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All quiet on the Chinese Front. How are things now, Jamie? Are you and your family going to get vaccinated and return home anytime soon?

Happy New Year. Hope it goes well for you.

Correct

Surely the solution is to sell double magnums or something. "containers of two-litres or less are subject to a ‘Provisional Measure’ deposit rate of 169.3 per cent" Penfolds should ship the wine to China in large bladders. Then bottle it in China. Tariff avoided. You can't beat the CCP li...

4 new cases today in 1.4 billion people with a novel virus with high AR, severe virulence, and which originated in China. 4 new cases three months after origin. Doctors analysing this are seriously shaking their heads in disbelief. Although the West seems incredibly reluctant to admit it, we in the...

You TK, but let's move on!

We have had this discussion previously Am still looking for the thread Yeah, I also thought this thread is covering the exact same ground from a couple of years ago: http://forum.auswine.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=15244&p=140747#p140747 And your point is what?? We can't have a similar discu...

There are so many wines the equal of many of these wine that aren't on this list. For example, if they have kooyong Haven, why not Ferrous? Why not Stonier Reserve? And so many more. I see Oakridge, Kooyong, etc., have sold many wines on Langton's. Are they on the list just because they've been on L...

Not sure how you can recommend a wine you've never ever tasted!

Carl,

I guess that's what somms are for.

Also, given you're an traditional Aussie wine drinker, maybe Languedoc-Roussillon reds, being from a warmer climate will better suit. DT Emillion, as you've found, is another likely candidate.

A lot of these wines have already gone up in price a lot already. I doubt they will go up much more. Some aren't low price, either.

Although that's probably not what this thread is about

Somebody taking the sellers of ndtech corks to court for TCA failures https://www.winebusiness.com/news/?go=getArticle&dataid=202305 Wine critic James Suckling rated the RGP 2015 Pinot Noir a 79 after he sampled a corked bottle, according to the lawsuit. Suckling had rated the 2014 vintage a 92...

I was at the Coonawarra Roadshow in Perth yesterday, and myself and an industry professional were surprised to find one producer offering a 20 year old wine from magnum - and it was corked. Certainly in my experience behind the tasting table, you tasted every bottle you uncorked before serving. Per...

Tyrrell's Museum Release 160th Anniversary Vat 1 Semillon 2005 $179.

I know it's a top wine and storage costs money, but that's about 4 times release price, maybe more.

....which is about 0.0001% of the Australian wine buying public.

"drank with JT and Ben at China Palace. Amazing seafood!"

Agree, Polymer. I don't see why everything is black and white. Shows bad. JH bad. Some others good. It's all just opinion.

How the provenance on the '83s? That's pretty old wine.

But show results are in general a very poor way to guide wine buying decisions. Re "dodgy critics", you should all be subscribers to The Wine Front, they are the best in Aus, with interaction with subscribers making it all real. It is a poor way? Honestly, unless you're aligned with The W...

I think its reasonable to take the Halliday ratings with a grain of salt. Ultimately it comes down to the question of whether you like the wine - not what somebody else thinks of it. That said, as someone who is relatively new to wine, the book has introduced me to dozens of wines that I otherwise ...

A voice of reason from an informed perspective.

TiggerK wrote: 2007 Grand Cru Corton Charlemagne (Premox!)

Heartbreaking! Who was the producer?

No worries. Hope you had a good meal

Thanks for the note. You say it's ready to drink now, do you know the disgorgement date? If not, how long have you had it? Thanks.

Sean, I don't think anyone on here would think of you as being self-inflated! I'd consider AG as being a journalist, although on the amateur end of the spectrum. He gets invited to a lot of industry tasting. I don't believe you do, although I heard your invitations get sent out, they just got lost i...

Lol. I think the embargo is for journalists, not consumers! Re any “embargo” I don’t see the point of upsetting anyone if they have one. I was thinking the wine probably shouldn’t have been on sale yet anyway. I remember the Ozwine blog getting into trouble with Penfolds a few years ago and Andrew ...

2016 Wynns BL cab, how is it? Ordered and paid for... Delivery next week, along with the rest of Australia...I suspect that there will be a squillion tasting notes :wink: Cheers Craig Hi Craig, I picked up the 16 this morning at one of the chains. There was a dozen or so cases in the middle of the ...

I'm surprised others on here like it.

Roulot would be in this, wouldn't be?!

Are they supposed to be predominantly red producers or white? If white, does it mention premox?

Even their Langhe Nebbiolo is poor in 2014.