Nice wines I have drunk recently - Red or White

[TheRealTMA]

This was surprisingly good. Fireplace restaurant IHG Sanctuary Cove. Markup was a little eye watering!

 

[TheRealTMA]

Saturday night’s all right

 

[Steady]

A Little Wine #14 for me tonight- great as to be expected

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Last night at Jailhouse grill in Launceston:



Now the chance for the residents experts here - which one was unanimously voted superior to other by 3 who consumed?

I would not even bother to post a pic of the truly coughpy Freycinet Special Vintage Sparkling at $100 - sheep dip at its finest

 

[Buzzard]

Last night at Jailhouse grill in Launceston:

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Now the chance for the residents experts here - which one was unanimously voted superior to other by 3 who consumed?

I would not even bother to post a pic of the truly coughpy Freycinet Soecial Vintage Sparkling at $100 - sheep dip at its finest

Given that the BP is still in nappies I'd say the Octavious was the better of the two.

 

[boomy]

Last night at Jailhouse grill in Launceston:

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Now the chance for the residents experts here - which one was unanimously voted superior to other by 3 who consumed?

Gotta be Yalumba. 18 was great vintage in Barossa and Rockford BP 21 is way too young to impress now.

 

[Assassin]

Lunch @ Fix with a sensational t bone. The St Henri amazing at almost 40…

 

[qaz]

 

[Buzzard]

Some beautiful wines with friends last night. Yes you can't really compare a Grenache to a Shiraz but we all agreed that if you had to pick one to drink, it would be the Mr. Riggs.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Isn’t it amazing how after a couple of sherbets some young bucks can turn into the ‘Worlds Greatest Experts’ on returning First Class flts EU-OZ but when requested to show hard cold facts on their phones all of a sudden said flts disappear into oblivion?

Anyways the plonk stood up:



Interesting also that my 19yo chauffeur who clearly could not drink last night noted that he gained greater knowledge in 3 hours last night at OT than he did in 13 years of formal schooling

 

[drron]

Travelled all the way to India to find a wine that I really loved


I liked Tasmanian Dornfelders so this one appeared on the wine list at the Oberoi Agra so just had to try it


Absolutely amazing wine.

 

[Daver6]

Isn’t it amazing how after a couple of sherbets some young bucks can turn into the ‘Worlds Greatest Experts’ on returning First Class flts EU-OZ but when requested to show hard cold facts on their phones all of a sudden said flts disappear into oblivion?

Anyways the plonk stood up:

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Interesting also that my 19yo chauffeur who clearly could not drink last night noted that he gained greater knowledge in 3 hours last night at OT than he did in 13 years of formal schooling

I'm a big fan of the 14 BP

 

[boomy]

Great dinner at Bansho Dining with some fantastic wines.
The theme for the whites was 2016 Aussie Chardonnays.







There were few more Chards and couple of PNs which are missing from the photos, maybe @qaz who also generously donated most of the wines can complete the puzzle.

 

[boomy]

Got a new toy, gift from wifey.



It’s first task was to open this birth year wine.



Success!



The wine itself was very good for the first two hours and then started to fall apart. Thankfully we managed to drink most of it while still “alive”.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Got a new toy, gift from wifey.

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It’s first task was to open this birth year wine.

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Success!

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The wine itself was very good for the first two hours and then started to fall apart. Thankfully we managed to drink most of it while still “alive”.

Brilliant devices, brillint wifey. Many imitations (of the screwpull that is) but these are the best.

Watch you don't get your finger caught as a friend did at a winery in the Entre-Deux-Mers in the '93!

The screw wears out after about 8-10 years but you can easily buy replacements.