 won a couple of silver awards somewhere. On the nose, it quite pleasant, doesn't smell amazing. had a couple of sips, a bit flat, light flavour, no lingering aftertaste at all, bit of fruity wine taste ...

man, you guys list so many winemakers i never even heard of or see i just opened a Taylors Cab 06 won a couple of silver awards somewhere. On the nose, it quite pleasant, doesn't smell amazing. had a couple of sips, a bit flat, light flavour, no lingering aftertaste at all, bit of fruity wine taste ...

alright, thanks mate, yeah thats what i do.

oh and cuttlefish, you didn't say how good the wines were, you just described them

be nice to know how good you reckon it was

???? huh. it was a shiraz eh. i dunno, as soon as i tasted it, it reminded me of the crap bottle of Toolern Vale Cab 03, and the also dissapointing Hyland Cab 06 i swear it tasted JUST like a cab sauv and nothing like the Promised Land Shiraz i had i'm going to crack that bottle of Taylos 07 Cab, to...

I had a glass of Penfolds Bin 128 06 and it dissapointing it tasted alot like the other cab i've had, light, a bit bland, lacking aftertatse, or any sort of taste. they told me it was a new bottle too. i dunno, it didn't have as much taste as the Shiraz i had, maybe i just dont like Cabernet Sauvign...

is that a serious answer?

thats what i was getting at on the other thread

they should make 375ml bottles, ive only seen them for the sparklings

what are you talking about?

are you oversensitive to people referring to asians? the opposite of racist?

it was an Asian wedding reception, how about that. asian staff, asian food, cheap wine to keep the costs down.

been to three asian weddings, tried all the wine there, and it was aweful

0/3

and thats what got me thinking, whats the big deal with wine

that was a little while back

i'm the exact opposite

i love all kinda of thai food, just a flavour extravaganza in the mouth

excpet i dont like that Tom Yum soup, never liked it, not matter how good it's made

i thought he was being sarcastic

i was only shaking the bottle after i drank the majority of it, and i wasn't going t drink any more

i was wondering, hey, whats this black stuff

m i knew i was part right "Alcohol is a drug that enters the bloodstream without being broken down in the stomach by the digestive system." "However, up to half the alcohol is degraded in the stomach before it passes into the small intestine." ?? "the enzyme alcohol dehydrog...

I've done and exhaustive serach of thenet, and wcouldn't fond the answer to my question so how long will it take a red to form a small-moderate amount of sediment i notced my 03 cab, stored in the kitchen for a few years, had a bit of sediment at the bottom. it stuck as a sludge to the bottom of the...

good sentiments there Bick, if you got something to say, or ask then just do it theres no such things and stupid questions (please dont respond with: there are such things as stupid people, its a cliche) anyway, i generally find that people have a basic question, somebody answers it, and they dissap...

You can always depend on the kindness of strangers?

i dont see how thats relevant

Red Bigot wrote: 50%

i stand corrected

no bloody wonder half my asian friends dont get the red flush, and the other half do

i was always thinking they were so lucky to be in that 10% group

well the only reason i know about it is that it was mentioned ONCE in a lecture about 3 years ago, so excuse me if i dont remember it exaclty rather than accusing me of being an child, you are the child, just typing anything rather than thinking about what you're really saying and it IS 90%, that i'...

cool

saved me 20 bucks, thanks

yeah i do, 90% of asians don't have the Al DOH

well i wanted to know more about wine and then have a place to discuss the wines that i've tasted i could have done that at my regular forums, but thought it'll be a better idea to discuss it at a wine forum i've had many suggestions to read more about it, but reading is time consuming, and if i was...

i know the recommended is 4 standard drinks for a man and 2 for a women, with 1-2 alcohol free days

but the national mouth cancer dudes reckon its 2 for men and 1 for women