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Sounds like a good trip. I've not visited Marcarini, but they are a producer I really like. Wines to cellar with confidence.

Similarly I wanted to love the reds (and FWIW used to find the Mangan blend decent value). Critics waxing lyrical about great structure just didn't bear any resemblance to the Cab/Merlot (that in time became the DM) that I drank. Quite a few flaky bottles as well. ... and yes, I also enjoyed the Cha...

Good to see the Corino doing well in a warm year. We enjoyed visiting them in c. 2012, the wines good, though fair to say they were leaning modernist, as many in Annunziata were doing at the time.

Ouch! Parcelfarce living up to their name...

Ouch on the Ornellaia. From memory a decent vintage in Tuscany. It used to be something of a guilty pleasure for us, a rich, almost plump wine whose pleasure was more immediate and obvious compared to most Italian wines we liked. I don't ever recall *great* complexity, but this does sound like a poo...

Thanks for that Sam. I'm trying another this week - Vinatis, who are based in France and who I've seen recommended on wine pages. Prices from ok to good, and range wide, though it seems a high % of co-ops. They've processed the order within a day, so the recommendation that said they were efficient...

Thanks for that Sam. I'm trying another this week - Vinatis, who are based in France and who I've seen recommended on wine pages. Prices from ok to good, and range wide, though it seems a high % of co-ops. They've processed the order within a day, so the recommendation that said they were efficient ...

Yes Sam Back in those days it was a wonderful combo of superb ranges and at times superb prices. The former was the main reason, but the latter a superb sweetener. Places like Callmewine, Xtrawine, Garrafeira Nacional and others were a great way of exploring into the nooks and crannies of Italy &...

For my palate, big agreement. Grampians my first choice for Aussie shiraz, with Hunter Valley 2nd. Availability over here something of a challenge sadly.

In the meantime, find a cool and dark place to store the wines while you wait to get them to auction.

2007 Rivera Castel del Monte Nero di Troia Riserva Puer Apuliae . I really like their standard bearer 'Il Falcone' Riserva, so was intrigued to try this fancier bottling. It has a suitably heavy bottle. For me, a case of bigger is not better, but it still has merit. Very firm tannins have to a larg...

Super move on the cheese Steve - hard cheeses do a great job in such situations (*Stinking bishop, not so much, but at least will get you a clear path to a tasting table ).

* a cheese that is very aptly named.

Went to my first wine tasting event, the real reviews top Australian wineries event. Was interesting, although I don’t think I did it properly as all the wines started to taste the same after a while, and after tasting 15 wineries 4-5 wines each I was pretty trollied 😅 Strangely I tried the wynns w...

Many thanks for posting this. Giordano: I'm guessing this is the same family who have a long association with the region, back to the days where negotiant production was the norm. Not a star back then, with my only TN (on a 1978 Barbaresco, drunk back in 2007) feeling it was a bit lacking in substan...

Cool! Starting in Caselle (Torino) airport. As you exit the arrival hall, head 45 degrees to your right to get to the hire car desks (still inside the same building). They park the cars in the multistorey car park across the service road immediately outside the building, and when you drive out, you'...

FWIW I've not had the issues either, but it's clear from that PHP BB forum, that it is an issue with their software, but I'd need a big trawl through it to see what might be the common cause for users being affected.

Any luck with deleting cookies / trying a different browser. Also any insight into the remember me data (i.e. is it a near daily update, or much more sporadic?) Thanks Ian, but no. Thanks for checking that. Next step might be to try and isolate a situation where it's getting confused by logins on d...

Any luck with deleting cookies / trying a different browser.

Also any insight into the remember me data (i.e. is it a near daily update, or much more sporadic?)

Doing as most IT helpdesks do these days, I had a quick online search, and on PHP BB's own forum, saw this thread which touched on the invalid form error, and a possible cause of differing IP address tteatment. https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=2554381 In particular, the post by EA117 ...

Doing as most IT helpdesks do these days, I had a quick online search, and on PHPBB's own forum, saw this thread which touched on the invalid form error, and a possible cause of differing. https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=2554381 In particular, the post by EA117 » Sun May 31, 2020 3:2...

Doing as most IT helpdesks do these days, I had a quick online search, and on PHPBB's own forum, saw this thread which touched on the invalid form error, and a possible cause of differing. https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=2554381 In particular, the post by EA117 » Sun May 31, 2020 3:2...

remember.png I'm no expert in web access issues, but looking at the info under user control panel > profile, it looks like there is some potentially very useful diagnostics under 'manage "Remember me" login keys. That should show each time you logged on to Auswine (or specifically each ti...

I'm not especially savvy in this area, but have you tried logging in from a different device? Or as alluded to above, do you ever have two instances of the site open (e.g. on two different devices), which might cause it to autoeject the other account? Especially if the other one is set to 'remain lo...

It does give a good jolt to our expectations - serious reds, but with the 'fun' of fizz. I've also enjoyed some sparkling Loire (Cab Franc) reds recently - without the richness of sparkling shiraz, but a hell of a good picnic wine. That sounds right up my alley. If you have any favourite producers/...

Wine # 12 - 2012 Seppelt Show Reserve Sparkling Shiraz I love me a good sparkling red. I cant tell you why, its so unique, so different to all other offerings It does give a good jolt to our expectations - serious reds, but with the 'fun' of fizz. I've also enjoyed some sparkling Loire (Cab Franc) ...

I've not tasted any of Ercolani's wines, but a 10 yo VNdM riserva on the decline would be disappointing for sure. This does sound better, but yes it does sound like it's at that point where primary/secondary meets tertiary.

Hi Jamie Agreed on the mental hurdle of drinking and enjoying a wine that has gone from affordable to unaffordable. It ought to be a blessing, but there is indeed something in the mind that niggles with us, about drinking such a (now) overly expensive wine. The obvious solution is to sell it, but ha...

None of us can predict where the wines will be in another 10 years, and as the guidance goes: past performance is not a guide to future investment returns. If people want to 'invest' in wines then so be it, but my hobby is focused on buying/drinking the wines. I never intend to sell a single bottle....

6x Crociani Vino Nobile di Montepulciano riserva 2020 (a super under-the-radar producer that we've visited)
6 x Vallone (now branded by the specific winery estate - Tenuta Serranova) Salice Salentino 'Vereto' riserva 2021 (typically a negro amaro led regional blend).

Probably inspired by this thread, I opened a half bottle of the 2018 Torbreck 'The Struie' yesterday. No notes taken, but my thoughts were: 15% alc showed, not in any 'burn', but more in a syrupy profile, which kind of worked with more savoury leather and the necessarily quite firm acidity. For me, ...