Wine lovers musings, amusings and news

[Steady]

"Wine is sunlight, held together by water."

- Galileo

 

[Steady]

I was reading an online article just now and came across thes:

“The range of fruit flavours in the wine is largely influenced by the vintage and winemaker, covering cassis, blackcurrant, redcurrant, blackberry and mulberry when the wine is young.”

Is cassis and black currant not the same?

 

[qaz]

How Boccaccio Cellars became a Balwyn institution

The wines you should have in your cellar - Frankland Estate then and now: superb wines that stand the test of time

Small, minimal and organic is Olek Bondonio’s way

Sasa Radikon’s world famous orange wine

 

[qaz]

How to make sense of all those wine ratings
Why wine tastes different in the sky (and how to choose the right one)
Meet the first female Master Sommelier in Australia
The importance of being vinous

Bags full of Super Tuscan
Valley of wines: JJ Prüm
Cloud wine: Te Mata Estate

Seduced by finest of wineries: Henschke
Beechworth: Fighting Gully & A. Rodda
Stellar Suckfizzle
Geelong's Provenance Wines owes its success to great grapes

 

[qaz]

James Busby Travel:

• October 2018 tour itinerary

• February 2018 tour report (Beyond Busby alumni trip)

• October 2017 tour report

 

[QF WP]

Wow, can only imagine how good this wine must be....



Story here: Man accused of wine theft falls to death

 

[qaz]

Tastings @ Grand Cru: Tomorrow - Malbec, Thursday - Bordeaux

 

[Steady]

In a Delhi wine shop
‘14 389 AUD $242
‘13 Art Series Cab Sauv AUD $136

 

[afro]

In a Delhi wine shop
‘14 389 AUD $242
‘13 Art Series Cab Sauv AUD $136
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Whenever I saw cork bottle wine that stands up in a shelf , I would of just walked away ,even if the price is right.

 

[blackcat20]

Pretty happy to hear I've won a bottle of the new Block 6 from Kay Brothers

 

[Steady]

The 6 bottle wine carrier on the left was SG$1,632.00

 

[tgh]

how many did you buy ? ( one or two is never enough if you tend to leave them behind like moi.. )

 

[Steady]

how many did you buy ? ( one or two is never enough if you tend to leave them behind like moi.. )

2


Not really.....

 

[sagittariusdrake]

I often see reviews citing a wine's pallet - I know many wines are over-oaked, but that's absurd!

 

[Steady]

Noticed this Here - due to Tassie being in the list - not sure about Bangkok

 

[Dr Ralph]

Noticed this Here - due to Tassie being in the list - not sure about Bangkok


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I've been to several of the 'wine regions' of Bangkok.

I wouldn't rate any of them.

Wine Regions of Thailand

 

[Wozza]

I would put England on the list based on my November trip discovering what all the fuss was about English Sparkling Wine. The English countryside is beautiful and the vineyard visits were really well done. Definitely recommended. I'll post a report here soon when I've written it.

Here's a taste of one of my wine articles on one of the vineyards I visited that was published in the UK as a foretaster:

A Hambledon Homecoming | Great British Wine

With a few more pics here on my blog here:

A Hambledon Homecoming

We're in Thailand at the moment. Sadly, nowhere near the wineries.

Thanks for posting Steady. Hopefully I'll see you in Tassie next month when I'm over. I'll PM you when I'm back at the end of January.

 

[VPS]

I would put England on the list based on my November trip discovering what all the fuss was about English Sparkling Wine. The English countryside is beautiful and the vineyard visits were really well done. Definitely recommended. I'll post a report here soon when I've written it.

Here's a taste of one of my wine articles on one of the vineyards I visited that was published in the UK as a foretaster:

A Hambledon Homecoming | Great British Wine

With a few more pics here on my blog here:

A Hambledon Homecoming

We're in Thailand at the moment. Sadly, nowhere near the wineries.

Thanks for posting Steady. Hopefully I'll see you in Tassie next month when I'm over. I'll PM you when I'm back at the end of January.

I hope you went to the Bat and Ball pub at Hambledon

The Bat & Ball Inn near Clanfield, Hampshire, England, is an historic eighteenth century pub situated opposite the Broadhalfpenny Down cricket ground, the original home of the Hambledon Club. It is traditionally, though erroneously, called "the cradle of cricket". The pub is currently owned by Fuller's and is a former George Gale and Co Ltd Pub.

 

[Wozza]

I hope you went to the Bat and Ball pub at Hambledon

The Bat & Ball Inn near Clanfield, Hampshire, England, is an historic eighteenth century pub situated opposite the Broadhalfpenny Down cricket ground, the original home of the Hambledon Club. It is traditionally, though erroneously, called "the cradle of cricket". The pub is currently owned by Fuller's and is a former George Gale and Co Ltd Pub.

If I knew how to upload a photo from my mobile on this tricky new site, I'd show a shot of me sipping English Breakfast at the very pub! Hoping I've done it - not sure.

I knew I was in a special place (happened on by chance as I was hungry before my media visit to Hambledon Vineyard) when I spotted the Green Baggy in a cabinet. It's the first thing I saw as we entered the pub.

Small world! Good food too. The walls have so much cricket history plastered over them.

 

[VPS]

I still have my baggy green cap with Bat and Ball pub cap