Nice wines I have drunk recently - Red or White

[WrenchHammerMcTool]

Love Heathcote Shiraz with some age. Not sure how much better it can get, drinks very well now.

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wineark advertised this very wine this morning ($99) and the 2010 Georgia's ($76.50). Was thinking of grabbing a few.

 

[CaptainCurtis]

 

[Buzzard]

The international student we are currently hosting cooked for us tonight and I decided to open a wine style he's never tried before. The food and wine was 10/10.

 

[NoName]

Not wines I have drink recently (although will be drinking two over the next few days) but just collected this order which was shipped to our hotel in Whistler a few days ago.

 

[billbro]

A snap from the tail end of 2024 was pretty wild:


Start of 2025 was strong too:


Trying not to go bankrupt this year from the wine obsession.

 

[Daver6]

Theme was Italian white wines, single varietal. Champagne was there to celebrate a member of the group passing his WSET diploma. You'll also note, one person missed the memo on the theme

 

[CaptainCurtis]

Burgundy the clear winner for the night. Caley was disappointing.

 

[andye]

Theme was Italian white wines, single varietal. Champagne was there to celebrate a member of the group passing his WSET diploma. You'll also note, one person missed the memo on the theme


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Which came up top. I'm partial to Soave when there

 

[Daver6]

Which came up top. I'm partial to Soave when there

All notes here Grand Cru Tasting Group (Perth) – Italian White Varietals - The Auswine Forum but the 2019 Timarosso was WOTN.

Personally, I wasn't overly impressed with any of the wines.

 

[Daver6]

All the signs are good for this. A few hours in the decanter and it should be happy days

 

[Buzzard]

A fabulous night of tennis and wine.
The St. Andrews was voted 4/4 as WOTN. Definitely very approachable, not that any of the wines were offensive.

 

[Captain Halliday]

Not super premium like some of the wines posted in this thread, but this bottle gets a nod for value.

Though perhaps it should be the restaurant getting the praise.

Went for dinner with friends at restaurant called Baan Mai at Mudjimba.

I’m not very familiar with Bec Hardy wines, but when I saw this on the wine list for $34/btl I was reasonably sure is was a good price.



I was too polite to google at dinner, but later discovered it’s $32/btl from cellar door and best I could find elsewhere was low 20’s.

Rare to get drinkable wine under $40 at a restaurant.

The food was also sensational.

Highly recommend to those fond of visiting the Sunshine Coast @QF WP or locals @drron

 

[WrenchHammerMcTool]

Set the bar high for WOTY last weekend

 

[andye]

A fabulous night of tennis and wine.
The St. Andrews was voted 4/4 as WOTN. Definitely very approachable, not that any of the wines were offensive.

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Had the StA at Christmas and was similarly impressed

 

[Katie]

Dinner at Gaucho’s (ADL) last night. This drop was the highlight of the meal. Overall food was fairly tasty, but didn’t enjoy our server. Had some facial expressions when dealing with one of our group that should not have been displayed. Also yelling at our entire table of 10 ppl.

My Penfolds-loving friend enjoyed sharing this one with Mr Katie and me.

 

[Buzzard]

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Dinner at Gaucho’s (ADL) last night. This drop was the highlight of the meal. Overall food was fairly tasty, but didn’t enjoy our server. Had some facial expressions when dealing with one of our group that should not have been displayed. Also yelling at our entire table of 10 ppl.

My Penfolds-loving friend enjoyed sharing this one with Mr Katie and me.

I gave up on Gaucho's.
Much prefer the Hereford Steakhouse which is also BYO.

 

[boomy]

Spent few days in Alentejo region in Portugal, famous for its food and wines. The locals speak English quite well and once they understand you know a thing or two about wine they love talking about it and sharing from their cellars. It’s refreshing to be able to drink good stuff without the hefty price tag often associated with old world wines.