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Silly question but at least you have a choice!

I am stuck on a desert island and only one good Aussie producer available-Salitage from Pemberton.

I don't have a choice, Salitage is it, what producer would you choose?

Must add very happy with the Salitage range as it offers a bit of most that I miss. Good in the Estate range-pinot, chardonnay and a Bordeaux blend. The second label also available- a spicy cool climate Victorian like shiraz and a cabenet blend that is atypical WA. Good stuff all round and I can see why Salitage successful in a diverse export market.


If I had a choice, considering range and quality, would Henschke pleease export to the desert island of Bahrain!

Cullen. I'd prefer to cuddle Vanya at night than Rocky O'Callahan.

Although I enjoy wines from other producers more, for all round quality over a range of reds, whites and sparkling it has to be Brian Croser and Petaluma for me.

Seppelt for me,

A nice range of sparkling whites
The fantastic Show Sparkling Reds.
Those marvellous Drumborg Rieslings and the Jaluka Chardonnay.
A nice cache of Chalambars and Great Western/St Peters going back to the 1960's.
A bit of Dorrien Cab when the lamb is served
A touch of Sherry styling pre dinner
Then the Rutherglen muscats
And a sip of 100yo Para every now and then.

Yep. Hard to go past Seppelt. Their range is amazing.

Adair

Damn you Murray !!! I withdraw my previous post.

Seppelt is defintely the winner.

... although cuddling Vanya definitely needs to be weighed up in context of the situation. Maybe I need to rethink!

Murray wrote:Seppelt for me

Murray,

I didn't see that coming

For me, if I was trapped on a desert island the producer would be a big, blockbusting, consistently high alcohol producer like Jasper Hill. I'd get wiped out on great wine to get me over the boredom.

I'll choose D'arrenberg. Fantastic wines across the board and consistently outperformed during lesser vintages. Excellent quality to price ratio too.

Thumbs UP for Chester!!!

I'd avoid being stuck somewhere with only one producer to choose from !

At least Salitage covers a reasonable range for you Jamie.

regards
Chris

Easy Peasy

it has to be Grosset
he even has a sparkling chardonnay and I would beg him to crank out some more botrytis riesling.
all in screwcaps please.

michel

If I don't have to pay for them I guess I'd be choosing between Giaconda, Mount Mary, Cullen, Penfolds and Seppelt.

If I do have to pay for them, Seppelt probably have the best range of affordable wines - St Peters shiraz, Jaluka Chardonnay and Grand fortifieds.

Kieran

At first thought i would type Rockford but on reflection Seppelts offer such an amazing range which Murray pretty much covers.Hard to beat and they even do a nice Drumborg pinot which i like.
The Salitage wines are pretty good across the board including the Treehouse range. The estate pinot is a lovely drop, smokey oak with barnyard funk and a silky long finish.Could do with perhaps a touch more fruit but still very nice wine.

Cheers

Paul

On a DESERT island? BULK PERRIER!! And the cartons to shelter from the sun - jeez Jamie I'd have thought you'd know better.

Murray's suggestions are hard to beat even if he does include food. Otherwise I'm with Dig - Vanya and her wines much preferable to Man Friday and coconuts.

daz

Seppelt gets there on the range of it's wines, perhaps - everything from sparkling to fortified. But if it was table wines alone (and I'll have to sacrifice the bubbles) it's pretty hard to top Henschke...

cheers,
Graeme

My vote would go to Tatiarra....

Murray

Agree with Seppelt being up there. We had a few bottles of Sparkling Shiraz recently, what a treat, you don't realise what an enjoyable style until it is so scarce. Mouthwatering your reference the Drumborg cabernet and lamb, but a shortage of both here at the moment!

ChrisH

Trying desperately to get off my marooned island. Hoping to report from a couple of Old Colonial bastions soon, with fine wine tradition and availability in both-Hong Kong and Macau.

Thought long and hard and it is still Henschke;despite a lack of red and white bubbles(Dom is $120 Aus a bottle here) .

Icon shiraz HofG and MtEd-and I could hoard the limited allocation for Bahrain as all the millionaires here don't drink.

Cyril is first class.

Keyneton Estate and the superb Johann's Garden.

A little cool climate finesse with the Lenswood Range-Abbotts, Croft's and the riesling.

Eden Valley whites are good and a dessert wine that probably deserves more attention.

Giaconda for accross the board quality.

The Rousanne, Chardonnay, Pinot, Shiraz and Cabernet would keep me so happy that I could cope without the sparklings.

Nice to dream....

Cheers

Andy