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Simple question.

Which Red do you guys drink everyday?

Peter Lehmann The Futures 2004. Almost literally every day right now ...

I only really drink a couple of times a week. Less and Better in my motto but at the mo 07 sugar loaf sauvignon blanc and 04 Saltrams Mamre Brook Shiraz or 04 Penfolds Bin 28

Red Red Wine wrote:Simple question.

Which Red do you guys drink everyday?

What might seem like a glib answer, but "something different".

I've never bought up big on a single wine (the biggest exception was a 23 bottle lot of 1998 Cantina del Pino Barbaresco). After gifting 2-3 bottles, we now have a round dozen and may drink ~ 1 a year till we've finished it. Never really had a 'house wine' as the variety is a big factor in enjoyment for me.

Usually whatever red is in the several racks of "try soon" or "drink now" or "new one" and I think will suit the food that night. It's mostly older reds, the new stuff mostly gets assessed via tasting groups or store tastings, or winery trips.

I don't often buy more than a 6-pack of a wine, often only 3 these days, I mostly buy wines to cellar and drink the older stuff I bought 5-10 years ago.

Only try to have a drink couple of times a week - have a few faves - Charles Cimicy Trumps shiraz 05, Bullers cabernet blend 00, if something takes my fancy at the local liquor shop or whatever has been under the house for 5 years+


cheers
Seddo

Unfortunately I have had periods of buying frenzy, and I ave far too much of some stuff. So rather than have a standard quaffer, I'm a bit like Brian in that I just mow them down from the ones that need drinkig the soonest. Tempered of course by whether I can find the bottles in the cellar...

Always something different but midweek quaffers of choice are often pinots as they provide a sense of lightness to the evenings eg.

-Hoddles Creek
-a case of Framingham which I piled through a while back
-Coldstream Hills

and working my way through an auction load of 98 Koonungas which are drinking neatly

I have been making my way thru some 03 thorn clarke cuvee and i have a rack of drink nows so there is always something new on the table alot of 99,00 are being drunk at present like the jacobs creek reserve shiraz,00 Yalumba shiraz,99Montrose black shiraz,wynns 99,00 shi and cab ,mind you i open up 2 or 3 bottles and drink them over the week to see how they are traveling

Beer

yes and greens ginger beer YUM

Hmmm....

House red is the Mike press and the Classic Mclaren as well as Noon's Twelve Bells.

House white is Mt Riley SB, various Riesling's, Mike press again and still on the 05 Lilydale Chardy.

House sparklers are Seppelt for red and Cava (Freixenet and others) for White

House fortified is a few bottles of 1960's Galway Pipe picked up cheap at auction.

Beer is allsorts (picked up a case of La Chouffe for a cheap price and it is under crownies so very happy).

Spirits going are Ron Matulasem rum, Dalwhinnie 15y, Ardbeg Almost there and Macallan cask strength whiskys and a Tanqueray 10 gin that was on clearance for $45 (normally Bombay Sapphire).

During this post its a Morris sparkling shiraz durif (nice and earthy but short finish) and a Seppelt 05 SS (young, jubey and creamy mouthfeel - better with age) show-down with homemade potatoe wedges fried in duck fat and ribs with homemade BBQ sauce. Its Sunday after all.

Oh dear!

cheers

Carl

Well, it varies. I've been drinking a bit of chardonnay lately, but that doesn't answer your query.

Depends on what acceptable reds I've been able to get at a good price. That's lately included Forest Hill Vineyards cab/merl 04, St Hallett Faith shiraz 05, Tahbilk shiraz 03, Taylors shiraz 05, Old Plains Longhop shiraz 06, Metala White Label shiraz cab 04, O'Leary Walker Blue Cutting Road cab merl 03, Teusner Joshua gsm 05, Thorn-Clarke Shotfire shiraz 04. Thorn-Clarke Shotfire Quartage 05. Basically, good quaffers at agreeable/acceptable prices. I.E. under $20, the closer to $10 the better and with reviews around 89+/100.

The number of shiraz' is a sort of balancing act for the cabs I went a bit overboard with until the tannins made me want something not quite so dry. But I will revisit cabs/blends soon.

daz

These would make up the bulk of everyday drinking at the moment.

Mike Press Shiraz
Warrabilla clean skins various.
St Hallet Faith Shiraz
Some Very Cheap Viking picked up at auction

Glen

Water, coffee, coke zero....

But seriously:
Heathcote Estate 2004 Shiraz
Stefano Lubiano Primavera Pinot 2004
Cloudy Bay SB 2005

MOst weeks have at least one bottle of Bin 389 or Wynns Black label cab. That having been said, I'm embarrassed to say I dont drink every day !

Don't drink too much during week any more so usually aged wine ready to drink. Mostly from auction bargains.

Well mostly something different, but lately have been going through some of these:
-Pizzini sangiovese
-Water wheel shiraz
-Tahbilk cab
-hoddles creek pinot

All good drinking at reasonably low prices.

Regards Trev

Mike Hawkins wrote:That having been said, I'm embarrassed to say I dont drink every day !

Don't be embarrassed...! Be proud, man.

I don't drink every day, maybe every second or third. However, when I open a bottle, it's usually always a bottle I haven't tasted before. The reason: for the time being, I want to tast as many different wines as I can in order to find my Australian favorites. It has of course something to do with me just having moved to Australia. Back in Norway, it was a slightly different story. There, my regulars were mostly Italian, usually full bodied reds from Benevento (Campania region, wines usually called Benventano). These wines are produced from the Aglianico grape which produces really good value rich reds. I'm sure it would be a hit here in Australia (haven't seen any wines produced from this variety here...). The same grape is used to produce the more expensive Taurasi that has an excellent cellaring potential, but is too expensive for daily drinking.

I don't drink much during the week. My housemate is not much into wine (and if she drinks it, it's probably a moscato or something sugary and/or fizzy) so I don't like stretching out a whole bottle over a whole week.

otherwise i have a boatload of oldvine cleanskin shiraz and cabernet from Liebich which i inevitably delve in to, although i'm ready for a break and something a bit different!

Hey i think its time for a new house mate Or is the housemate great at cooking

Now that there have been some responses to your somewhat pointless question, what is your somewhat pointless response to that selfsame question?

dazza1968 wrote:Hey i think its time for a new house mate Or is the housemate great at cooking

hehe she's a great cook and she's a vaccuum-a-holic. She's a bit like a wife i imagine (with the mood swings to boot!)

Our main criteria is something that we think still tastes okay on the second or even third night, and somewhere in the $15-20/bottle range. We also try odd bottles to see whether we want to buy a few more for later.

In the red corner we gravitate towards '03 Yalumba Barossa shiraz viognier and '05 O'leary Walker shiraz. We tried Glaetzer's Bishop the other few nights, but it didn't suit us.

For whites, lately it's been Voyager SBS ('07 - '05) and Plantagenet riesling ('06 I think), and we tried O'leary Walker's '07 rieslings (I liked the perfume of their Polish Hill River best, but my taste buds preferred the Watervale). I'm looking forward to seeing Petaluma's riesling at the local bottle'o so I can buy some, and to trying Pierro's '07 LTC which is sitting in the fridge.

Dave.

dkw - I second the o'leary walkers. Great value (esp the shiraz).

The only time I really had a wine i drank on a regular basis was when the RBJ theologicum was a bargain $15 (about 6 years ago). It's sadly double that now!

The La Curio grenache shiraz is a great drink and can often be found for about $17.

Daryl Douglas wrote:Now that there have been some responses to your somewhat pointless question, what is your somewhat pointless response to that selfsame question?

Chill out Sir DougAHad !!!!

dazza1968 wrote:

Daryl Douglas wrote:Now that there have been some responses to your somewhat pointless question, what is your somewhat pointless response to that selfsame question?

Chill out Sir DougAHad !!!!

Well, it was tongue-in-cheek, except for the question. What red do you drink every day yourself?

With the hotter weather lately, I've been drinking mostly beer and chardonnay interspersed with only an occasional red most of which are shiraz, cabernet or a blend dominated by one or other of those.

Cheers

daz