The Auswine Forum

Mr/Ms. Bank Manager wont be having palpitations... yet. 12x Tyrrell 2007 Lost Block Semillon (ordered 2006 - but at $9 a bottle & delivered I'm not too annoyed). 3x Rosemount 1994 Blue Mountain (ex eBay). 2x Seppelt 1997 Drumborg Riesling (VERY nice). There is still time to find another special ...

No. Not today. I do recall a bottle of wine falling out of a Uni locker and smashing in front of a crowd of Chemistry students and lecturers. Wasn't in the curriculum... Fortunately (or perhaps not) I was fairly broke - so it wasn't the type of wine that we seem to talk about around here. It was, ho...

I'm not sure that it is the spiritual home of anything (except, perhaps, surfing) but I've been impressed by Voyager Chardonnay of recent vintages too. Very stylish and a significant contrast when lined up with creatures such as Pierro, Leeuwin et al. I've also been most impressed witha couple of ex...

Something like a Huntington Estate could be instructive (and you may find them in Dubbo).

Just take a bit of care with temperature. Dubbo in December? I'd rather be in SD.

lostincanberra

Red / Bigot / Red Bigot / All of the above, Sooner or later something will give. It'll only take one or two disgruntled 'players' to roll over and there will be an unholy and very public row. Given the reliance of many of the big producers on overseas market sales, I doubt that this will play out to...

I've used a few different systems over the years including Bordex, Modularack and Cellarack. Of all, I've been most happy with Cellarack. Bordex does hide labels - I've also found that it tends to tear labels. On the plus side, it can be obtained cheapish and is less expensive to freight (broken dow...

12x Primo 'Joseph' Moda Cabernet Merlot 2000
2x Yarra Yerring 1992 'Underhill' Shiraz
1x Rosemount 1996 'Balmoral' Syrah
6x Greenock Creek 2004 'Alices' Shiraz

Hmmm... No white. Better fix that.