96 Lovedale Semillon was the Top Wine of the NWS, not just the top white!
Can't remember the rest of the trophy winners, Wolf Blass Gold label Shiraz-Viognier won best 2002 red, 93 Seppelt Show Sp Shiraz beat the Leasinghams for a change.
My mate (one of the show stewards) tells me the 2001 reds (including PN)were pretty outstanding (not enough 2002 reds released or made it through a prior show yet to make a comparative impression). Also lots of wines in ROTE, some sulphur/reductive probs, but corked/faulty rate still running at over 10% of bottles under cork, including several bottles corked of some wines.
I'll post some more impressions tomorrow after I recover from the two-hour challenge at the tasting session tonight - two hours and about 1000 reds to pick from. I figure I have a big advantage over all those who start on the whites
