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I thought this topic might complement the "What's in your glass?" thread. A good topic to bring up occassionally to find out what people actually buy and potentially find some good tips.

For me?
Yesterday went out to Mount Majura - ridiculously close to our place, less than 20 minutes. We haven't been out for about three years, last time the winery hadn't even been built - but this is a buying thread not a winery visiting one.
6 bottle of 2003 Pinot Noir - current specially is $80 for a six pack, amazing value. Has a relative high level of tanin which might put people off but adds great structure and isn't noticeable with food.
Then 2 bottles of each 07 Riesling, 07 Pinot Gris, 06 Shiraz and 06 Tempranillo.

Last month was 6 05 Capel Vale Margaret River Cab Sav, 5 mixed 05 Pinot Noirs and 2 cases of Marius.

2 more bottles of 06 Pegasus Bay Aria Riesling $34 for 750ml bottles. A bargain wine

The only wine ive bought this month!

Nice discipline Craig! The "I'm not buying any more wine this month" thing is not working that well at present.

2005 Adelina Shiraz
2005 Wendouree Shiraz & Shiraz Mataro
2005 Murdock Shiraz
2002 & 2000 Murdock Cabernet
2005 Majella Cabernet & Sparkling Shiraz
2006 Yalumba Botrytis Viognier

Sadly, I think that's in the last 10 days . And I haven't been able to drink anything with this damn flu.

So NO MORE PURCHASES for the next month (and this time I mean it).
Cheers
Nick

We went to the Auckland Coffee Festival and ended up buying wine! Mills Reef had a stand doing tastings so we ended up buying a bottle each of the 2007 Reserve Piont Gris, 2005 Reserve Merlot Malbec and 2005 Reserve Syrah.

The latter in particular was impressive in the tasting, with an extremely long finish.

Still early days for me in NZ so buying a lot on impulse!

Cheers,

Martin

2005 Balnaves The Tully
2005 Graiglee shiraz
2005 Yarra Yering No1
2005 Kalleske Johann George
2005 Clonakilla Shiraz/Vo magnums
waiting for my Rockford now

2004 Isole e Olena Chianti Classico
2001 Martinez Bujanda Conde de Valdemar Reserva
Final payment on 2004 Bordeaux indent...
GW

Tried them at CD in McLaren Vale yesterday and could not resist:-

Samuels Gorge Tempranillo 2006
Samuels Gorge Grenache 2005
Samuels Gorge Shiraz 2005

Very restrained this month (so far). Just some Meerea Park - couple of bottles of 05 Alexander Munro Shiraz and a bottle of 05 Hell Hole Shiraz + 07 Hell Hole Semillon.

Probably some Wendouree soon - sent my form in late so possibly not the full amount i requested but will wait and see.

Wendouree Shiraz, Shiraz blends and pressings
Some quaffers...Peter Lehmann Shiraz 2005, Schist Rock Shiraz 2006 and LongHop Shiraz 2006.
Selosse Initiale
Various 2005 Burgundies thru Ross Duke.

feeling much poorer for the experience.

Davo wrote:Tried them at CD in McLaren Vale yesterday and could not resist:-

Samuels Gorge Tempranillo 2006
Samuels Gorge Grenache 2005
Samuels Gorge Shiraz 2005

I see you have again carefully avoided being in SA at the same time as Ric and me.

I just ordered a six pack of the Majella 05 Cab and a six pack of Majella FRS from Gavin. (Good price too. ) .... and thats it for this month.

(Brian the Cofiled FRS has sold out but the next release will be soon.)

Red Bigot wrote:

Davo wrote:Tried them at CD in McLaren Vale yesterday and could not resist:-

Samuels Gorge Tempranillo 2006
Samuels Gorge Grenache 2005
Samuels Gorge Shiraz 2005

I see you have again carefully avoided being in SA at the same time as Ric and me.

I have a cunning plan...

But seriously, I have been trying to coordinate times with Ric but he has been playing footsy

This trip I flew in at sparrowfart Saturday morning and was back on the plane Sunday evening.

expesive month for me, these are my winery direct purchases:
- 28btls Wild duck Creek 05'
- 24 btls Wendouree
- 12 btls Marius(mixed)
- 6 btls delatite (mixed rieslings)
- hillcrest 05 prem. Cab x 3, 05 prem pinot x 2, 04 prem pinot x2 & 01 Pinot)
- another 6pack Lakes folly halves (drank the other case) & 6more btls
- case of Dowie pinot 06
- 6pack whistling eagle 05
- Puriri Hill (4x pope, 4x reserve & 1x estate)

and not to mention my Langtons purchases & retailer purchases! My card now needs a rest, but Kays, St Petes, Glaetzers, Rockford, Mout Mary, & Noon releases/mailers are around the corner!!

Ohh and ive run out of room at millers and took over another large locker hich is 3/4 full already. Will put purchases on hold at end of this year!

c

2004 Curly Flat Pinot Noir (just opened at lunch)
3 x 2005 Shaw & Smith Shiraz
2004 Craggy Range Block 14 Syrah
2003 Blackjack Block 6 Shiraz - cause it was at a good price and I wanted to make a 6-pack

2005 Wendouree – All wines

a 6 pack of Wynns BL (05)
and another of penfolds Bin 389 (04)
and a couple of bottles of Margarete's shiraz (02) to try

Xanadu 1999 cab sav
Xanadu 1996 reserve cab sav
Clairault 1996 reserve cab sav
Penfolds bin 389 2004
Penfolds bin 28 2002

Tried the bin 28 last night and was not overly impressed. Maybe it’s due to the last few I’ve tried being the 98 which is an absolute corker. But I have had the 03 recently and believe it is a lot more complex and rich in style (quite enjoyed it). 02, Just not impressive.

6 x 2004 Vasse Felix Cab Sauv.

I forgot one...

6x06 Tyrrells Four Acre Shiraz.

GW

Been in Margaret on the weekend and so bought a bottle or two at every second cellar door it seemed.

Leeuwin Estate Art Series Riesling 05
Cape Mentelle Sangiovese 06
Some chardy at Evans and Tate (can't recall now)
A port at Gralyn Estate
Woodlands sparkling pinot chardonnay

a few more that I can't remember and for some reason I came back with a German/Austrian Riesling that one of the wineries is direct importing

Besides the above a few auction purchases this week.

At least my regimen of strictly only buying quaffers is working at the moment

cheers

Carl

Some 99 Wendouree Shiraz Mataro, 03 Groom Shiraz, 02 Cascabel Shiraz, 99 Chateau Musar, 05 Turkey Flat Mouvedre and a few other bits and pieces

Total purchases for August: Nil.

Wizz wrote:Total purchases for August: Nil.

Still have a few days left...

Not a lot this month.

3 bottles of Moss Wood 2004 for the cellar.

And 2 different 2005 Bourgogne to try this week.

September and October look to be more expensive with Clonakilla, Rockfords, Kalleske and Seppelt St. Peters being released.

Bought the following this month:

3btls Chateau du Cleray 2005
2btls Cape Mentelle Shiraz 2004
2btls Cono Sur Vision Bio-Bio Riesling 2003

One bottle each of the following:

Chereau Carre Cuvee des Dues 2005
William Fevre 1er Cru Fourchaume 2005 375ml
Cono Sur Viognier 2006
Voyager Estate Cabernet Merlot 2003
Felton Road Pinot Noir 2005
Domaine Weinbach Riesling Schlossberg 2004
Errazuriz Cabernet Sauvignon 2006
Errazuriz Merlot 2005

The Cono Sur wines from Chile are pretty good VFM wines for weekly drinking.

More Longhop Shiraz 06. And the wines I posted TNs of in the weekender.

2 x Schubert Goose-Yard Block Shiraz 2005
4 x Mike Press Cab/Sav 2005
2 x Turkey Flat Shiraz 2005
1 x Glaetzer Godolphin 2005
3 Majella Cab/Sav 2005.

All from AWC.

I'm on a 6 month moratorium from buying wine, so only minor slippages:
- mixed case from Tulloch (6x Private Bin, 2 normal shiraz, 2 cab franc, 2 sangiovese)
- case from Tahbilk (6x 2004 cab franc, 2x 2006 cab franc, some older marsanne)
- a few bottles from the Baileys Glenrowan cellar door (different shiraz, young and old tokay)
- Symphonia cellar door stop (King Valley), so some albarino, petit manseng, and their two tempranillos (joven style and reserva style)
- Savaterre visit to collect my 2005s from Keppel (and his loungeroom of wine) [paid for before the moratorium, so doesn't count as a slippage].
- Sorrenberg cellar door visit to grab a few bottles of gamay.

Good thread!

For me a top-up purchase of a 99 Ch. Musar, as I do like to have a few in the cellar.

May put some auctions bids in though as some tempting items are coming up (with 'come and get me' low estimates - how easily are we suckered in!)

On that subject, (probably aimed at Craig, but any comments welcomed), how are Te Mata Awatea 96 and Martinborough Reserve Pinot Noir 96 coming along. I'm figuring the latter better than the former?

regards

Ian

Bit hard to remember everything without hunting down the receipts, but from memory-

2005 Marquis Philips Shiraz
1927 Alvear Pedro Ximenez Solera
2005 Kumeu River Estate Chardonnay
2005 Mt Difficulty Roaring Meg Riesling
2005 Michael David Incognito Viognier

Splits of
2001 Paolo Scavino Barolo
2002 Chateau Rauzan-Segla
2003 Faiveley Mercurey CLos de Myglands

And a few Fevre Chablis

Mike

Another 3 x 03 Leoville Poyferre, and a 6 pack of 96 Krug