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Lol
If they can put down all that crap about a beverage they should be held responsible for a product that taste like sh.. more so than a hint of blackberries ect.
A customer of mine (going back awhile now) started producing his own Shiraz & gave me a complementry bottle to try
 

GG, if you are serious maybe you should Google the wine which was formerly Three Rivers Shiraz. The 1998 was a rare drop and stored well, would command a decent price as they are hard to get hold of. Of course answering this probably sticks my neck out as a wine wanker wannabe.

Cheers,

Kenny
 

Sorry about that.
Anyway it was terrible & i told him so.
Found out after he disinfected the bottles in Jasol. No wonder it tasted bad!
Surprisingly after that batch he got it right & produced a nice red.
 
Given that it was Australia Day yesterday, I thought it appropriate to do a lamb roast on the weber for dinner and wash it down with a 1998 Eileen Hardy Shiraz. A good finish to a good day.
Oh, and the wine was great as well.
 
at my Australia day party we had:

James Boag Pure

Fontys pool pinot noir

Cambrian Rock heathcote shiraz
 
Yep, back to Earth last night. Dinner of left-over (Australia Day) lamb roast and a small bowl of pasta, washed down with a 2005 Wolf Blass Yellow Label Shiraz. Still good.
 
nulla nulla said:
Yep, back to Earth last night. Dinner of left-over (Australia Day) lamb roast and a small bowl of pasta, washed down with a 2005 Wolf Blass Yellow Label Shiraz. Still good.
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Tonights Sunday Roast, A long leg of Lamb on the weber bbq, will be washed down with a bottle of McWilliams "Brands Laiara" 2004 Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon. And it tastes great.
 
Has anyone else tried the Penfolds 2007 Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz and/or the Penfolds 2008 Bin 128 Coonawarra Shiraz? Currently on special at Dan Murphys.
 
I have six empty bottles of Penfolds Bin 138 Grenache Mourvédre Shiraz 2008, which were enjoyed last night.

Tomorrow night I have an ex Storm financial planner coming over for some " advice ", believe it or not.

Can anyone suggest a good goon to buy to fill up the bottles, as I want to get him intoxicated to ply for information but do not want to spend over one hundred dollars in the process.

What would be a suitable cask wine to imitate this expensive drop.

I have no palate for vino, so its all the same to me, but he's been to Italy and South Africa, and although not bright, reckons he knows his wine.

gg
 
Garpal Gumnut said:
I have no palate for vino, so its all the same to me.
gg
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So why waste money on expensive wines? My test for a good red is if you can wake up in the morning without a headache. There are several under 10 bucks that pass this test.
 
Calliope said:
So why waste money on expensive wines? My test for a good red is if you can wake up in the morning without a headache. There are several under 10 bucks that pass this test.
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hahaha that must be my problem then, I always wake up with a headache after drinking wine.
 
Calliope said:
So why waste money on expensive wines? My test for a good red is if you can wake up in the morning without a headache. There are several under 10 bucks that pass this test.
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nomore4s said:
hahaha that must be my problem then, I always wake up with a headache after drinking wine.
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Im the same, but get the headache while im drinking it. It's mainly due to the sulfur they use in the production. I have worked in a winery and its not pretty
 
Metala White Label 2005 Shiraz Cabernet (Langhorne Creek). Good drinking and 2 bottles left.
 
Personal fave;
Shingleback D block reserve 2005 was exquisite

Did a Marg River tour last year and the best i sampled was;
Voyager 2004 Cab Sav Merlot very blackcurrant/dark chocolate appeal to it

Voyager 2007 'Girt By Sea' Cab Merlot 2007, dark fruit flavours with a softness to it

Something different;

Gralyn Estate White Port 2008, served slightly chilled after meals.... divine! Very summer stonefruit appeal to it.... and this is coming from a stonefruit grower!
 
Current red on the lips is the 2000 Baroosa Valley Siraz "Farms". Winemaker is Thomas Jung. Around $70 per bottle but well worth it ! Yaldara Wines Lyndoch SA 5351. Superb !
 
A better than average result today. dxs opened higher and jumped to $0.84, combined with an overnight trade on wbc and gains on gpt for the second day running. Time to lock it in.
What better way to celebrate than with a Wynns Coonawarra "Michael" Shirax 2003.
 
My personal test of a good drink is how far into the future I can remember the taste (I.e. if I enjoyed it)

I can't remember a single bottle of woobla. I've had Grange, it tastes like ****.

I can remember the taste of particular beers... which might make me a blue collar philistine, but...

The taste I can remember most of all was a bottle of Armagnac given to my old man way back in the eighties from one of his high brow mates. It cost hundreds of dollars and man was it worth it.

I would deal drugs to get a hold of a bottle of that stuff again, but I can't remember the label.
 
Funny that but I haven't tasted grange since about 1979-1980 when one of my mates brought a bottle to a barbeque. We were used to drinking $2-$3 bottles of red at the time and to us a big splash out was a mildara cab sav for $3 -$4. So we generously helped him consume this grange hermitage.
I haven't drunk it since but I still remember the big fruit flavour with soft tannins and subtle wood. Like a rasberry jam flavoured wine. It was great with the T-bone steaks.
 
**sniff**

Ahhhhh.. this lightly aged thread exhibits a whiff of sultry undertones, the unmistakable earthy pungency of 3 day old sweat, a mild odour of decaying thought...

**sip**

Mmmmmmm...... I can detect a very forward, luscious, plummy cynicism, followed by a slightly ascerbic mid-palate. Definitely a slightly bitter aftertaste from late-edited obscenities....

Oh.

I guess that makes ME a wanker too!!

 
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