Nice wines I have drunk recently - Red or White

[TheRealTMA]

A follow up for the Roo!

How the Orange-Wine Fad Became an Irresistible Assault on Pleasure

The fact that orange wine is challenging—that its appeal is more cerebral and gastronomic than carnal and epicurean—is central to its identity.

www.newyorker.com

New Yorker Declares Orange Wine ‘an Assault on Pleasure’

“It is a wine to suffer through.”

www.grubstreet.com

 

[Daver6]

When in Georgia do as the Georgians. When not, just drink proper wine. Georgians may have been some of the early origins of fermentation of grapes but this is orange wine stuff is not one of their better efforts. Other peoples discovered that protecting the ferment from oxygen gave wine instead of oxidized grape juice. YMMV!

You can have oxidised without the skin contact. Hello vin jaune!

 

[RooFlyer]

A follow up for the Roo!

How the Orange-Wine Fad Became an Irresistible Assault on Pleasure

The fact that orange wine is challenging—that its appeal is more cerebral and gastronomic than carnal and epicurean—is central to its identity.

www.newyorker.com

New Yorker Declares Orange Wine ‘an Assault on Pleasure’

“It is a wine to suffer through.”

www.grubstreet.com

Well, I'm not in the habit of looking to New York for sensible commentary on wine (or on anything, much). They probably thought Georgia was close to Alabama.

If you've actually tried it (and qvevri wine in general), and didn't like it, good on ya. I was having a degustation menu and I wanted a wine that would also be interesting - not some predictable 'safe' stuff from Penfolds.

Oh, and I wouldn't avoid trying any wine because some snotty wine writer decided to dump on it.

 

[billbro]

One of the perks of locktown (at least for us) is access to more tastings.

Interesting to try Quintet next to Yeringberg - Ms. B preferred the MM drops, while I was undecided. I was actually more intrigued by the Triolet and Yeringberg chard.

 

[Daver6]

I can't recall why I decided to buy this, but suspect I had a VM voucher and took a punt with 2010 being a great vintage. For the $21.60 I paid, I'm pretty happy with this. Drinking rather well now and batting above the price I paid

 

[boomy]

Very good CS, silky and smooth. Less oak than 08 I had earlier this year. Not a typical Coonawarra red that’s for sure.

IMO it’s ready to drink now but for those who wish to keep it resting longer, no worries, the cork is in excellent condition.

 

[boomy]

The new BoF PN is out, good excuse to compare vintages. Consumed side by side over two nights.

We thought the 2020 was light and fruity (red fruits) while 2019 was more smoky and rounded. Could be the extra time in bottle but the two did taste quite different.

 

[billbro]

The new BoF PN is out, good excuse to compare vintages. Consumed side by side over two nights.

We thought the 2020 was light and fruity (red fruits) while 2019 was more smoky and rounded. Could be the extra time in bottle but the two did taste quite different.

So does that mean the 2020 is worth picking up or nay? I would have associate BOF with darker/richer palate.

Weekend tipple - probably a bit silly opening 5 chards between Ms. B and myself for Friday but I felt like it.

Along with a couple of bottles of Ochota - Gamay tasted much better this time around (maybe because I was a few charddies deep, but still didn't enjoy the nose).

 

[boomy]

So does that mean the 2020 is worth picking up or nay?

If you get it < $40 then yes IMO, just keep resting for few years. I feel it has better potential than 2019 in the long run but probably will not be as good as 2018.

 

[Ledger]

Been a while since i've posted here....almost 7 and a half years but last night's bottle

 

[TheRealTMA]

We had a pan pan last night for the tempura.

from Wine Emporium brisbane.

 

[billbro]

We used to like this... Fresh apples but a touch simple.

 

[Rug]

We used to like this... Fresh apples but a touch simple.

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We all start somewhere. We used to like spatlese lexia I am ashamed to admit, but that was many years ago.

 

[boomy]

Dinner with fellow AFFers in Brisbane.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Dinner with fellow AFFers in Brisbane.

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Only one other AFF member?

 

[boomy]

Only one other AFF member?

There were four of us.
We were going for quality over quantity this time

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Wed dinner with a couple of friends

 

[Cruiser Elite]

1st course:



How or why I didn’t buy many more of these $50 still staggers me

2nd course:



One of our all time faves - always delivers and never disappoints

 

[Mynameismynameis]

1st course:

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How or why I didn’t buy many more of these $50 still staggers me

2nd course:

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One of our all time faves - always delivers and never disappoints

I would of bought 12 minimum at that price!

 

[Rug]

I would of bought 12 minimum at that price!

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. If we all bought that many I dont know if they would have honored the sales.