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OK, I'll put up obscure pics from time to time to see how well people know their wine labels, cellar-doors, etc...
This first one is easy - Producer, and grape variety, please:
(you might need to tilt your head to the right - for some reason the image doesn't want to be presented in portrait)
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dog point section 94 sauvignon blanc?
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You're half right. It is indeed Dog Point, but this cap colour is their Chardonnay. Their SB is an eggshell coloured cap.
I had this Dog Point 2008 Chardonnay last night. It's drinking really, really well. Had evidence of seepage all the way up one side of the cork, but by golly it was drinking well.
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OK, here's the next one. I'm not sure if this is easy or not, but we'll find out...

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Dog Point are becoming a consistent high end NZ performer IMHO. No bells ringing on the second label, but sheep could well be continuing the NZ theme!

Cheers Tom, nice thread. Only rule should be no new labels until previous one is guessed or given.

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Here's a different wine to keep your minds ticking over...just need to name the producer here...
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I blame my screen calibration :)

Looks like a waratah. NSW producer I assume?
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cuttlefish wrote:OK, here's the next one. I'm not sure if this is easy or not, but we'll find out...

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Two Rams 2012 Pinot Gris? :roll:
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dlo wrote:
cuttlefish wrote:OK, here's the next one. I'm not sure if this is easy or not, but we'll find out...

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Two Rams 2012 Pinot Gris? :roll:


Not Two Rams, but definitely two grape varieties used in this wine...
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griff wrote:I blame my screen calibration :)

Looks like a waratah. NSW producer I assume?


Not a NSW producer, but is an Australian producer...
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I was thinking of De Iuliis so scrap that.

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Hugh Ham?????

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9redpens wrote:Hugh Ham?????


Not Hugh Hamilton.

It's a NSW wine...The one with the sheep, that is...
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cuttlefish wrote:Here's a different wine to keep your minds ticking over...just need to name the producer here...
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That flower is a protea, I believe...
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Not sure how long I should wait before I give you guys the answer for this one:

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.. Mudgee Wines did make a wine called Bruce Shiraz but that only had one sheep on the label ..

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WoZ wrote:.. Mudgee Wines did make a wine called Bruce Shiraz but that only had one sheep on the label ..

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It's not from Mudgee. Further south...
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For some reason the pictures do not show up on my screen. Can't understand why but it's certainly frustrating.

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OK, here's a wider label-shot...hopefully this might give someone a clue...
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looks like Hugh Hamilton black sheep theme?

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redstuff wrote:looks like Hugh Hamilton black sheep theme?


Nope, we've already had Hugh Hamilton as a suggestion. It's not Hugh Hamilton.

The clues thus far are:

A NSW producer, further south than Mudgee
Two grape varieties used in this wine...alternative grape varieties...
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cuttlefish wrote:
redstuff wrote:looks like Hugh Hamilton black sheep theme?


Nope, we've already had Hugh Hamilton as a suggestion. It's not Hugh Hamilton.

The clues thus far are:

A NSW producer, further south than Mudgee
Two grape varieties used in this wine...alternative grape varieties...


...of italian origin...
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Freeman Rodinella Corvina

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No idea about the protea but logically must have Saffa connections

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odyssey wrote:Freeman Rodinella Corvina


Correct !

That took longer than I thought it would ! Upon investigating, I discovered that the latest (and current) release is under a different label that I hadn't seen before, but most of what is out there and in peoples cellars is probably under the old label that I've been using here.

OK, if we can get this protea one out of the way, someone else can have a go if they like ??
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cuttlefish wrote:
cuttlefish wrote:Here's a different wine to keep your minds ticking over...just need to name the producer here...
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That flower is a protea, I believe...


We just need the name of the producer here...

So far we know:

The flower depicted on top of the cap is a protea...
The winery is Australian, but not from NSW...
As far as I can tell, there is no other significant connection to South Africa with this producer...
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.. cuttlefish I have no idea what winery this is but I had a ball googling sheep wine labels .. they are used all around the world .. some of my favourites included, Three Sheep to the Wind, Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild, Dyed in the Wool Pinot Noir (NZ), Mouton Merdre Chateau Neuf du Crap, Mouton Noir (US) .. it was also interesting to note all the different kinds of animals, from penguins to cows to camels, that find themselves arrayed on wine labels .. maybe a table could be set for The Great Animal Flight where each wine label is matched to the corresponding meat ..

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You could do worse than google protea and wine...
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cuttlefish wrote:
cuttlefish wrote:
cuttlefish wrote:Here's a different wine to keep your minds ticking over...just need to name the producer here...
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That flower is a protea, I believe...


We just need the name of the producer here...

So far we know:

The flower depicted on top of the cap is a protea...
The winery is Australian, but not from NSW...
As far as I can tell, there is no other significant connection to South Africa with this producer...


OK, here's another couple of clues: This producer is from Western Australia...and this producer has been mentioned a total of one time on the Auswine forum, in the past !
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