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Being a wine wanker I’m happy to take my own glasses and have done to all of the above. Guilty of this crime too. In fact, I even smashed one of my Riedel Vinum Extremes on the way home from Kiri one night Should add Regal on Roe to this list. Haven't been out in a while but assuming it's still there

"Thousand Candles" by William Downie is a Shiraz Pinot blend. 2011 was a Shiraz Pinot with a splash of Sauvignon Blanc, 2012 was Shiraz Pinot and 2013 was the same as 2011. I have 3 of the 2012's in the cellar but haven't tried one yet. 2011 had sav blanc or riesling as well A dire wine T...

The best pinot shiraz blend I had was the 2013 Arete LDR (light dry red). Unfortunately pinot shiraz blends are not very popular, which may explain why Arete no longer exists

Moss Wood looks like it was a polarising wine. Perhaps some with more tolerance/acceptance to brett than others

WAwineguy wrote:You could say it was a big Saturday night.....

(pick the odd one out)

My guesses are:

1. Off vintage Salon
2. Corked Yqueum that everybody refused to drink

Thanks for that. I've seen a bottle of 1976 Grange with an unusually high fill level, as per below: http://res3.graysonline.com/handlers/imagehandler.ashx?t=sh&id=12775368&ts=636039840816970000&index=0&s=gl Doesn't mention anything about being cliniced, but given the high level and r...

What happens at the recorking clinic? Say if I had a 70's bottling with a white capsule, is it replaced with a white capsule or a red one? Do they mark on the bottle that the wine has been "clinic-ed", assuming that the wine is still sound?

Too true. Unfortunately I only have a real old one, a 1976 Seppelt Chalambar Australian Burgundy I see your 1976 and raise my 1965 http://res0.graysonline.com/handlers/imagehandler.ashx?t=sh&id=5562305&ts=635361609847330000&index=0&s=gl I'm too scared to drink mine too

That is a rather eclectic mix of wines. Thought the Cape Mentelle would have been a clear winner, but you never know on the night. And where's the parochialism, only 2 WA wines!

The Balnaves sounds like a bargain. These were being liquidated as part of the failed Heritage scheme for about $10 each

This is what the full label looks like



Don't know too much more about it

Rewards of patience! The last of mine went a few years ago

mjs wrote:I'm just wondering where I'm going to get some "barbarseco" to take along

You just mix barbera with proseco....and voila "Barbarseco"

Update: I took the vinum extreme glasses with me to a restaurant this evening, and on the way home, managed to smash one. Grr I'm such an idiot

Just to throw spanner in the works, the Riedel Vinum Montrachets are different to the Riedel Vinum Extreme Oaked Chardonnay glass I have the Vinum Extreme Oaked Chardonnay glasses and they feel very clunky compared to the Gabriel Glas Gold Editions. The Riedels are good (I picked up 4 for $10) but h...

Opened my last 2005 Leasingham Classic Clare. Looverly. Pity they are not made anymore 2006 still available at multiple stores of a major wine retailer. Had one myself on Xmas day. And I notice that JO has reviewed the 2008 in his latest Annual as well. Constellation sold the winery and vineyard wh...

Tried a home made sparkling Shiraz. Put a young oaky Shiraz in freezer for 4 hours. Then decanted into sodastream machine. Topped up with a dose of vintage port. Put in some CO2, but fizzed over and made a bit of a mess. Good flavour, but bead very subtle and lacked persistence. I think this recipe...

Tried a home made sparkling Shiraz. Put a young oaky Shiraz in freezer for 4 hours. Then decanted into sodastream machine. Topped up with a dose of vintage port. Put in some CO2, but fizzed over and made a bit of a mess. Good flavour, but bead very subtle and lacked persistence. I think this recipe ...

Go for the Lalique 100 points by James Suckling. I think James Suckling gives them 100 points http://www.lalique.com/media/products/large/8-100-points-universal-glass.jpg When you pass on those, the Zaltos then look a bargain. If these are also too expensive, perhaps consider the Gabriel Glas Gold E...

I think this scandal should now be known as #floodgate. Will be interesting when Deejay opens the floodgate wine

felixp wrote:1989 Haut Brion Certainly an "OMFG" wine.

"One Magnificent First Growth"?

Thought this thread should be started

Just got my Marius mailer. It didn't have any crayon on it

I found the 2010 Allouran a bit tight and closed on day 1, but on day 2 it was singing. I don't know how you guys do it. There's never a day 2 when I open a bottle of red. Clearly I need help You open 1 more bottle than you normally would, that way you're not drinking the one wine all night. Works ...

These look like a cross between the Zalto Universal and the Gabriel

3 x 2014 Serrat Shiraz Viognier (from Langtons) - wine of the year. Cheaper than Grange. Bargain!

I thought SC stood for Stupid Cabernet.......

And here shows if at first you don't succeed, they try again (and fail again)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osa_kK7msSY

Think of it like this. Turkey Flat produces about 10,000 cases of shiraz each vintage. If they take out 2 barrels (50 cases) then that's only 0.5% of total shiraz production. If you want to see if you can taste the difference, pour yourself a 200ml glass of wine, then pour another 200ml glass alongs...

1 x 2014 Hoddles Creek Chardonnay
2 x 2014 Hoddles Creek PInot
1 x 2012 Standish "The Standish" Shiraz

It's dinners like these that make me want to live in Sydney (or for all the attendees to live in Perth ) Awesome efforts gents and thanks for sharing. l'Evangile must be about the only decent Bordeaux made that vintage (Sauternes excluded). My birth year so fingers crossed one day I'll cross paths w...

2012 Pichler Krutzler Klostersatz Gruner Veltliner (screwcap) impressive tall bottle, which even shades a standard Riesling bottle. Good to see an old world white in a screwcap too. Great alternative to Chardonnay, medium bodied and full of grapefruit, ginger, spice, a minerality you don't see in l...