The new wine thread
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@mn5 said in The new wine thread:
@catogrande said in The new wine thread:
Life is too short to waste on cheap wine
I thought it was better than the other option which was no wine cos the good stuff was gone
As an ex 5* wine-snob, there's lot of fantastic wine out there (internationally at least) at great prices if you avoid big brands or are seriously into top-line Pinot Noir / top Hunter Valley Semillon or Shiraz for example.
My tastes have moved away from reds to ultra-dry whites but my daily quaffer is a supermarket no-brand Clare Valley Riesling. It's not Grosset Polish Hill or Springvale ... or a top Henty riesling quality like Crawford Hill ... but (this 2019 vintage wine) is very very good indeed. It's £8, sometimes discounted.
For a while here in the UK there were supermarket bottlings of top Hunter Valley Semillon at insane prices from Tyrells and Mt. Elizabeth, sadly the market has now overtaken that. Similarly I used to drink amazing Santinori Assrytiko before that got "spotted".
Took me time to trust my palate rather than the label and $$$ price tag.
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@sparky said in The new wine thread:
Drinking an awesome Claret at the moment. Best Bordeaux wines knock the socks off other Reds.
We need more data please.
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@l_n_p said in The new wine thread:
@mn5 said in The new wine thread:
@catogrande said in The new wine thread:
Life is too short to waste on cheap wine
I thought it was better than the other option which was no wine cos the good stuff was gone
As an ex 5* wine-snob, there's lot of fantastic wine out there (internationally at least) at great prices if you avoid big brands or are seriously into top-line Pinot Noir / top Hunter Valley Semillon or Shiraz for example.
My tastes have moved away from reds to ultra-dry whites but my daily quaffer is a supermarket no-brand Clare Valley Riesling. It's not Grosset Polish Hill or Springvale ... or a top Henty riesling quality like Crawford Hill ... but (this 2019 vintage wine) is very very good indeed. It's £8, sometimes discounted.
For a while here in the UK there were supermarket bottlings of top Hunter Valley Semillon at insane prices from Tyrells and Mt. Elizabeth, sadly the market has now overtaken that. Similarly I used to drink amazing Santinori Assrytiko before that got "spotted".
Took me time to trust my palate rather than the label and $$$ price tag.
We “discovered” that Assrytiko one a trip to Crete a few years back while it was cheap too. Nice drop.
Currently having some Valli Pinot in cleanskin format on a bargain deal. Sometimes you can go for 5star and price
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So I am new to Barbera, only just discovered it. Fantastic drop, a light red and now i must consume more. If anyone knows any decent brands let me know. I can't believe I haven't found this Italian varietal earlier.
I can't get my wife to drink many reds, but she also enjoys this so that is a win
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@bayimports said in The new wine thread:
So I am new to Barbera, only just discovered it. Fantastic drop, a light red and now i must consume more. If anyone knows any decent brands let me know. I can't believe I haven't found this Italian varietal earlier.
I can't get my wife to drink many reds, but she also enjoys this so that is a win
I'm drinking a Lavignone right now
I see the same shop has Massolino Barbera D’Alba but that's quite a bit of money (the premium there looks a bit high)
Fontana Fredda is good, although the Oz version has different packagine to what we get here.
I can also see that Dan Murphy's has Pio Cesare (never go wrong) and Tenuta baràc.
The Charles Smith Barbera is a different style but also really fun.
We drink a bit of the Fratelli Giacosa Barbera D'Alba, but I didn't see an Oz site for that one.
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@gt12 legend ..will see what I can find and let you know
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@bayimports said in The new wine thread:
@gt12 legend ..will see what I can find and let you know
not sure where you are but south of Perth is a lovely little vineyard (great people) and some great, affordable wines including Barbera
Seems I'm not alone
https://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Attraction_Review-g488340-d3371910-Reviews-Barrecas_Wines-Donnybrook_Western_Australia.html -
Just for the hell of it I opened a bottle of Alluviale 2006 Cab Merlot Franc.
Touted as a cut price challenger to Coleraine, the grapes were sourced from the old Irongate vineyard. Dry but still with plenty of fruit, the wine still has legs. Which is fortunate because I have a few bottles salted away
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Wine sux!
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@Bones said in The new wine thread:
Wine sux!
More specifically, I hope there is a drought and all grapes are destroyed and then there will be no wine production. I will laugh and laugh.
I don’t drink wine and never have.
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@ACT-Crusader said in The new wine thread:
@Bones said in The new wine thread:
Wine sux!
More specifically, I hope there is a drought and all grapes are destroyed and then there will be no wine production. I will laugh and laugh.
I don’t drink wine and never have.
Apparently the French grape season will be terrible due to the dry Summer conditions. This year's vintage will be one of the worst for a long time
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@ACT-Crusader said in The new wine thread:
@Bones said in The new wine thread:
Wine sux!
More specifically, I hope there is a drought and all grapes are destroyed and then there will be no wine production. I will laugh and laugh.
I don’t drink wine and never have.
You're one poster on here that I typically always enjoy. But by God, if I see another post like this any time soon, I'll hunt your ass down. Wine is the nectar of life, better than water, more sacrosanct than food.
Stop with your heresy!!!
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Finished a fantastic Roero last night and had the best Nerello Mascarese so far last week (Calabretta):
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@gt12 said in The new wine thread:
Finished a fantastic Roero last night and had the best Nerello Mascarese so far last week (Calabretta):
Is it hard to access affordable but good wine in Japan? So many parts of Asia tax the crap out of it
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@voodoo said in The new wine thread:
@gt12 said in The new wine thread:
Finished a fantastic Roero last night and had the best Nerello Mascarese so far last week (Calabretta):
Is it hard to access affordable but good wine in Japan? So many parts of Asia tax the crap out of it
Cheap as man, biggest reason why Ive been here so long. The Japanese have recently relaxed the tax on cheese too, so life is getting better.
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@gt12 said in The new wine thread:
@voodoo said in The new wine thread:
@gt12 said in The new wine thread:
Finished a fantastic Roero last night and had the best Nerello Mascarese so far last week (Calabretta):
Is it hard to access affordable but good wine in Japan? So many parts of Asia tax the crap out of it
Cheap as man, biggest reason why Ive been here so long. The Japanese have recently relaxed the tax on cheese too, so life is getting better.
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Took a bottle of Clonakilla 2016 Shiraz Viognier up to my parents. Never enough in a bottle when you're sharing.
Probably one of the best examples of getting the soil, weather and grape right in the region.
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was given a sizeable Dan Murphy's voucher so treated myself to this
It was pretty good without being amazing. Though i think my tastebuds have been changed by a constant barrage of grunty South Australian reds (even the Grenache i drink has more punch than this).
If you are going to spend this much on a bottle i reckon you can get something better.
