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As it turns out, she is going to drink them.


Got to love her style.


Hopefully i get invited to dinner....

My wife mentioned to me that her mum is going to ask me today how to sell their recently deceased uncles grange collection. 5 days after the clinic passed through town! Stuff dating back to the 60's. 600 odd bottles of wine stored in professionally built cellar (obviously not all Grange I'm sure). S...

Missed this one. I have a bunch of 150mm sandwich foam panels that i am fitting inside a garden shed i picked up only a couple weeks ago. I like the idea of it looking like a shed so it shows less interest. I am really not happy with the kitchener wine cabinet i purchased, so this seem to be the nex...

Just because of the nature of the thread...

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/06/the-strangest-most-expensive-wine-bottle-in-the-world-is-australian/

My vintec broke in the first three months. Now it makes my labels moldy. My Kitchener can best be described as a piece of shit. The door doesn't seal, the temp varies from 13 at the bottom to 22 at the top. The follow up service was to knock $100's off the price to not have to fly it back and tell m...

Just wanted to say thanks for the heads up. I've done most of the carton now and i found them to be lovely. A couple of cork issues and a yucky bottle aside, this has a lovely lingering flavour starting with cherries and continuing with soft red fruits and vanillas. Wish I had have grabbed more. For...

I slipped a word in a mates ear, sweet talked his boss and ended up buying 12 bottles of the 2006 Kay brothers Block 6 for wholesale price. Reading the tasting notes I am glad they are stashed in the off site storage. It is so bloody hard when you have a young wine collection to wait. I wish I had a...

Anyone with an 04 Elizabeth Jean or an 05 jones block shiraz that has tried them recently?

Don't forget to check out Foggo's and while you are near Samuel's Gorge check out Kay brothers and Coriole.
Paxton is (kind of) nearby too if you read the Paxton thread.
(McLaren Vale)

Ooh ooh ooh.
Scarpantoni is close too.
(Winner of the Jimmy Watson trophy)

I dunno what the 04 is like, but the 03 from the bottle was tasty.

Tahbilk website has chucked up their 04.
Just after i shared out the last of my 03 to mates i was told by them they had plenty more....

Buggar.

Did they make any comment as to what it is? Yea. A cleanskin 2000 Shiraz from premium grapes. I did a google search for wine tasting notes, got enough info and bought. I'm not buying to put away. I'm buying it to give the wine in the fridges some more time. What's the worst than can happen? It turn...

Well, if it's Jim Barry (based on the information given), it would match up with the information given. 2000 I don't know if they made their cheaper shiraz (plus why would you cellar and hold back a cheaper release?). They have a museum 1999 release so that would make sense. So McRae Wood 2000 Shir...

I feel sorry for you.
We had to put up with rain yesterday.
Thursday was sunny and 21, today sunny and 18.

Perth eh.

I should probably change my log in now that the floods are behind us but I have been drinking my way through some of the flood damaged stcok I retrieved from Kennards and the wine I had tonight just blew me away. 2006 Samuels Gorge Shiraz. I have had a few 2006 shiraz from the Vale as it was one of...

Wondered why you could get Moss Brothers wines on Grays...

2002 Tim Adams Shiraz Red fruit, hint of liquorice. Other stuff too... Decorked it as a treat to the missus. Should have waited. Although it was nice after a couple (3) hours in the decanter it was not what i expected. I love Tim Adams wines and this one was just not right for me. It was a little s...

Tahbilk Everyday Drinking Shiraz 2003 "Decorked a bottle tonight - the cork was perfect though not very long as is mostly usual with Tahbilk corks. Almost essence of Tahbilk, integrated but obvious old, almost honeyed, oak with some cedar and vanillin, a bit of plum but fruit more red than bla...

Kies 06 Klauber Block. I'm a regular buyer of their wine. I put a few mates together and we (generally) purchase from them in ten case lots. They have never let us down and always chuck in a couple extras to try. I share those extras with the boys on pick up night and we get some of those on the nex...

Cracked my first tonight. Bloody good value for $11 to the door. Thanks heaps. I've heard objection to Tahbilk's freight charge to WA in particular but it does also apply to NT and Tas. The distance to Perth can't be much more from the winery than to NQ where the freight is free but I guess freight...

I have posted this before, but for me, you cant go past Tahbilk wineclub shiraz. $9.95 per bottle, 2003 vintage delivered to your door (have to buy a doz for free delivery) 8 years old and is an amazing wine for the price. Rossco, CAn I ask where you are buying these from ? I can;t find anyone sell...

Fantastic, thank you.


I bought the wine about four years ago from Jacobs Creek cellar door and aside from travelling to my house it went straight into a wine fridge.
Here's hoping it's a great bottle.

(And we can plan a good meal accordingly)...

Given the tasting notes, i thought i might crack mine next Sunday. I have put in the order for a roast of beef with the chef. (Me mum) Read her the tasting notes t o give her an idea on what to cook and we should be good to go. I am wondering though. Did you decant the wine and if so how long did yo...

You should try get into Glenmore Vinyards.
Ian Bell, the former production manager for Moss Wood has his own vineyard now.

Worth av private visit to be shown around.

PM me and i will shoot you an email address that may just get you a private tour.

He is a lovely bloke.

I have posted this before, but for me, you cant go past Tahbilk wineclub shiraz. $9.95 per bottle, 2003 vintage delivered to your door (have to buy a doz for free delivery) 8 years old and is an amazing wine for the price. Rossco, CAn I ask where you are buying these from ? I can;t find anyone sell...

Go to Conobolis Smith.
Try their Alchemy.

Even Phillip Shaw will tell you how good they are.
(I spent an hour gas bagging to him once. Nice guy).

I picked up a 2007 Schloss Vollrads, Riesling, Kabinett the other night for $34.
Dunno if i got a good deal or not, but reading above gives me some hope i can get some years on it. (Though i am going to try it young as i can get more).

I have been collecting since about 2004. I have two 72 bottle thermo electric fridges, A (shit) Kitchener ct 2??, A Vintec 2?? and two small offsite lockers. All are full. There is about 420 bottles off site, 500 here and 72 at my mums place. The old lady's house has a pile of old wines that started...

Had a mate tell me to go look in his bottleshop as a previous manager had over bought on nice wines and they needed to get rid of them. So. Chateau La Nerthe 2005 Chateuneuf-du-pap $65 2008 Sandalford Prendiville Shiraz $60 05 bTrevor Jones WIld Witch $47 an 02 and an 05 St Hallets old block shiraz ...

Stupid bloody Kitchener CT A friend looked at the fridge the other day and said i had put my shelves in crooked. I said no i checked them, but they were on the lean. On closer inspection today the right angle brackets that hold the shelves up have bent. Bent so bad that the shelves are each resting...