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we've always liked frankland estate isolation ridge but it's been increasingly hard to find here in the states. A wine liquidator here, wtso, recently offered the 2014 vintage for $20 usd, we decided to purchase a case for our upcoming xmas party. TNs to follow.

best,

- thanks guys, I'm nervous about driving on the "wrong" side of the road, so we'll take a wine tour out of cbd. It looks like one or two of the tours stop at wineries you've recommended, so we should be all set. - nick, thank you for the wonderful, comprehensive list! - my inclination is t...

A year older but perhaps not wiser, we've decided to brave the 28-hour(!) flight time and head back to the AU open this year. We *loved* sydney, our time with Dave and Tim in Hunter Valley and everyone we met at the lovely offline Andrew arranged ( http://forum.auswine.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=1&t...

Folks, Patrice and I were simply overwhelmed by your generosity. A single thank you isn't going to cut it, so: - Thank you to Dave for taking the day off to drive us up to Hunter Valley and sharing his love of the wineries and wines. - Thank you to Tim for spending the day with us and arranging a pr...

We arrived Melbourne yesterday, weathering the 30-hour door-to-door trip from nyc remarkably well. Still, we wanted dinner close to the hotel and chose city wine shop, a bottle shop and wine bar. They have an eclectic selection of retail wine that can be consumed at the table for a $20 corkage fee. ...

dave,

thank you for the kind offer! we'd absolutely love to on one condition: you and Tim pick a nice place for lunch and allow us to pay. Does jan 22, 23 or 24 work?

best,

thank you polymer, in the end I think we'll just grab a tour. I don't think we'll be carrying wine home as we have a number of other stops on this trip. here's a question for the forum, I had a colleague and fellow wine love from Australia who swore by Best's Shiraz. At some point I recall the oppor...

sparkling shiraz never caught on here, had it a few times but just couldn't wrap my head around a sparkling shiraz.

So what was the plan for Sydney? (Hunter Valley is the obvious choice, which is about 1hr 45mins drive from Sydney) That gives you access to the best Semillon in the country and the unique Hunter Shiraz style. With some well known yet still putting out great wines (Tyrrells, Lakes Folly, Mt Pleasan...

thank you swiriler, JH published this list https://visityarravalley.com.au/sites/default/files/james-halliday-handpicked-2016.pdf of recommended yarra wineries and it includes deBortoli, coldstream, portet, hellen hills, innocent bystander, mac forbes, madhurst mandala, oakridge, rochford, seville, ...

we just had one bottle of wine but it was a good one:

thanks via, I've sent some inquiries to tour operators, looks like there may be a fun bicycle tour btw the two wineries.

thanks for the thoughtful replies. Via, your friend's wine tour looks wonderful but unfortunately, the cost is 2.5x pp. As to yarra vs. other regions, we're limited by my fear of driving (although I did share half a bottle with my wife on nevis and it seemed to improve my driving!) but I'll poke aro...

Hi, we'll be in melbourne for the open followed by a week in sydney. Rather than renting a car and having to drive on the wrong side of the road [ha!] , thought it would be safer for all involved to join a wine tour. Yarra Valley Wine Tours had good online reviews but I'm a little reluctant as I've ...