Nice wines I have drunk recently - Red or White

[Sedimental]

JohnM, throw me your scraps.......Paringa Estate 2008!

 

[QF WP]

The glass somehow looks different . Can't quite pin it down, though... .

Hmm, it's one of my two Riedel glasses and it has wine in it...not sure how you can get confused but I hear that comes with age

 

[JohnM]

I opened my 76 Grange on my 40th

So big celebration last night QF WP?

 

[JohnM]

Hmm, it's one of my two Riedel glasses and it has wine in it...not sure how you can get confused but I hear that comes with age

You'll keep, QF WP :evil:. The sticker is still on the other one, then?

 

[TheRealTMA]

You'll keep, QF WP :evil:. The sticker is still on the other one, then?

Photoshop?

 

[JohnM]

Photoshop?

Just the sort of thing that guy would do .

 

[TheRealTMA]

Just the sort of thing that guy would do .

What? A man with 'two' Reidels and no alpacas? Bah never!

 

[JohnM]

JohnM, throw me your scraps.......Paringa Estate 2008!

Sadly, the last one . But - there's a few alternatives slumbering .

 

[QF WP]

So big celebration last night QF WP?

Hardly, I wish I was still that young - but you've still got years on me

You'll keep, QF WP :evil:. The sticker is still on the other one, then?

The sticker is still on both of them - it was on the RHS in the photo - your eyesight must be going as well

 

[JohnM]

Hardly, I wish I was still that young - but you've still got years on me

What, of catching up . But you'll never be as juvenile as me .

 

[QF WP]

Photoshop?

You take me as having ability that I clearly don't have. Never used photoshop in my life.

 

[TheRealTMA]

What, of catching up . But you'll never be as juvenile as me .

Maybe you should rephrase that one a little, JohnM? Or maybe not.

 

[JohnM]

Maybe you should rephrase that one a little, JohnM? Or maybe not.

Nah...

 

[Princess Fiona]

Here's the wine list from QF9


The bubbles on both sectors was Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame 2004.
I enjoyed that and a glass or two of the PHI Chardonnay on the first sector and switched to RWT for DXB-LHR.
Galleries F has Taittinger Rosé and Prelude. CCR update coming up soon.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Life wasn't meant to be easy.

 

[Princess Fiona]

From the CCR Laurent-Perrier Grand Siècle

 

[phily]

Here's the wine list from QF9.

Good to see the Noble One onboard. It started out being only available in the SYD Flounge.

Galleries F has Taittinger Rosé and Prelude.

Good to see that they bubbles are on ice. When I first visited that place 3 years ago the bubbles were merely sitting in the cool basin and were barely cool.

 

[TomVexille]

Any standouts in their line-up? Had a 2010 Bella's Garden at a restaurant in Noosa that was a standout. Posted a 2013 Angel's Share recently that was surprisingly oak dominant, even the next day. Nothing like the fruit forward 2012 Angel's (McLaren) and Gnarly Dudes (Barossa) I got for the cellar. How did you rate the Ares?

Personally I liked the '13 Lily's over the Bella's. The Ares was awesome, but no way I could justify spending $165, or even the discounted $145.

As a side note, Mark advised us that they had just pulled their range from Dan's.

 

[Wannabee]

Both bottles had attended the Penfolds Clinics in 2000/01 and had good provenance. Hope you have yours well looked after...

I got my 76 from Langtons last year and it had just been to the Penfolds clinic. It's been in my Vintec since.

I have also got a 79 for my girlfriend but it hasn't been to the clinic. It has a good level, no cork movement and no leakage so here's hoping

 

[blackcat20]

Any standouts in their line-up? Had a 2010 Bella's Garden at a restaurant in Noosa that was a standout. Posted a 2013 Angel's Share recently that was surprisingly oak dominant, even the next day. Nothing like the fruit forward 2012 Angel's (McLaren) and Gnarly Dudes (Barossa) I got for the cellar. How did you rate the Ares?

Personally I liked the '13 Lily's over the Bella's. The Ares was awesome, but no way I could justify spending $165, or even the discounted $145.

As a side note, Mark advised us that they had just pulled their range from Dan's.

Looks like someone beat me to it. I must preferred the previous vintage Bella to the Lily, but this year the Lily wins hands down. We were lucky to take the Ares home for $100 so I'm definitely looking forward to drinking it in a few years. The Aprodite was equally delicious when we tried it in January.

As for Dans, there may be some stock left in some stores but it won't be restocked.