Wine thread

[Twizzle]

Penley Estate Phoenix 2009 Cab Sav

 

[Mong]

^ grigio or noir?

(LOVE pinot grigio!)

Havent had a bad Pinot Grigio. Found a nice one in NZ recently at a local winery near where we were staying. Whitestone Wines from the Waipara Valley. Worth a try if you see it around.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Bress Silver Label Pinot Noir + Shiraz

Torbreck Woodcutter's Shiraz

And this year's Wynn's John Riddoch Cab Sauv is an absolute belter, grab a bottle while you can!

 

[_Johnsy]

I might call in and get one if I am up that way Vince.

The good food & wine show is on up in Brissy this weekend coming 4-6th Nov. If you enjoy a wine, get a ticket walk around try different wines all day and other assorted drinks. Get a decent feed and laugh all afternoon.

We have been going with our best mates for 4 years now. A guaranteed belter of a day.

 

[Twizzle]

They just opened up a First Choice bottle-O in Tweed

http://www.1stchoice.com.au/html/home.asp

never seen so many reds, I'm working through them one at a time, lol

 

[Skinner]

They just opened up a First Choice bottle-O in Tweed

http://www.1stchoice.com.au/html/home.asp

never seen so many reds, I'm working through them one at a time, lol

What are their prices like Twizz ? Need to suss out a decent bottlo at/near Coolangatta.

 

[Twizzle]

by far the cheapest I have ever seen

 

[Bazal]

That's my current employer. I should apply for a transfer up the Tweed

On the Torbreck, rep was in for a tasting the other day. Sampled the Woodcutters, Cuvee Juveniles, Struie, Steading, Gask, Descendant and the Laird (the most expensive current vintage release in Australia). They were all good, as usual, but the Cuvee Juveniles and the Gask were brilliant. The Laird was mindblowing but at $700 bucks a bottle I can't see it ever making it's way onto my budget!

 

[Twizzle]

had a Beasdale (sp) Mulberry Tree Cab Sav last night

I'll be having that one gain, bloody nice

 

[Twizzle]

What are their prices like Twizz ? Need to suss out a decent bottlo at/near Coolangatta.

you'll pay a premium for anything in Coolie, including drinks

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

That's my current employer. I should apply for a transfer up the Tweed

On the Torbreck, rep was in for a tasting the other day. Sampled the Woodcutters, Cuvee Juveniles, Struie, Steading, Gask, Descendant and the Laird (the most expensive current vintage release in Australia). They were all good, as usual, but the Cuvee Juveniles and the Gask were brilliant. The Laird was mindblowing but at $700 bucks a bottle I can't see it ever making it's way onto my budget!

The Struie, at around $53 a pop, is pretty hard to beat in its price bracket.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

I might call in and get one if I am up that way Vince.

The good food & wine show is on up in Brissy this weekend coming 4-6th Nov. If you enjoy a wine, get a ticket walk around try different wines all day and other assorted drinks. Get a decent feed and laugh all afternoon.

We have been going with our best mates for 4 years now. A guaranteed belter of a day.

Just don't come in your police uniform again, I don't need another stroke. Particularly with schoolies around the corner :sarcasm:

 

[_Johnsy]

What are their prices like Twizz ? Need to suss out a decent bottlo at/near Coolangatta.

Kirra Hotel have an excellent range of wines. For something a bit different try Emmanuels down at Kingy.

 

[_Johnsy]

Just don't come in your police uniform again, I don't need another stroke. Particularly with schoolies around the corner :sarcasm:

Yeah sorry about that, was on the way past heading to another job and thought I should pop in and say hi.

 

[Bazal]

The Struie, at around $53 a pop, is pretty hard to beat in its price bracket.

It's damned good...though I'd say it has a lot of competition from the John Duval Entity, Teusner Albert, Langmeil Orphan Bank, and Charles Melton Shiraz in that range. Jeez, wouldn't that be a nice line up for a dinner party :lol:

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Yeah sorry about that, was on the way past heading to another job and thought I should pop in and say hi.

That's all good, just around schoolies it can scare business away... ;-)

 

[Skinner]

you'll pay a premium for anything in Coolie, including drinks

Bummer

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Bit of a plug, but relevant to the current discussion.

I work for the Kirra Beach Hotel, and we are holding the first Gold Coast Fine Wine Festival on Saturday November 12th, starting at midday. Heaps of winemakers + major companies have signed up, and Sue Hodder, cheif winemaker for Wynn's will be there on the day too (we are hoping to get a few more winemakers, but she is the only one confirmed). So COME ON DOWN and try some top current vintage wines.

 

[Twizzle]

love to be there but I'll be playing cricket

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

That's okay mate, I'll have some for you...