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by Damo961
Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:20 am
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: Coonawarra cellar door recommendations?
Replies: 5
Views: 1111

Re: Coonawarra cellar door recommendations?

When we were there 2 years ago my wife and I were very impressed with a place called S Kidman wines.
Tiny little cellar door right at the top of the coonawarra.

They had some of the best VFM wines we tasted.

Zema and Balnaves were also good
by Damo961
Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:15 pm
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: Cork Count Competition 2009 - The winner is...
Replies: 94
Views: 10722

Re: Cork Count Competition 2009

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by Damo961
Tue Sep 16, 2008 1:14 pm
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: How do you guys choose the wine you bought
Replies: 74
Views: 10909

Tannic wines can fuel the fire of spicy Thai dishes: As delicious as they are, highly tannic red wines such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Bordeaux and Barolo can be difficult to enjoy with spicy Thai cuisine. The wine’s warm temperature, alcohol content and mouth-puckering quality can exace...
by Damo961
Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:19 am
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: WOOD CHIPS IN BARRELS
Replies: 12
Views: 1997

Wood chips are out of fashion these days. Try a couple of cups of iron filings. Gives your reds that nice rust colour without the pesky waiting 10 years for them to age.
by Damo961
Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:52 am
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: School Fetes - How to sell cleanskins?
Replies: 6
Views: 2170

I've seen it done before where they raffle the bottles. Buy a ticket and if it matches the list of lucky numbers you win a bottle.

There seemed to be a pretty high strike rate matching against the lucky numbers :lol:
by Damo961
Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:50 am
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: Cork Count 2008 Competition
Replies: 89
Views: 20305

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by Damo961
Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:16 am
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: Value for money - a hypothetical question
Replies: 25
Views: 7527

VC single bottle price is $52.99. It's possible I'll never buy another Penfolds red to cellar, maybe the odd bottle to try, there are too many alternatives that attract me at present. That would definitely be the end of an era of drinking Penfolds reds that started for me about 40 years ago. I thin...
by Damo961
Wed Nov 07, 2007 6:58 pm
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: Value for money - a hypothetical question
Replies: 25
Views: 7527

They already have in my local dan's. or at least stopped being 'discounted' Their regular price on Bin 389 has gone up $8 in the last 2 months or so. with similar sorts of increases across most of the penfolds range. Was in the Barossa on the weekend and the cellar door rrp is 51.90 for the 389
by Damo961
Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:07 am
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: Australian Moscato's
Replies: 34
Views: 9494

Brown Brothers also make a 'zibibbo rosa' which is similar to their zibibbo
but in a rose style. Tried both the other weekend and ended up ordering some of the rosa.

I think recommended retail is $16 or $17 but they can be found around for a couple of dollars less.
by Damo961
Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:17 pm
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: October - What have you been buying this month??
Replies: 45
Views: 10557

3 x Zema family selection Cab 2004
3 x Elderton Shiraz 2004
6 x Charles Cimicky Shiraz 2006
by Damo961
Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:55 pm
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: Nothing to do in retirement...
Replies: 74
Views: 17515

February the 11th 2008
by Damo961
Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:54 am
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: September - What have you been buying this month??
Replies: 52
Views: 12525

6 x Seppelt Original Sparkling Shiraz 2 x Kays 05 Block 6 Shiraz 2 x Kays 05 Hillside Shiraz 2 x Kays 05 Cuthbert Cab Sauv 2 x '00 John's Blend Margarete's Shiraz 6 x 06 Wynns Shiraz And a couple of bottles of white on the recommendation of the guy in the bottleshop after I was telling him I don't d...
by Damo961
Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:12 pm
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: Best Cabernet Sauvignon under $15
Replies: 44
Views: 10484

Bick wrote:Many thanks for all the recommendations.

Mike Press sounds great, but not easy to source in the NZ.


Doesn't look like Gavin ships to NZ.
Might be worth contacting the winery directly they might ship some to you.
by Damo961
Mon Aug 20, 2007 3:33 pm
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: What is your most recent purchase? August 2007
Replies: 63
Views: 14622

a 6 pack of Wynns BL (05)
and another of penfolds Bin 389 (04)
and a couple of bottles of Margarete's shiraz (02) to try
by Damo961
Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:39 am
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: wine glass terminology querie
Replies: 7
Views: 1583

I thought wasted was the term for when you'd made that gap above the wine occupy the whole glass enough times. :wink:
by Damo961
Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:20 pm
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: VFM sparkling Shiraz req
Replies: 10
Views: 2003

Thanks.
(yes I should have searched. sorry :oops: )

I'll definitely have to give the cellar doors a try. Particularly as I haven't been out to either before.
by Damo961
Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:13 pm
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: VFM sparkling Shiraz req
Replies: 10
Views: 2003

VFM sparkling Shiraz req

I've held to the belief for a while now that wine shouldn't have bubbles, but having tried a sparkling shiraz as part of a degustation dinner recently I've decided it's time I got over that. I'm looking for recommendations on good value for money bottles to give a try. Ideally in the uder $20 bracke...
by Damo961
Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:44 am
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: Best Shiraz under $15
Replies: 80
Views: 21002

Seems like a bit of an overeaction Matthew If this was a fully independant forum then the disclaimer you posted identifying you as selling the wine you referred to would probably have covered it. But it's not hard to see how posting links to your site on Gavin's would cause problems, given you're bo...
by Damo961
Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:35 am
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: It's Sunday........
Replies: 29
Views: 7756

I had a Wynns 2001 (while label) shiraz the other night Was taken to a restaurant for a casual meal so no decanting and fairly ordinary glasses. Was nicely balanced and integrated. The large mouth-filling flavours have mellowed. Dark berries on the palate blending nicely with fine tannins and result...
by Damo961
Fri Jun 29, 2007 3:53 pm
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: TNR: Mike Press Shiraz 2006
Replies: 19
Views: 3364

I tried a bottle the other night poured half a bottle into a decanter and left it about half an hour and then drank over the next 2 hours or so Well balanced, lighter than say a barossa shiraz, but still nicely medium - full bodied. Quite closed but with dark berries and spices on the nose and palat...
by Damo961
Wed Jun 27, 2007 5:44 pm
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: Cellaring of screwcaps
Replies: 9
Views: 2121

Cellaring of screwcaps

Okay without getting into any of the arguments about which closure is better... What's the best way to cellar screwcaps? I have been just laying them down like those sealed with cork but I had a carton the other day arrive with "For long term storage Store this way up" advising me to store...
by Damo961
Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:53 am
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: Cabernet Tasting
Replies: 1
Views: 843

I had a bottle of the Taylors CS 2005 last night. Fresh bright and lively describes it well. Lots of fruit, subtle tannins and a nice light touch of oak. Could probably happily sit for a couple of years to mellow the fruit a touch but is very drinkable now. My fiance and I had no trouble polishing o...
by Damo961
Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:39 pm
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: TN: Mike Press Shiraz 2005
Replies: 55
Views: 12725

Thanks

I may have to look at getting some.
Sounds like it could be a great value house wine
by Damo961
Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:47 pm
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: TN: Mike Press Shiraz 2005
Replies: 55
Views: 12725

Have you tried the 2006 shiraz yet Gavin? or anyone else?
I missed the 05 just wondering how the 06 compares
by Damo961
Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:59 am
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: Wynns 2004 BL 'Vintage release'
Replies: 5
Views: 1391

There's a pic of the bottle I'm talking about here (sorry can't make it link as I'm new) They seem to talk about it as regular BL, but I was sure i'd seen 2004 with just the regular label. I paid about what you'd expect to for BL on special - so it's entirely possible it is. I was just a little conf...
by Damo961
Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:09 am
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: Wynns 2004 BL 'Vintage release'
Replies: 5
Views: 1391

Wynns 2004 BL 'Vintage release'

I picked up some various bottles the other day to make a mixed dozen of wines I'm considering getting more of including a couple of bottles of what I thought was regular wynns 2004 BL. When I took a closer look though they had "Vintage release" on the label above 2004 and a separate sticke...