Nice wines I have drunk recently - Red or White

[burmans]

Next time we meet QF WP, ask me about the spag bol secret ingredient.

You mean red wine (and red wine is a good match with more red wine)!

 

[Buzzard]

I'm going to the Barossa tomorrow. Will see if I can organise a vertical tasting option for our next tour.

 

[Daver6]

A few years ago I tried to organise a Rockford Basket Press vertical tasting. 10 successive vintages, 10 participants, $100 a head. Astounded there were not 10 interested persons. Maybe I need a new circle of friends.

You called those people friends?

 

[QF WP]

The Friday night tipple. A Yalumba The Menzies 2006 Cab Sav enjoyed with a nice steak.

On the new JohnM Simpler and Fairer Highly Technical Wine Evaluation Scale[SUP]Pat. Pend. TM[/SUP]: It is at least B* good without quite being F* awesome. But definitely good enough that blackcat20 has already trawled through the Dans website to find which stores have stock


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Gee, it really just have made an impression at the dinner last year in ADL

 

[QF WP]

You called those people friends?

That was pre-AFF. Now he'd be overrun by the stampeding horde of wine aficionados

 

[QF WP]

Next time we meet QF WP, ask me about the spag bol secret ingredient.

Red wine, oxo cube or Vegemite?? I like to add the first two but Mrs QFWP cooked. Ours also had to pass muster with the minis so hard to add too much out of the ordinary ingredients.

 

[Deleted member]

Mrs GPH's Mother has family recipie for lamb ragout.
It's pretty special. Must do comparison

 

[RooFlyer]

A few years ago I tried to organise a Rockford Basket Press vertical tasting. 10 successive vintages, 10 participants, $100 a head. Astounded there were not 10 interested persons. Maybe I need a new circle of friends.

I'm sure your friends are very good and solid people but .... yes, it appears so.

Put the invite more broadly and I'm sure you'll find a whole new group of best friends! :mrgreen:

 

[TomVexille]

Gee, it really just have made an impression at the dinner last year in ADL

Yes it did. Combined with the Amex credit offer at Dans meant that buying a cellar release '06 was a bargain

 

[blackcat20]

Gee, it really just have made an impression at the dinner last year in ADL

Sure did...

 

[blackcat20]

Just popped this one open to have with slow cooked beef cheeks. Haven't tried it yet but at $7 a bottle I'm sure it will be fantastic.

 

[blackcat20]

And now now we're drinking this one because I accidentally opened it thinking it was the prosecco we were drinking...

 

[boomy]

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And now now we're drinking this one because I accidentally opened it thinking it was the prosecco we were drinking...

Love that winery! Good food, live entertainment on weekends and their Durif is outstanding!

 

[Buzzard]

Red wine, oxo cube or Vegemite?? I like to add the first two but Mrs QFWP cooked. Ours also had to pass muster with the minis so hard to add too much out of the ordinary ingredients.

None of those.

 

[UpInTheAir:)]

Mrs GPH's Mother has family recipie for lamb ragout.
It's pretty special. Must do comparison 

Pick me!!!!!!

 

[UpInTheAir:)]

And now now we're drinking this one because I accidentally opened it thinking it was the prosecco we were drinking...

I need to get out more! I don't even know this wine...

 

[QF WP]

I need to get out more! I don't even know this wine...

+1 - but you and I never get together.

 

[blackcat20]

I need to get out more! I don't even know this wine...

It's a beautiful red sparkling. Wasn't what we meant to drink but went down a treat anyway.

 

[TomVexille]

I need to get out more! I don't even know this wine...

Didn't know it existed either until we were at Gapsted for lunch and were going through the tasting list trying to pick a wine to drink...

 

[JohnM]

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And now now we're drinking this one because I accidentally opened it thinking it was the prosecco we were drinking...

Saperavi is a Georgian (as in old Soviet Union, not S USA, y'all) variety noted for producing extremely deep-coloured and very grippy red (in fact, saperavi means 'dye' in Georgian.) There's the odd dabbler in it in Australia. The only time I've tried it was at Sam Miranda of King Valley (not far from Brown Bros at Milawa). It's somewhat like Durif, which is common in the N Vic area, in being a very big and deep-coloured wine.