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Andre

Can you post the details of the device.

Thanks
David

Given the number times these wines (and others like them) appear in the auction lists it seems that there are quite a few people out there who think it perfectly reasonable. I guess the other side of the coin is that is it equally "despicable and not in the interests of the wine industry" ...

Gee... and I was sure CheapestVIAGRACialisLevit was a real one

Given all of the valuable advice people provided I thought it only fair to post the results. This particular tasting group started when a friend once asked for advice on some good wines. When he couldn’t respond with the sorts of wines he liked we brought together a group of like minded peopl...

Couple of recent bottles Paternoster, Pinot Noir 1998 Yarra Valley Black Cherry, Mulberry, Plum, bit of white pepper, long finish Morgan Vineyards, Pinot Noir, 2002 Yarra Valley Like a little baby brother of the Paternoster - and probably overshadowed by it. Warrabilla, Reserve Durif, 2001 Ruthergle...

Odds and sods: 2005 Seppelt Sparkling Shiraz: Disappointing. Red cherry fruit, a little lolly-sweet, lacks intensity. I had one of these a few days back too. Agree with your assessment - perhaps adding level of Brett that I found distracting. I might go so far as to say that I found that particular...

Cindy, I too have a Dome 24bottle fridge. Mine was given to me as a gift - although not a wedding gift. When it was given to me I already had off site professional storage and I remember thinking at the time that, while it was a very nice gesture, that what with my storage facility being relatively ...

Tasted earlier this week at a venue not really suitable for taking notes 1995 Penfolds St Henri Humming along, rich, complex, heaps of life left in it will continue to improve for some time to come. 1999 Wynns Coonawarra Shiraz. Slightly disappointing, nothing wrong with the wine, it just didn't liv...

Oddly enough two of my passions merge in this story I found on a sailing forum.


French send wine by sailboat

French vineyard owners are returning to a slower pace of life by starting to export their wine by sailing boat - a method last used in the 1800s - to reduce their carbon footprint.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/sto ... 20&ref=rss

In Victoria at least you can get a Temporary Limited Licence for Temporary or short-term supply of liquor to customers or club members for drinking on the premises. For persons or organisations holding: * one-off events, such as a ball or presentation night, * a one-off event requiring an extension ...

Thanks for all the great suggestions. I'll start hunting around and see what I can find. I fear that for the most part I will end up with newer vintages - simply from the standpoint of time and availability. While our tasting group format (for the moment) is stuck at 6 wines, the most common way to ...

I have been roped in to organise a small tasting of Australian Rieslings for a group of friends. The idea is to get a range - probably about 6 different wines that express (as much as that is possible with only half a dozen wines) a sample of the breadth of styles, characters, etc of the variety as ...

Ryan, I could not bring anything of the calibre of a Grange or even near. For I fear it was out of my price range even before the mortgage made a hit on my wine budget. I would however love to experience wines of that calibre, even if it ends up being just the once. If you are generous enough to all...

Equipment failure happens and I know that no-one can guarantee 100% that temps will always stay within the preferred bounds.. that said.. you hope they have the systems in place to monitor the situation and deal with issues as and when they arise. From the look of the graphs.. something had been ami...

Looking at the graph, it looks like their cooling system failed some time before boxing day and temps slowly rose over the following week. The kick in RH suggests the time and date the system was fixed. The disparity between RH and T look more like fluid temp rather than air temp. Or is there an ins...

I too would prefer a Friday or a Sat

and of the Tue/Thur options Tue is better for me.

Many years ago I was told a story by a chap whose brother in law owned a milk truck.

Apparently he made all his money transporting grape juice in and out of AOC regions by moonlight.

I wasn't able to make it to the last off-line but I am keen to attend the next one if the date suits.

Steve wrote:Forget the wine - if you like beer, and like Tooheys Extra Dry... it's (or was) available in plastic bottles.

Rum is, of course, more traditional.

I use an offsite facility for long term storage and use a small wine fridge for day-to-day consumption of "ready" bottles that I top off from storage on a regular basis. I agree with Alex, energy efficiency is probably most important. While I check the internal temperature on a semi-regula...

Take the time to make sure they are referring to bottles rather than glasses.

I am pretty much purely a red wine drinker, but have a love-hate relationship with the Rhone variety whites. 1994 Tahbilk Marsanne Vivid golden in colour, with a delicate sweet honeysuckle nose.. hints of almonds and a bit of dried apricots. Nice balanced acidity that supported a long lingering pale...

Its sad then that the Penfolds Clinics page - which describes what they do for a a "passed" wine does not equally describe what they do with a "failed" wine. If one was concerned, might one not go straight to the horses mouth (so to speak) to alleviate those concerns. EDIT Ok it ...

Due my lack of experience, I have no confidence in actually describing what I have tasted. I'd love to see what someone more experienced thinks. What other people think doesn't matter squat. What you thinks is what matters. Here is a hint that I gave to a friend once who was hesitant about starting...

I may be way out of line here in my understanding and reading between the lines...Grange is out of my price-range so I don't have any experience dealing with clinic bottles. That said, it strikes me that the clinic approach to marking examined bottles is flawed. Bottle passes inspection... a label i...

Red Bigot wrote:Eric, which "mainland" are you referring to?

In Hawaii they refer to the continental US as "the mainland".

After finishing the remains of a rather mediocre wine, I asked my partner to pull out a quaffer from the little wine fridge we use to store things that have been pulled out of storage for consumption at some point in the near future... A few minutes later a sheepish response comes back... err... I t...

Red Hill Estate Cabernet Merlot 2000 When I tipped this into the decanter there was a huge wave of strong blackberry that filled the room. Very strong blackberry and black current flavours which over the course of a couple of hours toned down a bit to reveal plum and vanilla but not much else. Soft...

Sorry to pull this thread even further away from wine but... Serge, you said you were in Sukhothai? Where in Sukhothai - just the city or did you get out and about in the Province. What did you do/see while you were there? I spent 3-4 months of the year for a good 10 years working in Sukhothai Provi...

You have to remember that chillies are not an endemic part of Thai cuisine. It is most likely that they were introduced into the region by the Portuguese sailors who - if memory served me correctly used them instead of citrus fruits to ward off scurvy. I have a totally unsubstanciated theory that wh...