The Auswine Forum

Mahmoud Ali wrote:
By the way, I've never even tasted a Penfold's Max - what's with the red bottles?

Since I'm just starting my journey I don't mind trying this one. I'll get it soon and let you know

GraemeG wrote:

grhm1961 wrote: Locally, for the price of three Bin 407s you could have two Mount Mary Quintets, for example

In terms of events, definitely sign-up for any offlines in Melbourne (or any other convenient locations). Such events are often a great chance to taste an interesting mix of wines brought along by the attendees and to chat about them. Indeed offlines are a good chance to indulge our geeky desire to...

Welcome to the forum, savingforgrange! These days the only Penfolds we regularly buy each year is the Koonunga Hill (the original shiraz/cabernet blend, not any of the straight varietal Koonungas), because we believe it's the only value-for-money wine in their line-up anymore. ... Enjoy your wine j...

This might be construed as "racist" in our 21st century snowflake society but.. It seems to be an asian status thing the old Penfolds I see heaps and heaps of literally clueless asians at my local supermarkets automatically picking up penfolds 28, 389, 407 and paying stupid money for them...

I am in fact asian and found that video interesting. Welcome SFG! but what does being Asian have to do with anything?? Anyway, as you are in Melbourne, taking a shortish drive to the Yarra or Mornington Peninsula and doing some tastings at various wineries would probably be more interesting and ins...

Bobthebuilder wrote:Cleanskinlover turned out alright so I guess saving for grange might take the same way, hope so!

Cheers Bob!

I'll put my apology in as well. Penfolds/TWE have invested in a huge amount of marketing, but hopefully we can offer some suggestions to try that are cheaper, more interesting, and when shared with friends, offer a different insight into the Aussie wine scene. It's a vibrant period for Aussie wine ...

Michael McNally wrote:

Ozzie W wrote:We also have AusWine offlines now and then as well, so watch out for the next Melbourne one.

Highly recommended SFG!

Get along to the next one.

Cheers

Michael

Thanks Michael, will keep an eye out!

Thanks sjw_11. I understand why you would think like that. Sorry for that impression. Your comment made me laugh though :lol: Hmm maybe this isn't spam but a tip for a "newbie" that doesn't want to get roasted- making your first and only post a link to to an openly stated marketing agency...

... the style became even more decadent and ripe (otherwise known as 'Parkerised') thanks largely to Robert Parker and subsequent winemaking / points chasing fashions. A young Grange is certainly wine turned up to 11, no doubt there, but it's lacking elegance, poise and just too aggressively fruity...

Do many of you attend events like this in Melbourne? Any pointers on where I can start looking? I love the atmosphere!!! drinking fine wine, meeting new people. There's plenty of wine events in Melbourne. Some of the bigger ones which occur annually are: Game of Rhones Pinot Palooza Royal Melbourne...

I have been collecting/cellaring wine for about 2 years now. As a rookie wine collector I am interested in whether you have any tips on how to build a good collection that I will be able to enjoy in 5, 10, 20 and 30 years time ? I am 33 years of age, so I hopefully have many years to collect and dr...

Perhaps this confirms my "plausible deniability" - surely the corporation would've done better if they tried :lol: Again, my bad for misleading you guys. Good roasting :roll: ...could not look more like an example of ham handed search engine optimisation if it tried... If it's SEO they're ...

Thanks sjw_11. I understand why you would think like that. Sorry for that impression. Your comment made me laugh though :lol: Hmm maybe this isn't spam but a tip for a "newbie" that doesn't want to get roasted- making your first and only post a link to to an openly stated marketing agency ...

Haha. Advice taken. Thanks Craig. I've removed link. As for my handle... too late.. I'll embrace it lol Please, please, please do broaden my knowledge. All I've heard and believed is Grange is the pinnacle of fine wine (in Australia)?? Ummm.. wow ok. No, that wasn't my intention at all. I would've b...

Thank you TiggerK for the benefit of doubt. I would never post anything unsolicited. I've tried a few wineries and purchased directly from them. I'm still learning, I don't have enough vocabulary or skill to describe wine but I love meeting new people (meeting offline). First 'pointer', (albeit off ...

Ummm.. wow ok. No, that wasn't my intention at all. I would've been happy to post that original post even without the video. Please don't jump to conclusions. I am in fact asian and found that video interesting. I live in Melbourne and wanted to find out more about wine tasting events. I'm genuinely...

Hello everyone

I was just browsing Penfolds on YouTube and found this awesome video:

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Do many of you attend events like this in Melbourne? Any pointers on where I can start looking? I love the atmosphere!!! drinking fine wine, meeting new people.

Thanks so much,
savingforgrange