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Last vintage of HofG I bought was 2002. It’s 3 x that at auction now? How’s that a dead market? List other Aussie wines that appreciate in that manner? Not that it matters. If the Henschke’s sold Hill of Grace for $100 below market there would be thousands of miserable flippers hounding the winery ...

Malt in the city still allow BYO on Tuesday nights as far as I know.

The Roman Empire at Carindale permit BYO wine every night. Though it's more cafe than fine dining.

As others have posted, excellent thread, Hacker. It's always interesting to read about everyone else's wine journey and where they see their cellar heading in the future. My current top 5 producers, by volume, are: 1. Penfolds (122 btls, 6.7%) 2. Tyrrells (92 btls, 5.0%) 3. Wynns (91 btls, 5.0%) 4. ...

Hi Mahmoud, I generally agree that shipping and heat are contributors. I've observed countless examples of non-refrigerated delivery trucks parked during a hot Brisbane summer, doors open, while offloading to wine merchants. When I think of the effort and expense I outlay in order to carefully store...

That's frustrating. I've had 6 of these from the same case over the last 2 years and all have been horribly maderised. Colour was consistently dark yellow/copper and the wines smelled and tasted like sherry with a huge acid hit and no fruit remaining. All bottles sealed with cork, and the case was s...

Thanks, Simon and Trev. I'm in the early stages of planning a cellar build under my high-set house and wasn't making much headway with the choice of conditioners. I've decided to go down the dedicated cellar conditioner route rather than modify a domestic air conditioning unit. My wines are currentl...

Simon,

If you're still around and reading this forum, which cellar conditioner did you end up installing?

Do you have any further feedback on the Inoa or Fondis options?

TIA

Vinh,

How was the Centenary holding up?

Colour looks good from your photo. Will it go much longer?

Cheers

Pok,

No offense intented, however if you can afford that wine you can probably afford to join TWF.

Something cold for during the day, and warm for at night??

A few people from various fora have run these trials in the past. The main problem that seems to come up is bottle variation. Other than that, try to keep everything else constant - including temperature. If you intend to put the reference bottle in the fridge for a while to cool it down, make sure ...

2005 Heartland Limestone Coast Langhorne Creek Shiraz $14: Dark to very inky purple with a glowing hue. The nose had its similarities to the Majella at first with elegant pepper and cherry characters, but with breathing became noticeably riper displaying blackberry and some floral hints – so...

Gianna, How warm was the Godolphin served? When I tasted this at 'proper' room temperature a couple of weeks ago I didn't notice the alcohol at all. Didn't seem syrupy to me either. Definitely concentrated though. Re: DP90; recall that this was A LOT more expensive a few years ago. So at $55 is pret...

I reported on both of these wines with and without extended exposure to air. In summary, the Amon Ra looked very impressive with air-time, and the Godolphin didn't. Compared with the 04's my gut feeling is that the 05 Amon Ra is similar in quality and style (perhaps more muscular), while the 05 Godo...

Raymond, TCD, I was fortunate enough to try a couple of these again over the weekend, but with a bit more 'air-time'. The Heartland Directors Cut was still looking good, holding up well with plenty of fruit and good structure from a wine that was opened many hours earlier. The Glaetzer Bishop was sh...

A tasting with Ben Glaetzer at Wineaway in Brisbane last night. Tasted in order listed. Plate after plate of canapés were being offered to give us a chance of getting through all the wines in about 2 hours. Not all of the food matches were good, but they reduced palate fatigue somewhat. Heartland...

1998 Normans Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc: Dark to inky red. A very sweet and developed nose, opening with leafy/tomato followed by coffee/toffee oak, and sweet leather and raspberry fruit. The palate impressed me, opening with sweet cherry cola/coffee followed by peppery/choco...

Thanks AJ,

Covered pretty comprehensively I see.

I did use the search tool, but I think I must have been scrolling down too quickly. I'm a bit of a google-ite I guess - if I don't find what I'm after in the first couple of hits I get very bored.

I'm going to be down in the Hunter for a few days in late September for a conference. Some workmates who are also going suggested we do a wine tour on the arrival day (Monday) which we mostly have free (from arrival in Newcastle at 8:30ish til 5pm registration). It will be a small group, likely 5-6,...

Country - Australia
State - Vic
Region - Heathcote
Varietal - Shiraz
Year - 2002
Winery - WDCE
Wine - Duck Muck

Country - Australia
State - SA
Region - Coonawarra
Varietial - Cabernet
Year - 1999
Winery - Katnook
Name of Wine - Odyssey

I understand that Anne Riesling is the old name for Lovedale? And that despite the name, they're actually semillon. 1998 Penfolds Bin 128 Coonawarra Shiraz - still seemed in good shape and would still be OK for another year or two. 2000 Jamiesons run O'Dea's block Cabernet - Think I may not have ce...

Also went to the Dutschke tasting at Wineaway. This was my first tasting of the Dutschke wines, so it was good to see a couple of vintages of each. Quick notes follow. 2006 Moscato Passionfruit and lychees, then a bit of musk after time in the glass. Quite sweet and a bit flabby, lacking acid that w...

Also in a later section information from Iain Riggs of Brokenwood that 3 out of 10 bottles of their cork-sealed semillons are undrinkable at 6 years from vintage, mostly due to random oxidation. Also another 3-4 of the 10 on the way out at that stage. Scary stats for semillon drinkers, he claims to...

Good note Gary. While I haven't tasted this particular wine, your taste descriptors are reminiscent of most Black Labels I've have over the last ten years. My mouth is watering just reading it! My only regret with this label is that I probably finished off my 91's a little too early (about 2 years a...

As to the tax arguement, the tax on Oz wine is close to 43%, how much on a top end BMW (as a percentage)? Luxury car tax is 25% of the GST-exclusive portion over $57,009. So of your $211,500 BMW 750i purchase price, about $28,609 is Luxury Car Tax, and $16,626 is GST for a total of $45,235 in taxes...

Due to the large discrepancy between tasting notes for this wine lately, I thought IÂ’d open one for myself and check out its progression for the first time since cellaring. Not decanted; couldnÂ’t be bothered, but it was allowed to sit in the glass for a while as the night pro...

smithy wrote:8)

Screwcaps aren't theanswer to everything as they are cruddy on big reds....Done the trials to prove it.

Cheers
Smithy

Smithy,

Would you mind elaborating on this?

Although possibly having a larger percentage of corked wines AJ, please explain? I dont see the % changing with age, though the ones that are corked may show more extreme TCA characters than some bottles that might have slipped through this time. Given the experience of the tasters though, I doubt ...

1999 Tyrells Vat 47 Char Pinot Gris (mag) Vat 47 contains Pinot Gris? I thought it was labeled Pinot Chardonnay because that's what Tyrrells (incorrectly) thought the variety was when they first started making it. As for its longevity, the last time I tasted this from a standard format, it had plen...