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As Friday night approaches it’s time for a couple of important reminders: 1) For anyone who is still tentative, can you please let me know if you are likely or unlikely to make it before the end of tomorrow (even if you don’t know for certain), so I can confirm the restaurant booking. 2) The...

Excellent, that's great news AC. Cheers, DB

I doubt you'll be disappointed. It's a very nice wine, and great buying at $25 a bottle.

Thanks Viridian, that's great news. Yes, I booked Sky Phoenix last week, before the discussion about Ripples. Ripples does sound interesting though. Maybe we can try there next time.

:shock: That's not good news penegal. Fingers crossed you're able to make it. So now we're back to: Confirmed - Delectable Blue - Mrs DB (+1) - Katy - Alzoam - Viridianne Tentative - Kpc - AnanymousCoward - CJEMNMAC - Wozza - Penegal Viridian, it's looking good for your +2. :)

Forget Christmas, there’s only two weeks to go to our meetup - that’s only 14 sleeps! It looks like the consensus is for the WA theme, so consider that locked in. Feel free to start your shopping AC. :) I am negotiating a booking with Sky Phoenix, which is where we met last new year. They can...

A likely story, but whatever excuse you need to purchase more wine AC. :)

Just because it isn't always a fault doesn't preclude the fact that sometimes it can be. If those flavours are out of balance and the wine is young then I would suspect a fault. I have had several young wines that have been nigh on undrinkable because of the dominance of the petroleum notes.

Nothing to worry about. The kerosene thing is a little rarer in Australia, but is more common in European and old-world Rieslings. When I first heard about it I thought it sounded very unappealing, but when I first encountered it I went "Ahh, so that's what they mean". It's certainly not as bad...

Cherry Tree Hill 2010 Riesling I think I acquired this about a year ago in a VinoMofo mixed pack. Unfortunately my book keeping back then was not so great, so I'm relying on my less than reliable memory. I opened this tonight expecting maybe a pleasant little riesling. How wrong I was. This...

Excellent, thanks everybody. Just to confirm the numbers as they currently stand. So far we have six confirmed and four tentative. So we are already close to a full house if all our tentatives firm up. Confirmed - Delectable Blue - Mrs DB (+1) - Penegal - Katy - Alzoam - Viridianne Tentative...

Wozza, does your short leash still allow you out for business dinners? You’re in mergers and acquisitions right? So you see, I have this Riesling that I have acquired that needs to be merged with some Shiraz. Can you broker that deal for me? The details are a little complex, so I think we’d need...

Yes, I also dropped past my local on the way home. There wasn't much choice there either. I did manage to pick up some tasty botrytis Semillon for about $5 a bottle and some Peregrine Pinot Gris for $15 a bottle, which wasn't a bad buy. So it wasn't a total bust.

Friends, countrymen (and women), wine snobs and wine slobs. It's that time of year again. We are organising another New Year Sydney meetup, a year on from our inaugural meeting. The proposed date is Friday January 6, the location to be decided. There will be a theme, and you get to help us...

Re: Wine Apps and/or Software Yes, the scanning of bottles seemed like a good idea to me too when I joined up, but in reality I rarely use the feature. For me it's just so much easier to search for the existing wine in the overall database and then just add it to my cellar. But give it a try...

Re: Wine Apps and/or Software The CellarTracker app is okay, but I far prefer to use the CellarTracker web-site for any serious updates to my cellar. The web-site also makes it easy to see what others are saying about wines in your collection.

Or the '05 Meshach! But I was trying to protect my reputation. I don't want people thinking I'm a drunk. I guess at least now they might figure me for an expensive drunk, rather than a cheap one. :) Oh no, that's terrible. I was wondering why I ended up with two phones when I got home (just...

A few standout wines from a recent tasting event I was lucky enough to snag an invitation to. The wines tasted included: 1998 Mount William Blanc de Blancs 1996 Stefano Lubiana Late Disgorged 2009 Tyrrells Vat 1 Semillon 1994 Faiveley Aloxe Corton 1er Cru 2008 Buisson Charles Meursault 2012...

According to Sir JH it's the St Henri, but I think it depends on what style you prefer aged, and how long you intend to stick around waiting for it: Cullen Diana Madeline 2014 - Drink by 2044 Sally's Paddock 2013 $85.00 - Drink by ???? Penfolds St Henri Shiraz 2012 - Drink by 2047 Penfolds Bin...

My collection is scattered throughout the house in various cool locations. Our current residence is two stories, and the bottom story stays reasonably cool all year round with the help of air conditioning. I have 150 or so ready-to-drink bottles in a rack in the pantry. Most of the rest of the...