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Tahbilk Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 I agree with the critics. My cheap wine of the year. It tastes of Cabernet, it tastes of the Nagambie Lakes region, and it tastes of Tahbilk – it’s instantly recognisable as all three. Tahbilk Cabernet has been on a roll of late but this release is fabu...

Craig,
Personally I'm upset. It's such a shame I so enjoy your input. As a fellow enthusiast, good on ya for getting a life!
What will be will be, que sera sera...

Hungus,

Now let's think. How many $448 wines do you regularly drink? Do you really think one bottle of Grange is worth say 6 bottles of Clonakilla Shiraz viognier/ Giaconda Warner; 5 bottles of Cullen Cabernet Merlot?
Or a cracker Burgundy...
Buy Grange if you think so,

Michael.

Good wine does gladden the heart.

Did you mean: Bonum Vinum Laetificat Cor Hominis ?

It's Melbourne International Film Festival Time.

Seen any good wines/films?
Neville K

Surprise, surprise... No. On current form Crawford River Riesling is Australia's finest iteration of Riesling. It ages; it's beautiful; it's lean, minerally and long. It is outstanding. I have not had Grosset 1984, but ... if I was selecting Landmark Australia 2010 Crawford River gets my pick ahead ...

Happy New Year! (Especially for ex-pat architect wine loving forumites in Singapore who might like this reprise). With many thanks to http://www.archinect.com/forum/threads.php?id=73714_0_42_0_C Most references can be found as above, but I have included some Aussie stuff. The stuff of life: Good arc...

It can happen quite quickly and quite happily. I joined Melbourne East Offline several years ago via the old Winepros site and it has been a very successful group that grew organically among unknowns from an internet forum. May I suggest one thing which has been remarkable over the years: 7 people. ...

winetastic wrote:On the subject of your girlfriend, given the fact she doesn't like wine, perhaps it is time for a new one?

A very fair question for wine aficionados. The wine life balance that is fundamental to working relationships and working familiesâ„¢.

If a 4 year old plays with an 8 year old a football will end up in a tree. To get the football down one throws another football up the tree, so that one gets down and the other gets stuck higher up. A gale blows and the football wedges comfortably 20 foot high. No hurricane will dislodge a footy kic...

Colin, Trimbach's Cuvee Frederic Emile is a top tier riesling. For Grosset Polish Hill to be considered in the same league is a very flattering asessment. In Australia the Cuvee Frederic Emile would be at least double the price of the Grosset, so value wise I would stock up on the Alsatian riesling,...

Hi Colin, The 2005 is far more linear, tightly coiled and more searing in intensity, length and lime citrus profile. It is slatey and minerally. It is a stupendous wine. If you can get your hands on the 2002 that would be a more interesting comparison. But 2005 v 2006, knock out win to the 2005. BTW...

Big party animal John John Howard's wine bill for Kirribilli House and the Lodge financial year 2000-01 through to 30 April 2007 $192,578 26952 REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, 23 May 2001 Kirribilli House: Wine Consultant (Question No. 2259) Mr Martin Ferguson asked the Prime Minister, upon notice, on 6 ...

Beautiful notes Cam. Balanced, thoughtful, and not cloyingly unctious.
Considered. R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

More than 25 people attended a chianti tasting at $10 per head, refundable apparently upon purchase of 2 bottles, but advertised as upon purchase. The retail cost of hosting the tasting was $376, The LUC would suggest less than $248. Tasting: a profit, before anything else. And you have herded knowi...

Clonakilla is the new Grange: but sexy, slinky and knowing. It is a five star buy. The best modern shiraz style in Australia. A veritable new classic. Armani in a glass. No downside.

Maybe I'm playing it down. Shhh

4/41 10th over. Unbelievable. Chase down 349! Great reality check for the Aussies. Thanks Kiwis for the high tune up. I reckon it would be fantastic if the Kiwis could be part of the Sheffield Shield (Puke cup). Tassie is on top. They beat the Vics in the last over on Sunday. Imagine if we had NZ in...

Good for football.

Aussie Rules of course.

Carn the Tigers!

Max Lake (Australian Biography) Max Lake – Friday's episode features Dr Max Lake, who has achieved success in three distinctly different fields – as a surgeon, winegrower and author 8:00pm Friday, January 12, 2007, SBS

Jancis Robinson on Len Evans: Farewell to a true lover of wine By Jancis Robinson Published: September 2 2006 03:00 "Two weeks today hundreds, possibly thousands, of wine lovers will drive two hours north of Sydney to Tower Estate in the Hunter Valley to give Australia's most famous wine man, L...

Poorly marketed: too little too late, too expensive. But I am tempted to go nonetheless. Coonawarra Wine Tasting Treat Coonawarra will come to you during August and September when its vignerons hit the road for the 2006 Coonawarra Wine Tasting Roadshow, bringing their latest releases to a city near ...

2003? (or 2002)

Giaconda is probably the most compelling wine producer in the country. The chardonnay is stunning; the shiraz dazzling; the cabernet very under rated and the pinot, well to be fair, variable (and maybe best forgotten). All things being considered this is a great marque. An Australian Grand Cru. I di...

This is actually quite good compared to the 2003 McClay Rd Pinot I can only imagine the score you'd give it. IMO, neither of these wines should ever have been released. Mugs like me paid $25 for these as well - just as well it was only a few tasters. I have a long memory though. Tony, why self-flag...

Where the F# ark AJ. Under a rock? Acerbic bitter sweet decadence where art thou?

It is a second label. These are modest wines. Quaffers. There is a Heathcote shiraz and a Mornignton Peninsula Chardonnay worthy of interest. They are honest fair wines. They are not spectacular. They retail at about $A16 and that is what they are worth.

Weekend in Sydney Dinner at Omega . Good wine list but brought up a Melbourne survival pack which at $10 a bottle BYO was more than fair given Riedel glasses in the Verner Panton white chairs and 2001 Space Odyssey vibe. Very competent service and food and pleasantly without 'tude. Rich food errs on...

Fab notes, Rob. Good read.Lucky boy. I wish I could have attended the Cental Otago pinot noir masterclass.
What was Alan Meadows, Burghound's views?
Neville K

Another wonderful year for wine which for me started off spectacularly with a celebratory weekend of Giaconda verticals, fascinating offlines and dinners like the PWS Burghound Dinner at Circa, Randall's Bordeaux First Growths 2002 Dinner, Domaine Leroy lunch etc and ending the year with a Bass Phil...

8) Attended the same tasting in Melbourne. (at Randalls)The Chardonnay was and a bit phenolic, with nice wood but too much for the balance of the wine. The Quintet was quite rich for a Yarra Valley (also showing mountains of very high quality French oak) and was better balanced. Not my thing I supp...