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by cellared_daze
Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:50 pm
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: TN: Mike Press Shiraz 2005
Replies: 55
Views: 12052

thanks griff, that's very helpful.

i'll take your advice and try to exercise enough self restraint to allow it some settling time.

appreciate your response.
:)
by cellared_daze
Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:10 am
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: TN: Mike Press Shiraz 2005
Replies: 55
Views: 12052

Bottle variation?

After much anxious waiting our 2 precious cases of the 2005 Shiraz arrived on Friday. So far I am a bit bewildered over the apparent variation between bottles. Our first bottle was a belter. Decanted and allowed to breathe for around 30 minutes, we were impressed by the luscious fruit, vanilla, oak ...
by cellared_daze
Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:06 pm
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: Performance of Dome 24 wine cooler. Could ours be faulty?
Replies: 10
Views: 1610

Final post on Dome 24 saga When I got home it was just under 30C in our flat. The cooler was sitting on 16.8C. I whipped the door open and flipped the knob to high. I could hear the fan turn down. 30 minutes later the air temp in the cooler had risen to 18C and I could hear that the fan was still lo...
by cellared_daze
Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:31 am
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: Performance of Dome 24 wine cooler. Could ours be faulty?
Replies: 10
Views: 1610

Thanks again for your reply... mkcoleman I think trying High is worth a go. We set the temp knob midway overnight and the temp in the fridge went up half a degree. hmmm We're probably being overly cautious about temperature fluctuation, so haven't tried the radical approach of setting the fridge on ...
by cellared_daze
Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:33 pm
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: Performance of Dome 24 wine cooler. Could ours be faulty?
Replies: 10
Views: 1610

Hey, mkcoleman This is my third attempt to remain registered as a user (after having being deleted as Threadbear twice). Thought I'd add an update on the Dome 24 saga... We exchanged our cooler for a new one yesterday morning. Despite initial optimism, the best it could do overnight on the Lowest se...