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Thanks and yes I only had one bottle of each for the main players on the night .... I managed about 20 pours of the Dom and the Para. A few of us spent some time concentrating (read regular sipping) on deciding whether the Mount Mary and the Seppelt were outstanding or exceptional and in the end we ...

Easy one ..... at my daughter's wedding a few months ago
2004 Dom Perignon
1990 Mount Mary Quintet
1933 Para Port

Also on the bridal party wine list a 2004 Seppelt Show Reserve Sparkling Shiraz ... Also right up there.

The Lindemans Coonawarra Trio of Limestone Ridge, St George and Pyrus are being sold at a discount of 50%, even on its own website. Are these the latest Treasury wines to be culled from the stables. Can't understand why as they have always been benchmark wines although current prices are eye wateri...

With a mad cylcing mate and his wife down from Sydney for the TDU with a red wine BBQ marinated scotch fillet we enjoyed a Penfolds 1998 Bin 389 and a Mildara 1998 Coonawarra Cabernet . Both very different but magnificent examples of their styles. The 389 was exceptional. Still have a magnum to go....

Opened a couple of cheapies in the last few days that mostly always punch way above their weight (read - price tag, not reputation). I paid 10 bucks for them at release and both continue to keep keeping on and don't look like falling over anytime soon. Mount Pleasant's 2001 Elizabeth Hunter Valley ...

Greetings all .... have been out of action for quite a while. Redstuff contacted me recently saying somebody from here was asking where I've got to etc. .... So I thought I should start posting again, albeit only occasionally until I get myself sorted ...... I just finished another bottle of Wynn 20...

Can't make it, sorry. Will be leaving early the next morning to do a residency in a club in Victoria.

Who is the importer who refuses to replace corked bottles?

Name and shame please.

Only two riesling's in the last week. Kilakanoon's 2003 Blackett's Riesling is an excellent/oustanding wine nearing its peak drinking window. Sealed under screwcap, the wine displays a light gold colour with impressive brightness, a full and enticing nose of toast and honey wrapped in a shroud of lo...

I tried the 2005 Contours a few months back and thought it still very tight and lime cordial-like with plenty of acid to burn ... I wonder what relationship (in relation to style, concentration etc) the standard label and the Contours bear? A comparison I've never done side by side. Thanks for the n...

Thanks for the notes Ian... I kept meaning to post something and never got around to it. It was a good evening, the food was impressive and the wines outstanding... Possibly the "extra" wines at the end were unecessary but YOLO as the kids like to say. Speaking of extras at the end of the...

Yesterday with old friends over a long lunch ...... in perfect late summer weather. Petaluma 2002 Riesling Tyrrell's Belford Semillon 2005 Peter Lehmann Mentor Cabernet Shiraz Malbec 1998 Orlando St Hugo Cabernet Sauvignon 1998 Ch. Reynella Vintage Port 1981 All outstanding to exceptional wines = 91...

Excellent night. Good group. The food was top class. The service fantastic. The wait staff were incredibly attentive/obliging and the owner, Danielle has built an even more enviable fine alternative dining establishment. One of Canberra's best restaurants, I think. Will be back for sure! Some excell...

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Duncan + Partner + Work Colleague = Duncan + 2 = a total of 8. Or I have I missed something?

Last night a great bottle of Seppelt St. Peter's Shiraz 2001. Loved the molten licorice on the nose. Still developing. Superb structure. An under the radar wine. Outstanding now ... better in time, methinks. Alcohol well in check.

Well here's my latest....... Staying at a profile Sydney Harbour hotel in Walsh Bay. Drinks out on the terrace with million $$ views. Sipping on a $12 glass of their 'best' Shiraz by the glass (Chapel Hill '12 Parsons Nose) available in Schott Zwiesel glassware. I think that's a mismatch! ross At t...

I have no problem. But we need to keep a limit on how many attend as organisation and pours (from 750ml bottles) become a bit of a joke when attendees number above 8.

TravisW wrote:For the Wendouree to be drinkable this week you should have opened it 2-3 months ago and poured it out into a fruit bowl.

Or you could just send it up to me.

ROTFPML

Decant and serve .... I think it's more important to serve reds at right temperature than decant this time of year. Wack it in the fridge for half an hour, pour off half and then let it come to room temperature in the glass.

I have never kicked this off, however we are a couple of days overdue, here goes in order of preference Phil, howdy, historically, this thread is started every Sunday ... so you were right on the money. Could you do us a favour and edit the title to 16/2/14? This is what I have consumed over the la...

It's about time everyone remembered that the market controls the price. We are the market .... not the vendors or the auctioneers. I reckon the big grocers (especially the one that owns Langtons) think a little differently to you David. Of course, Ian .... that's why it's up to us to stop paying st...

Most regrettably, my initial rash notion of coming along has been dashed. The extent to which I thought it was a ripper idea was matched by the extent to which my family thought it wasn't I do thankyou for the warm pre-welcome, and I do promise to ensure I get to one before long. Have a good one. t...

See that 82 Riddoch sold for $420 last week, only needs to drop another 200 or so for what would be a far more realistic price. The idiot that paid close to $800 a year or so ago might be having his reality check as we speak. Cheers Craig. $200? ...and the freakin' rest! I'd never pay $220 for an '...

I'm predicting via Collins is, after a somewhat promising start, looking decidedly not attending, so let's call it seven which is more than enough and go with the flow. See you all there. My pinot will be of the French variety. Options are always an option. It's up to the individual whether to mask ...

via collins wrote:Okay, this is all sounding too good to resist. I'd better find a work reason to get up there and join in. Mark me down for the 20th please.

Good to have you on board, man. Will be good to put a face to a handle. Will have to up the ante to celebrate the occasion ...

..... sounds good to me ..... I have a pinot or two worth trying.

Passing Clouds 1997 Graeme's Blend Shiraz Cabernet. Good colour lovely plums and violets on the nose with a lovely silky structure on the palate. Perfectly balanced between the two varieties. Tannins softened as the wine opened up. Don't make them like this any more....v. v. good. Cheers Craig. ......

Three brilliant wine's over the last week - Tyrrell's 1999 Vat 1 Semillon - infantile and destined for greatness - still retains intense acid cut, lovely melon, grass, straw and lanolin charcters with just the first hints of honied character emerging. Mouthfeel is pure sex. Finish to die for. In exc...

Sorry for not responding earlier but I have been flat out preparing for my next tour of Victoria early in Feb. Seeing I spend four days playing at Hall's Gap, I purposefully held off doing charts for three of the four bands I'm in until the bushfire danger passed. That chore is now complete. This wa...