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It's a bit hard to give you accurate advice without knowing what else you are doing or whether this is all wine tourism, and how long you will be in each place. Probably the best thing to do is visit the tourist information office at each place, get an updated wine trail map, and see what is open - ...

Craig - Coleraine is $75 for a single bottle at cellar door, vs $66 and $68 from Caro's or First Glass. I don't mind the price being the same, but I see no reason why it should be more expensive at cellar door or mailing list especially if when purchased this way you still have to add freight. Sure ...

No - I'm really going off Te Mata (as a company rather than the wine). Thurs evening at the Viaduct means either taxi or parking fees to add to the $30 charge they're already heading up, and I've tasted all the wines already bar the 09 Bordeaux blends. As a vent can I say that Te Mata: 1] Have highe...

I also agree that its a moot point, given it was almost certainly the finest new zealand wine I've ever tasted. Judy should be justly proud of what she's achieved in unfashionable Clevedon - its truly world class wine. Saving my pennies now for release... His Bob-ness agrees with y'all too - he's g...

Picked up a six pack at duty free in a jet-lagged haze this morning, and would love a bit of advice on drinking windows if you're familiar with the below: - Pegasus Bay 2007 pinot noir - Craggy Range 2006 Sophia - Mills Reef 2007 Elspeth Yep - very familiar with the Pegasus pinot. I'm finishing up ...

A storm in a teacup IMO. He rates it once at 18+/20 and the other time 19/20 so fairly consistent and I'm sure we are all aware how wines can taste different on different days and different surroundings. The other point of interest is that the notes come from different tastings - in the higher point...

Hmm, 10 days, hmm family... After your day in Martinborough I'd drive up to Hawke's Bay and spend a few days there. The Te Awanga peninsula is lovely and you can visit the gannets as well as Clearview Winery. Napier is a pretty cool city with quite a bit to do around it. It's a great part of the cou...

I haven't tried those vintages but the 06 Rise and Shine was a very good pinot, much better than the usual Kim Crawford range, and the 06 and 07 Spitfires are both well made SB in a fairly traditional NZ style. As a rule of thumb, the only Kim Crawford wines that I find interesting are the Single Pa...

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[quote="Loztralia"]does anyone have any recommendations regarding where we should go?/quote] That's a tough question. There are too many vineyards there to see in a month let alone a day so any recommendation will depend on what you want to do. We were in SF last year and had a day free an...

griff wrote:I was thinking a dessert wine. Maybe Tokaji. cheers Carl

Hmmm, yes. Biodynamic botrytis-affected sweet wine? Any of the Rutherglen wines made like that?

I'm absolutely convinced you can't just open wines and pop them on the table and expect them to be good. IMO even screwcapped wines taste better 10-20 minutes after they have been opened and I now routinely open screwcapped wines several minutes away from the time I expect to pour them. Medium youth...

Drinking with food does reduce peak alcohol levels, and this is very likely to reduce your chances of suffering from acute effects of alcohol- injury and acute toxicity. Whether it reduces chronic toxic effects (e.g. cirrhosis) is, I think, an unknown and probably an almost unanswerable question. I...

Wayno wrote:

Luke W wrote: Jamie Oliver gave those wines points between 94-96 and a window starting now.

So is Jamie wading into the wine business as well now ?!

Lol

Bick wrote:Midday Saturday 23rd May -
Rob - unsure but we're hopeful (possibly 89)

Hi all - sorry but I'm not going to be able make it Saturday - will be tied up with other stuff until later in the afternoon. Have a great time - be interested to see the notes too. Cheers, Rob

Sorry but logistically it's no go at Caro's. Another venue needed....
Rob

Is it worth trying to get into the fancier pinot places or will most of them have tastings during the week in Summer? If there are particular places you really want to visit, I would email them and check that they are open or make an appointment. Felton Rd for instance is only open weekday afternoo...

given that bio what would you suggest? cheers Luke Come in the extended summer season - many of the wineries close their cellar doors in winter or only open at weekends - the period from Labour Day (late Oct) to Easter is when it all happens, just don't get too near harvest. November or Feb/Mar whe...

Would be nice if we could get a glass for each wine - if 10 wines then 10 glasses and actually line up the wines - see how they are evolving. Anyone know anyone who might be prepared to lend us their wine tasting room I'd also much prefer this approach to that of a restaurant. I'm still not 100% su...

Anyone tried this? Any good? Craig or Sue? I opened one about a year ago and thought it needed more time - classy, but still a bit closed and difficult; but I think it has the potential to be very good. It's in a more classic/French style than many NZ chardonnays. I have one further bottle which wi...

Hi, I'm interested too. I have 89, 96, 97, 99, 00, and 02 sitting lonely in the cellar.
I also have the (mis)fortune of knowing a couple of (non-Stonyridge) Waiheke winemakers (I gave them my last 87 for a previous vertical) if you guys want to expand this.

the number of people here who have toured all 3 regions and are qualified to answer would be how many??? Well, me at least although to be fair when I was in those areas I was much more interested in the topography, villages and chateaux than tastings per se. As Billy says the Rhone is the prettiest...

With Ross on Fri Night 07 Le Fou Riesling . "Best Riesling ive ever tried" was Ross's reaction. A little more shy than other times ive drunk it but still class We opened a 2nd bottle of this Friday as well, and it was quite unlike the first. Slightly keroseney, some limes, nicely sweet bu...

The great thing about the wineries around Cromwell/Bannockburn is that they're all pretty close. If you're in Felton Rd then I'd pop into Olssens as well as it's just at the end of the road and both the Jackson Barry and Slapjack Creek pinots are very good wines. Bald Earth is just along from Carric...

A certain case of a little knowledge... Only 30 years of exposure to the literature and a working relationship with those in the forefront of research in rheumatology. There's a lot of difference between reading/talking about the war and fighting in it. Same goes for medicine. So many experts these...

Wow - there are some seriously nice wines in that bronze medal list, including 2 of NZ's best chardonnays in Riflemans and Clearview Reserve, plus the 2006 Cornerstone which IIRC was the 6th best in the Bordeaux vs Gimblett Gravels tasting in London. All this lot got bronzes! Perhaps I should only b...

Craig! Just got around to trying "Le Fou", or "Le Poo" - what the hell are you raving about??? Has anyone else tried this wine? I was out there today and very unimpressed. The nose is bizarre, with fruit sweetness that's candied, fairy-floss, sherbert-like sweetness (that I dete...

There are conflicting ideas around about alcohol intake and weight gain - most weight gain seems to be from bar snacks and extra food consumed whilst drinking...... You don't see very many overweight alcoholics, some of them are consuming enormous amounts of calories in alcohol, and are usually ski...

I am taking the family over to Queenstown next month and wanted to bring back some PN. Any thoughts for the top 3 or 4??? and also which would be a better vintage 06 or 07 I will not be able to get around any wineries during the hols as I have been told that is a no no by the boss! You could try ht...

The Grail: [ed] if If anyone else knows anything about this winery or has had any of its wines, I'd be interested to hear. I've tried the syrah and wasn't particularly impressed - it was goodish but seemed to lack a bit of fruit and depth and not in the same class as other wines at this price point...