Sorry, Gary – I like your show, but I have no idea why anyone would want to review a Shiraz from a Cabernet region (Coonawarra). No one in Australia with any idea would buy a Shiraz from Coonawarra. It is like tasting a Pinot from Bordeaux. No wonder it was a shocker.

The choice of a Pinot from Yarra Valley was more like it, as it has been consistently the best region for Pinot in Oz (Mornington Peninsula is a close second).

Can you please distinguish Victorian regions – Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula, Pyrenees, etc, just like you distinguished South Australia regions – Barossa, Langhorne Creek, Connawarra, etc. There is huge regional variation. It would be great to see reviews for Reislings from Clare Valley/Eden Valley (just awesome); Semillon from Hunter Valley (amazing); Chardonnay from Margaret River; Cabernet from Coonawarra (you get real terroir in those). Noble One Botrytis Semillon is brilliant – amazingly, it is the only wine (bar none) that you would drink from its region – Griffith. Please review this at some stage.

Biggest problem in the US – choice of Aussie wines is not great and tends to fit certain defined (not sure by who) “expectations”, so good stuff can be hard (but not impossible) to find. Reputation screwed up by cheap rubbish with animal pictures on the label and other crap wines under 10. Pinot can be a good choice, as I find West Coast Pinot way over priced for what you get. Sadly, Shiraz available in the US is good only at the higher price end of things.

Enough rant: loved the show.

Sorry, Gary – I like your show, but I have no idea why anyone would want to review a Shiraz from a Cabernet region (Coonawarra). No one in Australia with any idea would buy a Shiraz from Coonawarra. It is like tasting a Pinot from Bordeaux. No wonder it was a shocker.

The choice of a Pinot from Yarra Valley was more like it, as it has been consistently the best region for Pinot in Oz (Mornington Peninsula is a close second).

Can you please distinguish Victorian regions – Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula, Pyrenees, etc, just like you distinguished South Australia regions – Barossa, Langhorne Creek, Connawarra, etc. There is huge regional variation. It would be great to see reviews for Reislings from Clare Valley/Eden Valley (just awesome); Semillon from Hunter Valley (amazing); Chardonnay from Margaret River; Cabernet from Coonawarra (you get real terroir in those). Noble One Botrytis Semillon is brilliant – amazingly, it is the only wine (bar none) that you would drink from its region – Griffith. Please review this at some stage.

Biggest problem in the US – choice of Aussie wines is not great and tends to fit certain defined (not sure by who) “expectations”, so good stuff can be hard (but not impossible) to find. Reputation screwed up by cheap rubbish with animal pictures on the label and other crap wines under 10. Pinot can be a good choice, as I find West Coast Pinot way over priced for what you get. Sadly, Shiraz available in the US is good only at the higher price end of things.

Enough rant: loved the show.

Gary, a little disappointed you didn’t put anything from the Margaret River/Western Australia into the mix. I agree, Barossa & Coonawarra are too frickin hot to produce balanced wines. Especially, Shiraz and Cab. The only tolerable reds from Australia have been from the Western part of the continent, and Victoria (Green Point)

Gary, a little disappointed you didn’t put anything from the Margaret River/Western Australia into the mix. I agree, Barossa & Coonawarra are too frickin hot to produce balanced wines. Especially, Shiraz and Cab. The only tolerable reds from Australia have been from the Western part of the continent, and Victoria (Green Point)

Gary, a little disappointed you didn’t put anything from the Margaret River/Western Australia into the mix. I agree, Barossa & Coonawarra are too frickin hot to produce balanced wines. Especially, Shiraz and Cab. The only tolerable reds from Australia have been from the Western part of the continent, and Victoria (Green Point)

Gary, a little disappointed you didn’t put anything from the Margaret River/Western Australia into the mix. I agree, Barossa & Coonawarra are too frickin hot to produce balanced wines. Especially, Shiraz and Cab. The only tolerable reds from Australia have been from the Western part of the continent, and Victoria (Green Point)

QOTD: Couldn’t tell you. That Santa is a pretty secretive dude.

QOTD: Couldn’t tell you. That Santa is a pretty secretive dude.

QOTD: Couldn’t tell you. That Santa is a pretty secretive dude.

QOTD: Couldn’t tell you. That Santa is a pretty secretive dude.

Nice show. Followed live during ustream session. Awesome.

QotD: a bottle of wine and a decanter. (Does a decanter make me a nerd?)

Nice show. Followed live during ustream session. Awesome.

QotD: a bottle of wine and a decanter. (Does a decanter make me a nerd?)

Nice show. Followed live during ustream session. Awesome.

QotD: a bottle of wine and a decanter. (Does a decanter make me a nerd?)

Nice show. Followed live during ustream session. Awesome.

QotD: a bottle of wine and a decanter. (Does a decanter make me a nerd?)

Nice show. Followed live during ustream session. Awesome.

QotD: a bottle of wine and a decanter. (Does a decanter make me a nerd?)

The block of wood in your mouth was classic. Pure genius.

The block of wood in your mouth was classic. Pure genius.

The block of wood in your mouth was classic. Pure genius.

The block of wood in your mouth was classic. Pure genius.

The block of wood in your mouth was classic. Pure genius.

nice show. it’s always hard to resist the Siren Song of the shelf-talkers in the store on these ones. The 90-point, $11 bottle of shiraz.

nice show. it’s always hard to resist the Siren Song of the shelf-talkers in the store on these ones. The 90-point, $11 bottle of shiraz.

nice show. it’s always hard to resist the Siren Song of the shelf-talkers in the store on these ones. The 90-point, $11 bottle of shiraz.

nice show. it’s always hard to resist the Siren Song of the shelf-talkers in the store on these ones. The 90-point, $11 bottle of shiraz.

GV,

QOTD: I have no clue, maybe some Riedel glassware.

The only Aussie wine I have in my cellar is an 05 Hundred Acre Ancient Way Shiraz. It was a gift. Anyone out there tried this one?