Does anyone have any up to date views on 2011 hunter vintage?
cheers
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- Fri Feb 25, 2011 10:08 am
- Forum: All About Wine
- Topic: Just how bad is vintage 2011 shaping up for Hunter Valley ?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3368
- Thu Jun 10, 2010 2:05 pm
- Forum: All About Wine
- Topic: Best Cabernet Sauvignon under $15
- Replies: 44
- Views: 10484
Re: Best Cabernet Sauvignon under $15
Barwang is consistently good. And Tahbilk.
Both cellarable too.
Both cellarable too.
- Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:20 pm
- Forum: All About Wine
- Topic: 2006 Bin 389 - all gone?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3163
2006 Bin 389 - all gone?
Tried a bottle of this on release, really liked it, and had planned on buying a six pack for the cellar when it came on special like it had in previous years... but I got caught out as I don't think it ever did. Now everyone seems to be sold out, i can't find it anywhere. I checked and Gavin doesn't...
- Thu Dec 10, 2009 5:49 pm
- Forum: All About Wine
- Topic: Napa, Sonoma, Santa Barbara?? US Generally
- Replies: 4
- Views: 835
Re: Napa, Sonoma, Santa Barbara?? US Generally
My wife and I spent a night in Sonoma on a Cali roadtrip. A very nice town with some good eateries. Even prettier was the russian river valley, we had lunch in a cafe in Healdsburg (sp?), which was an even nicer town. Wineries were hit and miss, found lots of porty OTT stuff, but also found a couple...
- Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:52 am
- Forum: All About Wine
- Topic: Weekday Drinks- Oct 19th to 23rd
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3613
Re: Weekday Drinks- Oct 19th to 23rd
Wynns Black Label 2007 - Spotted one for less that $20 at one the mega retailers, and popped it open last night, gave couple hours in the decanter. Smelled inviting from the get go, and was a lovely smooth balanced wine with good length without any warmth or jerkyness issues, even as a young wine. C...
- Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:15 pm
- Forum: All About Wine
- Topic: Well done Penfolds/Fosters
- Replies: 58
- Views: 13293
Re: Well done Penfolds/Fosters
Thanks for that. Appreciate storage is an issue with oxidation.
Just wanted confirmation that corked = corked regardless of storage.
Just wanted confirmation that corked = corked regardless of storage.
- Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:28 am
- Forum: All About Wine
- Topic: Well done Penfolds/Fosters
- Replies: 58
- Views: 13293
Re: Well done Penfolds/Fosters
IF someone has proof of original purchase and a bottle is clearly TCA affected, which is confirmed by the panel, does perfection of storage come into it? Hello Good question. However, in this case it was not corked, not TCA. It was a very poor cork, causing premature oxidisation. As such, storage is...
- Wed Sep 09, 2009 2:30 pm
- Forum: All About Wine
- Topic: Lazy Friday Afternoon in Sydney
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1024
Re: Lazy Friday Afternoon in Sydney
I suggest the Ash Street cellars in the laneway at rear of the Ivy. Cool french provincial style place, and interesting wine list.
- Thu Jul 16, 2009 2:54 pm
- Forum: All About Wine
- Topic: Another example of how narrow and fix minded americans are
- Replies: 31
- Views: 5272
many aussies are some of the most blinkered wine drinkers in the world. many have cellars with 95%+ aussie reds I would be one of those. We're not all on the big bucks. I wish i could afford more cellar worthy imported wines. Imports on the whole have ludicrously poor QPRs. $100 for entry level bor...
- Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:45 am
- Forum: All About Wine
- Topic: How low will prices go?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2482
- Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:29 pm
- Forum: All About Wine
- Topic: Last Sunday this financial year......
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5356
Mike - care to speculate on how much longer the 2004 Voyager Chardonnay will last? I had my last one couple of weeks ago and it too was beautiful. best chardy i've had in recent memory. more enjoyable to me than the current 2006 vintage which seems oakier (but still great). seemed the oak had reall...
- Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:18 am
- Forum: All About Wine
- Topic: Business class or cattle class with change to burn?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3397
monghead, sounds like an awesome trip. Are you actually going to stay in Monaco? very pricey We spent a week in nearby village of Menton a few years back. we rented a small flat with a view at very reasonable price. great part of the world. on the broader topic, yes i could never justify (nor afford...
- Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:16 pm
- Forum: All About Wine
- Topic: Melb roadtrip
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1248
Melb roadtrip
Hi all Am planning a family roadtrip down to Melbourne from Sydney in a couple of months time with wife and young child. Was planning on stopping overnight in Rutherglen on the way down, so that is one way covered. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to stop over on way back. I am tossing up: ...
- Tue May 12, 2009 10:13 pm
- Forum: All About Wine
- Topic: Sunday 10 May......
- Replies: 47
- Views: 7607
Salmon Billecart Rose NV Great bottle of this, at least as good as last one which was 2 years ago purchased HK duty free. This one purchased from DMs - they supposedly kept it air conditioned out the back away from the neon lights. Even though circumstances meant it had to be drank from a foam cup....
- Tue May 05, 2009 2:45 pm
- Forum: All About Wine
- Topic: Fosters to sell Wolf Blass wine in plastic bottles
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4146
Part of it would be that glass is heavier than plastic. So greater carbon footprint in tranporting. This is why I try to avoid imported Italian sparkling mineral water, as its always bottled in glass. Mad to transport water bottled in glass across the globe. Wine is another matter though. Taste woul...
- Sun May 03, 2009 8:06 pm
- Forum: All About Wine
- Topic: May already - Sunday reports due....
- Replies: 38
- Views: 6014
- Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:53 pm
- Forum: All About Wine
- Topic: Weekly drinking report ending Sunday 12 April 2009
- Replies: 37
- Views: 7812
- Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:59 am
- Forum: All About Wine
- Topic: Penfolds - Prices later this year???
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1549
I missed out on specials too. DMs was expensive last weekend, $48 odd for 389. I gave the higher prices the steer, as figured they will come on special sooner or later, especially with the recession, massive production and I doubt they are selling much offshore. I asked the pimply faced kid at DMs i...
- Fri Mar 27, 2009 9:39 am
- Forum: All About Wine
- Topic: Penfolds Grange 2004
- Replies: 51
- Views: 11015
- Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:36 am
- Forum: All About Wine
- Topic: Sunday... fourth one for March
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5709
Rosemount Show Reserve Chardonnay 2005 Found one of these in the cellar. Wasn't expecting much. Full golden colour. Well rounded oak, good length, a surprise packet. Better than i remembered them on release. Very enjoyable with bbq'd whole snapper. Will prob be the last rosemount that i will ever dr...
- Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:22 am
- Forum: All About Wine
- Topic: Wedding wines
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2311
My wedding venue also had these fosters only wines. Did a tasting at the venue, and after way too much thought, I went for the 2nd cheapest bracket- the 2nd level of rothburys. Wine I would never drink at home as a quaffer. In the end, no concerns and no issues from anyone. I paid much closer attent...
- Sun Mar 22, 2009 4:57 pm
- Forum: All About Wine
- Topic: Qantas offering
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3270
- Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:24 pm
- Forum: All About Wine
- Topic: March already - what have you been buying
- Replies: 56
- Views: 11881
cellar purchases of last couple months: Hungtingdon special reserve cab sauv 04 x 2 Hungtingdon special reserve shiraz 03 x2 Hungtingdon cab sauv 04 x 2 (visited cellar door about a month back, easily most impressed have ever been by mudgee wines, should cellar a treat) Tulloch Private Bin Shiraz 07...
- Sun Jan 11, 2009 10:09 pm
- Forum: All About Wine
- Topic: Ahoy me mateys...... Its Sunday
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5059
penfolds bin 28 2004 my first from a 6 pack, coming along nicely, better than i had expected. had feared might be a bit stewed on nose, but extremely enjoyable, brighter fruit that i remembered,layers of texture and flavour. nice finish. kooyong clonale chard 2007 have had a few of these over the la...
- Tue Dec 23, 2008 10:52 pm
- Forum: All About Wine
- Topic: The Bar Humbug Sunday before Xmiss
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5010
Thanks, will try an 03 anyway for xmas, and yes will give a good decant. have 2 left for later years. in past week have tried - guigal cdr 2005. not as cohesive as the 2004, still great value for money, this must retail for 6 euro odd in france, good to mix things up. - mount pleasant philip 2005, t...
- Mon Dec 22, 2008 8:19 pm
- Forum: All About Wine
- Topic: The Bar Humbug Sunday before Xmiss
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5010