Nice wines I have drunk recently - Red or White

[Cruiser Elite]

Breakfast Creek Hotel Brisbaying on Wed nt - no picture but name and price will suffice:



389 for $110 - gotta love that - and love that they did - I was with 3 Chinese guys - the only label they know from Australia is Penfolds - and apparently 'Daddy' buys Grange by the pallet load - so to all you guys out there complaining about Penfolds pricing might I suggest this is major reason for upward pressure.

 

[JohnM]

Now now @JohnM, this isn't the grammar thread.

Hyuk, hyuk - I only threw that in there to see which threads you watch @JessicaTam .

 

[qaz]

I'm not really buying riesling these days, as opposed to chardonnay, but couldn't go past this in one of my locals, Purvis, at just $14.99 for the latest vintage of my favourite 2017 riesling - it's the first 2018 that I've tried and seemed as delicious as the previous.

The Nocturne was actually the reason for visiting there - it reminded me of my other favourite chardonnay at the moment besides the Stonier Reserve 2013, Cape Mentelle 2014, enjoyed it at least as much as the Pierro 2015, better than the Deep Woods Reserve 2016 produced by the same winemaker.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Bit of a warm up for Sat nt:



Prolly will beat pene-pests clean skins!

 

[teammongo]

Opening first of a dozen. Very nice surprise - rich and full..



Love Greenock Creek...

 

[drron]

The last domino.the previous bottle was very good 3-4 years ago so i rolled the dice and kept this one until tonight.27 years on and really good,maybe a few months past it's very best but I'm not complaining.

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[henleybeach]

Penfolds bin 407 2011 tonight. Very nice and smooth, but full of fruit .
We had it at Sicily pizzeria, Rundle st
($15 corkage )

 

[VPS]

Penfolds bin 407 2011 tonight. Very nice and smooth, but full of fruit .
We had it at Sicily pizzeria, Rundle st
($15 corkage )

Slightly OT Was the pizza good - I looked at that restaurant last night and realised I hadn't been there. Do you know if Rundle St is blocked off every night with dining in the middle or just weekends?

 

[henleybeach]

Slightly OT Was the pizza good - I looked at that restaurant last night and realised I hadn't been there. Do you know if Rundle St is blocked off every night with dining in the middle or just weekends?

Pizza was delish . We had olives , prosciutto, stuffed eggplant to start and then the Four pizzas. 6 people and it was $200 all up including corkage. Street was closed off and everyone eating out there. We were inside

 

[JessicaTam]

Due to a mishap at the restaurant last night, the manager was required to dispose of a couple of white wines. Fortunately we were chatting to him at the time and were afforded a (rather generous) taste of each. I am afraid that I am not sufficiently versed to provide an accurate description - suffice to say they were amazing.

 

[Daver6]

Slightly OT Was the pizza good - I looked at that restaurant last night and realised I hadn't been there. Do you know if Rundle St is blocked off every night with dining in the middle or just weekends?

Keeping the OT theme. Was in RAdelaide over Xmas and thought the pizza at Est Pizzeria was amazing!

 

[henleybeach]

Keeping the OT theme. Was in RAdelaide over Xmas and thought the pizza at Est Pizzeria was amazing!

And they do a great gnocchi !

 

[Steady]

I had these two with friends last night- I loved the petit a, not a fan of the spray n wipe my friend brought though

 

[Daver6]

Shiraz and steak. Yes please!

 

[Bundy Bear]

This was our drink last night

Unwooded which was good



Was traveling between Canberra and Melbourne last year, and was a good stop off point suggested by an AFFer.

I hope you like the statute

 

[NM]

Shiraz and steak. Yes please!

Shiraz looks great. The steak is a little under-done for my liking.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Again tks to qaz for posting the link to access these from Qantas Wine - mix pack of 6 these - they are just stunning wines!



38,300 QF pts

 

[JohnM]

I had the nosebag on tonight at Char in DRW on the final night of my Kimberley in the Wet tour.

As soon as I saw this on the list, the choice was made. It’s the only Assyrtiko made in Australia. I had read about it but this was the first time I had encountered it on a wine list. As one might expect, not up to the benchmark Sigalis and the fond memories I have of slurping on its home of Santorini, but nevertheless a very clean rendition.

 

[Major]

A great Barossa red. At it's peak.

 

[Daver6]

A great Barossa red. At it's peak.

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This is what is great about wine. How everyone likes different things. I cracked one of these last month. Great wine, but no where near its peak for me.