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What's the best way to get tickets? Send an email to that address on the flyer?

FWIW, I had a 1991 Tahbilk Shiraz last year and its was seemingly at peak aged drinking. Lovely wine

A couple of 2008 Yarra Pinot Noirs over the weekend 2008 Gembrook Hill Pinot Noir - incredibly light colour and beautiful to drink. Impeccably structured Pinot. 2008 Coldtsream Hills Pinot Noir - has some lovely flavour of cherry and plum, but at this stage stalky and bitter notes are too dominant. ...

Wines picked up from a trip to the Yarra last week

08 Gembrook Hill Pinot Noir
08 Coldstream hills Pinot Noir
09 Coldstream Hills Chardonnay
06 Seville Estate Chardonnay
07 Seville Estate Pinot Noir

Seperate to that

06 Rosby Cabernet Sauvignon

Put in an order for a mixed case of the 09 Tyrrell's Old Patch Shiraz and the 09 Tyrrell's 4 Acres Shiraz. Very much looking forward to receiving them!!!

Great service! I've bought quite a bit from them and definitely comforting to hear that they are willing to do that

2006 Tyrrell's Stevens Semillon - Superb Semillon. Beautiful balance between bright fruit and acidity. Will age well. 2009 Pewsey Vale Riesling - Eden valley riesling that is right up my alley. Went down a treat. Pol Roger Brut NV - Lovely champagne for Mother's Day. 2008 Dalrymple Pinot Noir - Cher...

It does seem like ages between releases. I remember having a bottle of the 04 about 16 months ago

2 x 08 Bindi Original Pinot Noir
2 x 06 Tyrrell's Stevens Semillon
2 x 09 Pewsey Vale Riesling

2006 PHI Lusatia Park Vineyard Pinot Noir - stunning pinot noir from the Yarra. Wonderfully complex with beautiful balance between sweet and savoury flavours. Great line and length.

Amazing! The first bottle of Grange for tasting was stuffed due to cork. Why dont they put this in screwcap, like the rest? . Seems crazy to me. Couldn't agree more. Every day there seems to be a new study coming out showing a) wines under screwcap do age, b) wines under screwcap have far less inci...

2005 Huntington Estate Reserve Cab Sav - a lovely medium bodied Cabernet that strikes a nice balance between the sweeter, fruitier elements and the savoury, earthy characteristics that are typical of Mudgee reds. 2008 Moordooduc Devil Bend Creek Pinot Noir - Had this for lunch at a restaurant and it...

The Moss Wood Chardonnay is still an old school, malo, heaily oaked chardonnay. Quite a fan actually

Would echo monghead's sentiments, and find this whole en primeur season business a bit mad really.

In saying that, if I won the lottery I'm sure I would be buying up big!

2006 Rosby Shiraz - Mudgee - lovely medium bodied shiraz. Plum, earth, and chocolate. Tasty!

Visited Mudgee for the first time over the weekend and picked up some lovely wine including

05 Huntington Reserve Cab Sav
06 Rosby Shiraz
06 Rosby Cab Sav
06 Di Lusso Barbera
05 Lowe Merlot
05 Robert Stein Reserve Shiraz

You can leave it alone for many years if you want to. Had a bottle about 6 months ago, and its still tasted incredibly fresh and crisp. Its drinking beautifully but its yet to develop into an aged Hunter Semillon.

Tasted a few "benchmark" aussie wines at a very enjoyable tasting. Highlights included 2006 Leeuwin Art Series Chardonnay - slightly more elegant and understated than the 2005. Very, very long. Reckon it will age superbly 2008 Bindi Original Pinot Noir - One of the best Aussie Pinots I hav...

2006 Bidgeebong Icon Series Chardonnay. Lovely drop that I really enjoyed drinking.

2002 Nieto Senetiner Bonarda - Argentina. My first ever Bonarda and really enjoyed it! Lovely ripe dark fruits and some really appealing smoky/tobacco flavours. Different and very enjoyable.

2008 Wynns Cab Shiraz Merlot - Picked this up for $10 a bottle, and its delivers amazing drinking at that price. Lovely dark fuits, chewy tannins. Ripper!

Had a $180 budget for a case of wine and ended up buying

1 x 06 Wynns John Riddoch Cab Sav
2 X 08 Wynns Cab Shiraz Merlot
2 x 06 Tahbilk Cab Sav
2 x 06 Tahbilk Shiraz
2 x 09 Tahbilk Marsanne
3 x 09 Houghton White Classic

Pretty happy to have picked up a such a cellar worthy dozen for the price!

Thanks guys. I'm planning to go to some of the better know wineries like Robert Stein and Robert Oatley, but its great to hear about a small winery like Moothi that i honestly don't think I've heard of before. Will definitely pay them a visit!

Will be in Mudgee for a few days in a few weeks time. Any thoughts out there on good cellar doors to visit?

Cheers,

2007 Cape Mentelle Trinders - a beautifully balanced and structured MR cabernet at a great price! ($22)
2006 Pegasus Bay Pinot Noir - dark fruits, chewy, savoury finish - good stuff!

Haven't really given much thought to how many bottles I will end up with. My focus rather is having cellar worthy wines across as many regions and varieties as possible. Won't buy more than 6 bottles of any individual wine as well. Do people have each individual Australian region/GI represented in t...

Charles, I'm sure others will chime in here with more detailed, knowledgeable answers than mine, but wines under screwcap do age. They do let oxygen in, but at a lower, more consistent rate than cork. Which means that your wines under screwcap will in the vast majority of cases age at a consistent r...

I would describe it as a free for all extravaganza. There's over 2000 wines just on tables in a large conference room. Free pour your own wine. It's a bit over whelming with so much choice, and its hardly an intimate, informative wine tasting event, but still definitely worth going to.

What cheeses would people recommend with Pinot Noir?

One of my favourites is Mille Vini on Crown St in Surry Hills. Great wine list, great food, and very cool, initimate atmosphere