QOTD

Best Australian Wine is 2005 Cab by Bleasdale. Great mid palate with excellent nose. Love the show

Very good show – this guest was 10 times more engaging than both of the guests from the last show.

QOTD – I don’t have a favourite Aussie wine, yet.

So far, the Mitolo GAM takes it for me.

2006 Two Hands Brave Faces

2006 Two Hands Brave Faces

Bravo Gary. When you show restraint and let your guest join in the show is great.
qotd: Two Hands Shiraz

’98 Elderton Command, although I still have an ’01 Wynns Coonawarra cab left that I should have bought half a case of at a fraction of the price.

And for the sake of perspective, I think I paid $14-15 for the ’01 Bin 389 I have sleeping in the other room.

Loved the Hermit Crab, though; the viognier and alcohol content worried me, but it was a really nice wine at an agreeable price.

Benjamin Christie was a terrific, informative,and charismatic guest! Have him back again sometime. To answer the question of the day; my favorite Austrailian wine would have to be Houghton blend: Cabernet Merlot Shiraz.

Katnook Founders Block Cabernet Sauvignon.

QOTD: Greenock Creek Cab Sav (I believe it was 2002)…really just blew my socks off. And sorry GV but I gotta say it. HERE WE GO STEELERS! HERE WE GO!!! SIX TIME SUPER BOWL CHAMPS!!!

QOTD: Greenock Creek Cab Sav (I believe it was 2002)…really just blew my socks off. And sorry GV but I gotta say it. HERE WE GO STEELERS! HERE WE GO!!! SIX TIME SUPER BOWL CHAMPS!!!

I don’t like to call Muscat and Tawny… wines. But, Australia is home to Yalumba which hands down undeniably is amazing in this area. All I can ever say whenever I am soooo fortunate to have one is… OMG.

http://www.yalumba.com

Aside from that… I am way too much of an old world wine guy to have found anything from that part of the world that excites me. 🙂

Great Show. Ben seams like a good guy. Thanks for turning me on to The Hermit Crab!

I was introduced to Marsanne at a cooking class at the fish market in Sydney about 10 years ago. It was awesome!!! I highly recommend it.

I was introduced to Marsanne at a cooking class at the fish market in Sydney about 10 years ago. It was awesome!!! I highly recommend it.

Colonial Estate Expatrie Semillon 05 from Barossa that Gary recommended it
was very good.

QOTD….Thorn Clark – Shotfire Shiraz is my fav aussie

Good show. Fun guest!

QOTD: In the past I have enjoyed Wyndham Estate wines from Australia, but I find my palate to have changed. A little too fruit-bomby for me. Same with the Penfolds. A little too two dimensional. Maybe I should seek other brands. I picked up a bottle of Windy Peaks Pinot that I am looking forward to trying. I haven’t had any Australian Pinot Noirs as of yet.

Keep bringin’ it Gary V. and the crew!

Great guest, great show!! Thanks!!

QOTD: 1998 Penfolds Grange!!!

Love your guest.

QOTD: I don’t know that I can pick just one. Probably one of d’Arenbergs if I had to narrow a bit, don’t know that I can get much more narrow.

Great episode!

QOTD – Even though I had an ’86 Penfolds Grange Saturday, the ’05 Mollydooker Carnival of Love is my favorite

I think a chard from devils lair in Western Australia, to be completely different.
Nice show, got to love the aussies

I find the 389’s need some time before even being looked at 5+ years – fairly consistent year to year. I’d love to see/hear your thoughts of the same 389 in a few years… I used to grab a few 389’s year on year, until they started coming out on release at 35AUD.

Favourite Aussie Wine:
This is so hard.
– D’Arenburg 2003 Galvo Garage would be up there, as would be the Richard – Hamilton Centurion Shiraz 2001 ($30AUD 3 years ago – much better than the $60 they’re asking on release).
– Wirra Wirra Sparrow’s Lodge Cab Sauvignon (any year over the last 5).
– Coriole Cabernet Barberra 2003

Benjamin port. It is good and cheap and shows the Portuguese there not the only ones who can make desert wine.