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Ballycroft is great. Joe the winemaker cut his teeth at Rockford. Well priced wines...one of the few in the BV ha ha.
Great tasting CD experience. Have a few vintages. Across the road from the Greenock Tavern...great place for lunch.
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Add Seaview, Jamiesons Run and Lindemans to the list. Plus Mildara is another on death row...the sub $10 garbage masquerading as SE Australia is a joke. 1980s TR222, TR16, Rouge Homme Cabernet and Claret, plus KS Red Ribbon Shiraz and Green Ribbon EV Riesling were our staples. Yes 1994 Rouge Homme R...

Thanks for the great notes as always Allan, you are most fortunate to have both a great venue and a great group for regular tastings in WA. Sad that we can't do same in Adelaide, with a great range of wines such as these. I'm fortunate to have about 70% of these in the cellar...so its great to have ...

Another sixer of the 2021 Petaluma Coonawarra.
Had a bottle of the weekend...and as predicted, an absolute cracker
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Its of absolutely no surprise to anyone here, but I think there's just two bottles of Ata Rangi Marlborough PN in the cellar, that someone gave to me as a gift. I have one memorable Pinot experience when I called Stephen George in about 1995 or thereabouts to come to the winery to collect my annual ...

Thanks for the note on this.
Picked up 3 each of the 2016 and 2018 vintage. Will be good to line up against Yeringberg Cabernets, MM Quintet and YY No. 1.
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1994 Mt Ed, what was it...$20
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12 2022 Oliver's Taranga MV Shiraz 6 2021 Petaluma Coonawarra... should be an absolute cracker! We were having a laugh Ed. Between 1982-1990 vintages KE, Cyril, Mt Ed and HoG were our house reds. We drank dozens of them, $5, $12, $12, $27 respectively. Pity Stephen Henschke abruptly stopped sensible...

Thanks Allan...had a few of these over the years plus 1 or 2 of the Heytesbury, but never had a TC. Along with DM and MW, considered the top tier wines of WA.
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True Ed, Provenance can be an issue but that said if you're purchasing current release from auction, where the time frame is less than 12 months, unless the wine has been stored on top of a fridge, then I think it's a pretty safe bet. The other thing that surprises me is the culling of lines from th...

Thanks Allan. Think 2023 in your neck of the woods was a very sound vintage. WA may well as be in another country as it seems you have vintage after vintage that is near perfect. Yes I agree, this aggressive cost cutting will end at some point, either though a vine pull scheme, attrition of many mor...

Agree 100% with the sentiments here. I was thinking of putting the cue in the rack at 2010/12 vintages, then 2021/22, but will give 2023a miss and wander off in 2024/25...can hear the canned music now :wink: :wink: The compounding "problem" is the current state of the Australian wine indus...

Yes tend to agree there are some excellent Cab Shiraz options other than a $400 Caley. Wonder what Yalumba staff price is. Just picked up a few 2022 Mallea and some 2022 The Redman. One of the all time greats Wynns Centenary fetches sensible prices at auction...missed by a single bid on 2 magnums. O...

I've been fortunate at both the Tyson Stelzler/Matthew Jukes Great Australian Red events in Adelaide to drink multiple glasses and vintages of the Caley. Even took home a couple clean-skin 2012s, when half opened bottles were given away...pity this doesn't happen anymore. Then later vintages at Coon...

Best wishes for your recovery Craig. The wine can wait until you're ready. Thanks Ian, it's been a bit of an endurance test, but the focus on recovery and healing seems to be working. I'm remaining positive about it all and yes the wine can wait a bit longer. It will be strange not having a drink f...

Hi David, good to hear from you. I am in the process of recovering from a fairly significant illness. I haven't had a drink for 6 weeks and probably have another 6 to go. As for a 90s theme, there's a couple of bottles of Grange floating around somewhere. I had 2 dozen 90 HoG but sold the lot. I thi...

A dozen 2022 Ox Hardy Slate Shiraz Blewett Springs.
Really enjoying diverse wider MV regions Shiraz...a nice change from all that Cabernet
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Ian, one of the reasons I am looking at MV and Blewett Springs Shiraz, great wines, agreeable to the palate and attractive price points across diverse styles.
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Felix, points noted. Whilst the old world commands the highest prices, not much difference to what goes on here. Many wineries in BV, HV, YV and MR ask us to bend over and don't complain :wink: People are waking up... simply too much overpriced wine here too. A bit of a correction is needed before i...

2012 Seppelts Show Sparkling Shiraz. Third bottle so far and all have been duds. Not hard to see why it has been heavily discounted. Massive mid palate hole with an underlying bitterness masked by the dosage. This is a label I’ve enjoyed many, many times in decades gone by, but they really whiffed ...

Thanks for the note Allan...a favourite.
Think there's a sixer buried somewhere.
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Not only that, but the decades of old world being viewed as everything is far far superior than anything here means that there won't be any significant price drops.
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Sip, you did well with Parker FG...paid about the same as the release price.
Although I rate John Riddoch very highly, PE is fast becoming one of my favourite wines from Coonawarra. Think I have 2008 onwards.
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Nah...I hope grandad drinks them.
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I turned off at 3/4 time....worst quarter of football in 20 years giving up 12 goals...WTF!! Apart from Sam Walsh, were is the outside run?? I'm resigned to another very long season,, have a 6 game interstate membership and intend to go to a few games, but bloody hard to keep the faith. Cheers Craig...

Well I'm currently out of action, but all power to the helpers. A team of 6-8 enthusiastic family members took 6 days to move all the wine to Klemzig. What a massive job and not a single bottle smashed...will have a dinner for all of them in due course with a few of the spoils. D day is Tuesday Marc...

Rossco, think Fraser is very comfortable in his own skin and who knows "didn't bother or care" to send samples off for what is just another subjective assessment. Wine critics make me laugh... something about feeding off a carcass
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Apparently Dave Brookes (WC) reviews are in, 96 for most and lined up with my assessment only DB wrote four lengthy paragraphs compared just a few words from the casual punter
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Interesting observation Hacker, but there may be nothing in it. Critics make me laugh sensitive little souls they are :roll: :roll: Perhaps they are tiring of reviewing wines that are cult, unaccessible and sell out. Points are meaningless. That said none of the 60 or so scribes got lost on their wa...

Hope you left me some. I'm there tomorrow. Rockford and Eperosa post lunch. Cheers Craig Update Quick BV trip. First time at Sami Odi and meeting Fraser. Lovely bloke and delightful setting in his shed. Disclosure, I have never tried the wines previously. I have 2020 vintage onwards. Current release...