Good Show! QOTD: Ironically, D’arenberg Darry’s Original, fantastic wine for the price. Wish I’d bought more when I had the chance. Waiting for the next vintage. Second runner up is Mak Coonwarra Cab/Shiraz.

great episode – love the aussie whites – that hermit crab is a great weeknight QPR stunner – good call – keep on rocking!

Great guest! I used to be a Yellow tail drinker… it was the first red I ever could handle, it made me brave enough to try others, but sadly I lack experience with the Aussie wines, only had a one other Shiraz and some Sauvignon Blacs that I don’t remember…

Very good show – I have had the Hermit Crab and really loved it, but I’m still yet to try an Australian pinot noir that really impressed me.. I feel they are highly overrated and way behind NZ in terms of the new world.

QOTD – heaps to chose from, but possibly the Pewsey Vale riesling.. especially in terms of value. There are so many fantastic rieslings from Eden and Clare Valley.

QOTD: Dammnit! So many to choose from. I love Aussie wines.
I do like the Yalumba and Penfolds vineyards.

QOTD: I don’t really drink enough aussie wines to have a favorite. Just the other night i cracked open a 2004 Green Point Shiraz which was pretty complex and tasty.

I really want to get some of that Hermit Crab….

Solid episode, am off to Binny’s tomorrow to pick up the Hermit Crab.

QOTD: Definitely Glatzier’s GoDolphin, what a marvelous wine!

Go Australia

QOTD – can I do a few
1. Clover Hill Vintage Brut
2. Tim Adams Reserve Riesling
3. Grosset Polish Hill Riesling
4. Hoddles Creek Chardonnay
5. Domaine A Pinot (in a good year)
6. Samuals’ Gorge Tempranillo
7. Balgownie Estate Bendigo Shiraz
8. Dalwhinnie Cabernet
9. De Bortoli Noble One
10. Chambers fortifieds

Cheers
Andrew

QOTD:

My favourite Australian wines would have to be:

1) Yarra Yerring No.2
2) Giaconda Pinot Noir
3) D’Arenberg Dead Arm

GV – good show – enjoyed the guest. I think that he could take you though.

QOTD – White – Leeuwin Estate Artist Series Chardonnay Margaret River
– Red – a tie – BVE E&E Black Pepper Shiraz, Elderton Command Shiraz

QOTD: Torbreck’s The Struie was great, tried at a wine tasting. Also tried their Juveniles and would rather have 2 bottles of that. Gave the Ball Buster to my son as a gift.

Good show. I wish I had the money and time to taste more wines… the time will come, though.

qotd: cannot recall any specific wine… they were all acceptable quaffing wines, though.

Great episode, I’ve been watching for a while and this is my first comment.

QOTD: Had a few real good ones, but I’m gonna say to anybody reading this, you need to try Yellow Tail’s sparkling wine. Surprising good. Hate Yellow Tail, very impressed with their sparkling. Don’t know how widely available it is yet, but they have it here some local grocery stores on the west coast.

QOTD: For QPR maybe the Two Hands 2006 “The Angel’s Share” Shiraz. Not mind-blowing, but for the reputation of this producer, and the lack of new wood flavors, extraction of fruit balanced with good acidity and complex mineral notes, the price of this wine is right for what it delivers.

Very good show!

Gary – WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO LEARN!!
Penfolds is one of the last makers, probably in the WORLD, who consistently make wine that is NOT designed for early consumption (within 8-10 years). That 389 should not even be thought about untill 2015 at the EARLIEST!! Even the cheapo Penfolds like Koonunga Hill needs at least 5 years (forget Rawson’s – that is not worthy of anything much). Its so unfair to rail against the oak – SO BOREINGLY – every time when you NEVER taste one of these wines that has the age the maker WANTS it to have on it. I have been asking you to tast some of these with 10 – 15 years on them consistently ever since WLTV started and you NEVER HAVE! I have even given you specific suggestions. Never, and yet EVERY time, the same old tired “oak monster”! Jesus, people have been making wines utilising oak for thousands of years now, is everyone else other than you just wrong?
PLEASE, for God’s sake, put it in perspective!! Taste some OLDER Aussie fruit/oak-bombs!! Only then will you get it! Until then all you are doing is helping eradicate these last bastions of how wine USED to be made in Oz. Don’t be partially responsible for that demise!

Great guest, really nice guy to put up with you GV! QOTD: I have always dreamed it would be Grange.

Great guest GV! And I really appreciated your passion about not over-oaking wines: I hope people were listening. Let the fruit speak for itself!

QOTD: Alas, I have had some Australian wines, but I haven’t had many that stand out to me. I’ve had some good Rieslings and a few Chards though, just can’t remember the names.

I like the value wines from Oz, they tend to have less oak. Terra Barossa Shiraz, even Yellowtail Reserve is good.

QOTD Pewsey vale riesling rox my sox

Great show – nice job, Benjamin! I love Australia and a lot of their wines, although I tend to side with Gary that there is an awful lot of over-the-top Aussie wines on the market. But, to be fair, they are darn delicious for the most part.

QOTD: My favorite Australian wine is Aman-Ra Godolphin Shiraz-Cab blend.

I can’t have favorites because I never drink the same wine more than once- how could I possibly when there’s so much out there to try?! ; )

Great Show!
I Wish I?d bought more when I had the chance.
Thanks anyway

QOTD: Langmeil 5th Wave, Charles Melton Nine Popes

G’day Gary-

As an aussie i feel our wines have been typecast as over-oaked fruit bombs!
Of the wines you’ve tasted I most certainly agree, but you mainly focus on the hudge brands that make wine in this style for the U.S. export market, usually from Barossa/Mclaren Vale etc, some of which we never see here (thankfully)!

See if you can get your hands on good vintages of the following (although they are usually quite consistent)

Bass Phillip, pinot noir (Reserve or premium),(Gippsland, Vic)
Savaterre, Chardonnay (Beechworth,Vic)
Wendouree, Shiraz (Clare Valley, S.A.)
Mount Mary, Quintet Cabernets (Yarra Valley,Vic)
Bindi, Quartz Chardonnay (Macedon Ranges,Vic)
Yeringberg, Cabernets
Craiglee, Shiraz (Sunbury,Vic)
Moss Wood, Cabernet (margaret River,W.A)

Thanks for WLTV, very entertaining

Cheers,
Miles Fraser