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I love your thinking Sean, and FWIW I absolutely agree on the Wynns Black label being both a legend, and very surprisingly not destroyed by the marketing team / decision makers at TWE. I do like the Jack Mann as well, another that risked getting destroyed in corporate shenanigans, yet it's still goi...

I really couldn't offer up any opinion: - I've only tasted 3 out of the 5 listed, and each many years ago - I don't believe in top 5s, 10s, 100s in matters of taste. - My own tastes diverge significantly from leading Aussie critics, most notably in their continued love for Barossa / McLaren Vale, an...

For sure, and the risk to life can escalate very fast.

Outside of that, there's plenty of really good wines, and with great diversity e.g. - If you love tannins, try Cahors or Madiran - If you like rich bold reds, dive into Languedoc / Roussillon, plus other areas of South-West France. - Northern Rhone for leaner, more smoky Syrah, or Southern Rhone for...

Pomerol well appreciated in this household. Plenty of decent but not earth shattering options. At the moment it appears we just have Ch. L'Enclos and Ch Nenin in, both IIRC bought on a cross-channel raid across the Channel. CT says I've drunk the following, as I posted a TN for them (there are some ...

1996 Produttori del Barbaresco Riserva Montestefano, is in a nice spot for me, where sweet and savoury meet, and the tannins are subdued enough (though still a much better wine with food, as acidity and residual tannins give it decent grip, even at almost 30 years old). IIRC I picked this up in Alba...

I hope it's better than that, but fear you're correct. Both China and the US offer 'potential' for riches, but both with genuine risk of ending up with massive write-offs. The catch is that once they chase the global dream, it's a massive decision to cut back to the traditional core markets. Few CEO...

At 15.5% one wonders whether the heat damage was after it was bottled, or before it was harvested

Well done!

Not surprised the Wandoo still doing well. A lovely wine, but one I've not seen for about 2 decades

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...