QOTD: For the price? Yellow Tail Chard. 6 bucks at the local grocer!

http://discoveryellowtail.com/#/wine/chardonnay/

Not sure I have a single favorite, but lately I’ve really liked the Pillar Box Red. I also particularly like Grenaches from Australia.

Hey Benjamin, thanks for droppin’ by the show, I enjoyed your input.

QOTD: Strong Arm Shiraz, love the different labels.

Rosemount GSM

Yo G & B, FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN Episode !!!

qotd: Loooooovz Aussie Vino, One of me Favorite Shirazs was the
Kilikanoon Parable 2004….YUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMM !!!!! 🙂

Gary…been away for a while…way too busy for watching (shame on me!). Love the Aussie juice…..living in Singapore puts me on their doorstep, so get down there often to bring some home…lol. QOTD: Anything from Henschke rocks……my personal favourite being the Keyneton Estate Euphonium….awesome.

I like oak as an adjunct, or condiment, to the grapes, but not as a blanket that masks so much that the wine could say about its place and fruit. So, I’m with you, Gary.

QOTD: Anything by Leeuwin Estate in Margaret River.

Can’t wait to try Hermit Crab.

I like Piedmont Shiraz.

That was a wicked googley!

Gary, couldn’t agree more with your points about the dangers of over-oaking. Let’s hope some winemakers were watching.

Awesome show Gary. Great job Benjamin

QOTD: Yellow Tail Shiraz will always hold a special place for me. When I was first starting out in the wine world, it was the first wine that I actually really liked and picked out on my own. Probably to this day, I have bought more bottles of that than anything else. Although I would have to supplement that statement by saying that I haven’t bought many of the same wines within the last year or so because I like trying different things.

20%-30% NEW oak (300L American oak hogshead). Not sure where you are getting the oak-monster from in the Bin 389????
That is a bigger barrel and they use 70%-80% 1-2 yr old hogshead.
I’m going to pull a btl tomorrow to see if I get what you are saying.
Loved the past couple Hermit Crab btls I’ve tasted. Another good reminder.
As for the Pinot, had to get out the World Atlas to find Mornington Peninsula.
Another educational show and good guest.

QotD: The best and most memorable Australian wine I’ve had was a 2004 Long Flat Cabernet-Merlot. It came from a tetra pack! But had fruit for days and was really one of the first wines that made me react and go “Whoa!”

Great show. Awesome guest, my favorite in a long time!

QOTD – love Nugan’s Durif

Marquis Phillips 2006 Sarah’s Blend.

great episode. I’m a big fan of Chester Osborn’s wines!

QOTD: Red- Mitolo “G.A.M.” Shiraz 2006
White- Torbreck ?Woodcutter?s? Semillon 2007

QOTD: 2005 Layer Cake Shiraz…would love to try 2005 Ancient Way Shiraz

QOTD: Tyrrells 4 Acres Shiraz – wine made from century old vines from original pre phyloxera cuttings in hermitage. It’s elegant and medium bodied Hunter Valley shiraz at its best.

Great episode! But it could be hard for a wine like 389 to show its “terroir:” (however you spell it) as it is most likely a multi regional blend – like grange. Penfolds make very few single vineyard wines.

Good episode and great guest.

QOTD – I am a big fan of Kaesler “Stonehorse” shiraz.

QOTD: I do enjoy Sauvignon Blanc from Australia/New Zealand. No favorite brand jumps to mind.

Recently I tried a JOHN DUVAL ENTITY Shiraz 2006 and didn’t like it. It was very dry and the fruit didn’t come forward at all. I wonder if anyone alse tried it and liked/disliked it. This wont keep me from trying Aussie wine again. Actually, I have a bottle of Yellowtail Shiraz 2007 in the bar and I’m curious to see how it performs.

Good episode. Fun chef and I love the Aussie lingo. QOTD: Yalumba Museum Reserve Muscat.

Great show, good to see you back on form and to see your passion get you all tongue-tied.

Hate to pick you up on this one but it’s a cricket bat dude, not a paddle. 😉

QOTD: So many faves, Charles Melton Nine Popes, Turkey Flat Shiraz and Penfolds St Henri to name but a few. Pretty much any Eden Valley riesling.

A big fan of the Mollydooker wines

Another fun guest and a fine show.

I really enjoy sampling any new wine I can find from Australia with the goal of always expanding the pal. That being said we did go a bit crazy a few years ago and really enjoyed the Amon Ra (and Goldolphin too); I’ve enjoyed most of the Killikanoon wines I’ve tried as well.

QOTD: Betts & Scholl “Black Betty” Shiraz