Langtons & Winefront Monthly

707 · Post by **707** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:46 am

Just had a long read of the Winefront Monthly which arrived overnight.

Campbell provides a full run down of what's in & out & up & down with some, as always, insightful and thougfht provoking comment.

I know I've said this before, but anyone who's on this forum and not subscribing to Winefront Monthly is missing out big time, it's a great read for the price of a good bottle of wine per year.

Jersey · Post by **Jersey** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:30 pm

Thanks Steve,
Went ahead and just signed up, should get the past 3 months back issues as a bonus. I almost signed up to 'winestate' however recent discussions left me a little uncertain, glad I held off.

Cheers, Look forward to some good reading.
Mick.

BenK · Post by **BenK** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:36 pm

I have to agree with Steve. Sensational.

707 · Post by **707** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 3:09 pm

Jersey wrote:Thanks Steve,
Went ahead and just signed up, should get the past 3 months back issues as a bonus. I almost signed up to 'winestate' however recent discussions left me a little uncertain, glad I held off.

Cheers, Look forward to some good reading.
Mick.

Oh Mick, what a lucky escape. Winestate is a sad waste of trees. You'll love WFM, some of Campbell's quotes have me rolling around in laughter. What about this one at the end of a TN "If I didn't drink it, I'd have to shag it"

Maximus · Post by **Maximus** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 4:11 pm

Steve,

You made reference to Langtons in the thread title....?

And whilst I hear everyone talk up Winefront Monthly - and rightly so, it's a great magazine - take the high praise with a grain of salt. Sometimes the writing style (and repetitive nature of the odd article) isn't everyone's cup of tea.

Still, I personally think CM is doing a great job - just what the Aussie wine industry ordered.

2c,

Jeff2 · Post by **Jeff2** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 4:23 pm

fair point Max. But then, absolutely nothing is everyone's cup of tea. I guess something with only a single topic can't really be anything other than repetitive i.e. this month, we feature wine, the next month, more wine, for something different in January, more wine. I personally find it as enteraining as it can be, but then, I love wine :-)

I just can't believe that the August edition is out in July. That must be a first

Now, on Langtons and its list, is it really true that Cullen chardonnay, and Cape Mentelle Chardonnay, have been ditched, yet Petaluma chardonnay is still on???? That has got to be a clanger.

Great to see Rockford at the top, where it belongs.

Jeff. 2

707 · Post by **707** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 4:37 pm

Maximus wrote:Steve,

You made reference to Langtons in the thread title....?

Yes, the August edition of WFM is devoted to the changes and CMs thoughts on them.

Understand your point about writing styles, I love his flair and passion in the TNs but I want more than just TNs and Campbell's lead stories are excellent IMO.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:15 pm

Langton's Classification is for the punters, WineFront Monthly is for the drinkers.

TORB · Post by **TORB** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:34 pm

Anonymous wrote:Langton's Classification is for the punters, WineFront Monthly is for the drinkers.

True, but then drinkers do need to buy and Langton sells so drinkers frequent the race track. :wink:

GraemeG · Post by **GraemeG** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 10:38 pm

Didn't the chardys take a hammering! Giaconda up to the firsts, sure, but 4 others downgraded and another 5 gone altogether.

Doesn't seem right that Lovedale is more popular than Vat 1, but there you go...!

cheers,
Graeme

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:45 am

When will AC and RP wine reviews on Langtons site be updated? They are years behind now. Not that I take them too seriously

JamieBahrain · Post by **JamieBahrain** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 2:06 am

Yes superb stuff from Winefront.

Campbell's heads up journalism- the Giaconda the other recent example- is unequalled.

Laurence · Post by **Laurence** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:59 pm

I know that this is against the run of things here, but I buy about 70% of the wines I drink out of auction. The other 30% I buy and drink as young wines out of retail. I stopped cellaring wine a few years ago, now I only buy wines that I like at the time, rather than wines that I guess I'll like in ten years. All the wine I buy out of auction is for drinking, I never think of the investment side of it. Yes, some of the wine I buy turns out to be porrly stored. But in general I have very few problems. The wines on the langtons list don't much concern me, or not in themselves, but I do have a keen interest in the overall auction scene, so the toings and froings are decent bedside reading for me.

Laurence.