I had a glass of Yellowtail shiraz......

[Roddy]

Oh dear, that was practically undrinkable! No, it WAS undrinkable! I haven't tasted such terrible wine in my life, like horrible grape cordial. And no, not my choice, it was offered and I was curious. Simply the worst wine in the entire world.

How the hell do they sell it?

[Steve]

I had some a while ago, and it wasn't only drinkable - it was acceptable! I wouldn't buy it, but apart from the sugar content and lack of varietal definition, there was nothing wrong with it.

They sell loads of it because they're trying to sell it to people who don't know about or don't care about or can't afford or access anything better, and in reality it's not particularly bad (nor very good).

[Dave Dewhurst]

Last time I was in the US, I was offered the merlot and politely accepted. It was actually OK by its standards for a few minutes if a little sweet but then completely fell apart. I have never quite experienced anything like it!

Cheers

Dave

[Red Bigot]

Oh dear, that was practically undrinkable! No, it WAS undrinkable! I haven't tasted such terrible wine in my life, like horrible grape cordial. And no, not my choice, it was offered and I was curious. Simply the worst wine in the entire world.

How the hell do they sell it?

You have to be a little careful tarring all Yellowtail wines with the same brush. Their local base-level product is less sweet here than in the USA and they now have a couple of levels of Reserve wines that are quite reasonable drinking and regularly win solid medals in major wine shows.

[Matthew Moate]

I have a 2002 Yellow Tail reservce that I bought as a bit of an experiment when it was first released on the domestic market. I wonder what it would be like now or if I should hold onto it longer or if cellaring this wine would do it any good at all.

[Roddy]

Oh dear, that was practically undrinkable! No, it WAS undrinkable! I haven't tasted such terrible wine in my life, like horrible grape cordial. And no, not my choice, it was offered and I was curious. Simply the worst wine in the entire world.

How the hell do they sell it?

You have to be a little careful tarring all Yellowtail wines with the same brush. Their local base-level product is less sweet here than in the USA and they now have a couple of levels of Reserve wines that are quite reasonable drinking and regularly win solid medals in major wine shows.

Agreed, however their base product was just awful, I actually felt somewhat ill consuming it. I had heard that it was average, but to me it tasted nothing at all like wine. I have had some pretty poor wines in my time; cheap, overoaked BBQ stuff, but this was uniquely unpleasant and a real standout. Sweet grape cordial.

[Anonymous]

A low end product made from grapes that have experienced over stimulation (during veraison) from what I understand. But it sells well overseas! No matter what you sell, there's a buyer somewhere in the world, eh!