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OK, from what I can gather most people interested prefer something central so;

Date: 2nd November
Place Gavino's Restaurant, 375 Hay Street (Subiaco Mews) Subiaco WA 6008.
Telephone:, (08 ) 9381 1323
Time: about 7pm - will confirm when I book
Cost: about $50 all up per person food/byo as we will do the $40 menu
Theme: 98 or older: Australia v the world

Could people please confirm by the end of the week and I shall make a booking on Sunday.

As for wines I like the idea of options so please just say whether it is a bubbly, white, red or sticky and whether it is australian or international.

Rebecca and I shall bring an international red and an international sticky at this stage. Although may change to balance things out if needed. Oh and Monghead I promise not to remember but I suggest the Bordeaux

cheers

Carl

dazza1968 wrote:i might bring along a bottle of greenock creek creek block 99 and maybe a bottle of willow bridge black dog from 2001 or a magnum of 97 wynns michael really depends on where we eat a bit as to what to bring. Older than this Please just pick a spot to Feast and monghead $30 for a taxi to freo ,

Spot is picked and I assume you are bringing an australian red

cheers

Carl

do even the whites/sparkling have to be pre 98?

do even the whites/sparkling have to be pre 98?

i liked that staggered age thing that was proposed earlier

[quote="Scanlon"]do even the whites/sparkling have to be pre 98?

i liked that staggered age thing that was proposed earlier[/quote

Well, I don't think anyone will mind too much if you bring a a white or bubbly that is at least 5 years old so aim for older than 2002 I reckon with the whites perhaps

cheers

Carl

Well Carl, if it will be an options night, I'm just going to have to delve into the cellar again to see what else is available...

Cheers,

Monghead

***BUMP***

Any updates as to wines styles being brought along?

Although we have about 15 people at the moment, just checking if there are any more lurkers interested in attending.

cheers

Carl

yes def in with +1 (still to confirm the other)

i have messaged griff with more waffle, but will bring the 00 denis shiraz and a sparkling red from ashton hills made with wendouree fruit. Hope you're wearing your tastebud protectors, because it's a mighty drink!

(I have a couple of backups ready too)

Looks like 18 at the moment, maybe 19 if Scanlon's 2nd friend comes along. I think we are nearing maximum numbers for single size bottles i.e. 40mL each.

Only one bubbly red at this stage. Need more bubbles and international whites!

cheers

Carl

I can bring some white sparkles too.
Love them at the moment

Hi guys,

Could I throw something out there?

As Carl suggested, with 18 people, that will be about 40mL per person per wine if all single bottles. This will be just enough to taste as a sampler, but certainly not enough to enjoy, to savour, to compare and contrast as the night unfolds.....

Not to mention, the restaurant will get pretty peeved if we ask for that many glasses each....

Is it worth trying to organise either magnums or doubles of single bottles? I know this will halve the number of wines tried, but perhaps this will double the enjoyment of available wines???

2 cents

Monghead

monghead wrote:Hi guys,

Could I throw something out there?

As Carl suggested, with 18 people, that will be about 40mL per person per wine if all single bottles. This will be just enough to taste as a sampler, but certainly not enough to enjoy, to savour, to compare and contrast as the night unfolds.....

Not to mention, the restaurant will get pretty peeved if we ask for that many glasses each....

Is it worth trying to organise either magnums or doubles of single bottles? I know this will halve the number of wines tried, but perhaps this will double the enjoyment of available wines???

2 cents

Monghead

I agree with the sentiment. I think one should double up/bring a magnum if they can.

However, I for one don't have many magnums over here in Perth or even duplicates. Most of my older stuff is back in Sydney. On the other hand, that's why I am bringing a fortified among others

It's inevitable that one doesn't get the opportunity to sit down with a bottle and watch in evolve but the variety of interesting wine one gets to taste and the discussion that ensues should hopefully help make up partly for that. A few birds told me a few of the wines and I can't wait

To maximize the ability to taste the wine at its peak (and avoid corkys and oxys) it is wise to decant reds a few hours prior to coming. Also worth checking the whites before bringing. Difficult to check bubblies however. Bring the wine masked (e.g. foil, paper bag) if you want people to play options with it. I shall for mine.

By the way I have booked the restaurant for 7:30 for 18 people.

cheers

Carl

Hi all,

Given the lack of bubbles, I think I will change my contribution to one australian red and an international bubbles.

Cheers,

Monghead

monghead wrote:Hi all,

Given the lack of bubbles, I think I will change my contribution to one australian red and an international bubbles.

Cheers,

Monghead

No problem, I'll update the list.

cheers

Carl

Looks like it will be just me.

My travelling partner bailed so now i have noone to do swan valley with either! waaaaaa!

Scanlon wrote:Looks like it will be just me.

My travelling partner bailed so now i have noone to do swan valley with either! waaaaaa!

That's OK. You can have fun without them! Besides, we were almost too large a group for single bottles anyhow.

cheers

Carl

yeah it's more that it's not much fun wine touring on your own. double wah!

i would hae gone on the tour

dazza1968 wrote:i would hae gone on the tour

well maybe we can work something out I'm arriving this wed night and leaving mon evening.

Only two days to go!

I'll bring a dozen glasses (nothing special but better than the ones the restaurant may have. Otherwise it looks like 17 people are coming.

Looking good

cheers

Carl

I should mention that I put the booking under my name but I suspect you will be able to tell which table it will be anyway

cheers

Carl

yay! just waiting for plane. how excitement!

Hey Carl do you want me to bring some large glass's as well , mind you i lack glass's for bubbles

dazza1968 wrote:Hey Carl do you want me to bring some large glass's as well , mind you i lack glass's for bubbles

Seems we should have enough but thanks for the offer

As for bubblies we will just have to make do I guess.

cheers

Carl

Hi guys,

Rick had to pull out so we are 15 tonight. Good for sharing the normal size bottles. I decided to bring another white to even the balance just a little.

Looking forward to it!

cheers

Carl

Just surfacing after Friday night's events. Was great to see some new faces and well as catching up with old ones. Was a great night overall with the wines of a high standard (apart from a couple of duds first up) and the food (mostly) up to the task.

Despite not taking extensive notes, there are a lot of wines to write up so will do so in the coming days. The short short summary was that the equal wines of the night with 7 votes each were;

1991 Chapoutier La Sizeranne Hermitage and
1996 Petaluma Coonawarra red

An honorable mention to the 2001 Ashton Hills sparkling red which was pipped at the post on 6 votes and almost all the rest garnered a vote or three showing that the quality was high. Unfortunately my fave of the night I suspect suffered from most running out of votes as the 1980 Chateau Coutet was superb.

Looks like we have a tie for Australia v The World and will have to have a tiebreaker in the future

cheers

Carl

Well done everyone. Great to see some new faces, some from Perth and some fly-ins from the east. Apprarently they thought we would all be old and grey haired, but they actually found a young crowd of enthusiastic wine buffs!

The 96 Petaluma was my favourite, but the 91 Hermitage was excellent, as well as many others.

Thanks alot for a great time, one thing i love about wine is you never stoplearning and at this tasting i had some 96 Bollinger Champane and it was fantastic , i have some on someone else's recomendation but had never tried it so thanks , What i think was really fantastic was i never realized there were so many wine nuts with the same dire passion for the perfect bottle I have loved wine for along time and really have needed some where for the wine to be consumed with a tint of Love Not tobe Corny Thanks alot fromBoth myself and my wife Margaret. See you soon

What an awesome dinner and bunch of wine enthusiasts.

What an incredible array of wines! Slightly dangerous having all of a shot of 25 wines. everyone was so keen to show off their offerings they went down dangerously quickly!

Extra special thanks to Dazza for being a fabulous tour guide & Justin for the tip on the party in south perth for sunday's race

Hi everyone. My Perth pics are up including a bunch from the dinner.

Unfortunately they're on facebook though, so if you're not a member already, you'll need to create at least a basic account (very easy!).

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2 ... =716850361

Feel free to add any tasting notes and/or other comments