Nice wines I have drunk recently - Red or White

[blackcat20]

Lunch with a group of friends, via AFF

 

[QF WP]

Lunch and later at the Qld Cricketers Club, watching the First Test:

 

[Daver6]

With lunch yesterday at Santini Grill

 

[JohnM]

With lunch yesterday at Santini Grill

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Don’t you kids ever do any work?

BTW, how is Santini? Covid killed a planned visit last year and I need to resurrect it.

 

[Daver6]

Don’t you kids ever do any work?

BTW, how is Santini? Covid killed a planned visit last year and I need to resurrect it.

I had been wanting to go for ages. First time. Worth a visit. Decent wine list too.

 

[TheRealTMA]

After the FGM I was concerned that I’d have to offer this to the visa overstayer as well. Phew. He’s gone!

 

[Daver6]

Lunch at Balthazar today. Wine was stunning. While serving the mains, the waiter accidentally knocked a duck fat potato into my glass. Plenty of apologies and we were looked after when it come for the dessert wines

 

[henleybeach]

Lovely, peak drinking age

 

[Daver6]

Sunday chores

 

[JessicaTam]

Sunday chores

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You call that a chore!?!

 

[Daver6]

You call that a chore!?!

I did realise after posting it might be interpreted that way. What was really intended was I'm drinking this while knocking off a few items on my to do list

 

[JohnM]

Lunch at Balthazar today. Wine was stunning. While serving the mains, the waiter accidentally knocked a duck fat potato into my glass. Plenty of apologies and we were looked after when it come for the dessert wines

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Are you working your way through all the scraps joints in the PER CBD coming up to Chrissy?

 

[Daver6]

Are you working your way through all the scraps joints in the PER CBD coming up to Chrissy?

More like had the $300 Amex dining credit burning a hole in my wallet

 

[afro]

Dug up some mix packs to see what to drink for the next few weeks,some surprises ,some disappointments.

The bogan really not a bad wine but I don’t found them that enjoyable anymore. The bin 9 are the real surprise.



The private bin and hector aren’t going anywhere,with the high acidity and screwcap,just hard to see when’s the peak of these wines.

 

[concussed]

Dug up some mix packs to see what to drink for the next few weeks,some surprises ,some disappointments.
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The bogan really not a bad wine but I don’t found them that enjoyable anymore. The bin 9 are the real surprise.

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The private bin and hector aren’t going anywhere,with the high acidity and screwcap,just hard to see when’s the peak of these wines.

I vaguely remember the story about the private bin being worth as much as grange back in the 60’s. By going nowhere do you mean no further improvements or still has a while to further develop?

 

[afro]

I vaguely remember the story about the private bin being worth as much as grange back in the 60’s. By going nowhere do you mean no further improvements or still has a while to further develop?

One of tulloch family member did work for penfolds somewhere in the early 50’s,not sure what wines are worth back in the days. The 1990 grange cost around $100 on release and the private bin probably cost around $25-$30, I can still afford the private bin nowadays and never bought a bottle of grange yet.
What I mean was it is still very young, hardly any developments in that bottle, I’m hoping it will improve overtime but that acidity is not going anywhere either , some lucky people still drinking their 54’ dry red to this date. The acidity makes the wine alive for a very long time.

 

[QF WP]

Thursday (Day 2) wine of the Ashes Test in the Qld Cricketers Club was Henschke.

 

[Daver6]

End of year magnum party for my wine group. Obviously all bottles are magnums...because size matters

 

[JohnM]

End of year magnum party for my wine group. Obviously all bottles are magnums...because size matters

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'Twas a cracking night! I even put myself in The Kid's good books by bringing the SA savagnin in the bottle with the blue floral label.

 

[CaptainCurtis]

How was the '13 Black Label?