The new wine thread
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Finished a fantastic Roero last night and had the best Nerello Mascarese so far last week (Calabretta):
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@gt12 said in The new wine thread:
Finished a fantastic Roero last night and had the best Nerello Mascarese so far last week (Calabretta):
Is it hard to access affordable but good wine in Japan? So many parts of Asia tax the crap out of it
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@voodoo said in The new wine thread:
@gt12 said in The new wine thread:
Finished a fantastic Roero last night and had the best Nerello Mascarese so far last week (Calabretta):
Is it hard to access affordable but good wine in Japan? So many parts of Asia tax the crap out of it
Cheap as man, biggest reason why Ive been here so long. The Japanese have recently relaxed the tax on cheese too, so life is getting better.
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@gt12 said in The new wine thread:
@voodoo said in The new wine thread:
@gt12 said in The new wine thread:
Finished a fantastic Roero last night and had the best Nerello Mascarese so far last week (Calabretta):
Is it hard to access affordable but good wine in Japan? So many parts of Asia tax the crap out of it
Cheap as man, biggest reason why Ive been here so long. The Japanese have recently relaxed the tax on cheese too, so life is getting better.
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Took a bottle of Clonakilla 2016 Shiraz Viognier up to my parents. Never enough in a bottle when you're sharing.
Probably one of the best examples of getting the soil, weather and grape right in the region.
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was given a sizeable Dan Murphy's voucher so treated myself to this
It was pretty good without being amazing. Though i think my tastebuds have been changed by a constant barrage of grunty South Australian reds (even the Grenache i drink has more punch than this).
If you are going to spend this much on a bottle i reckon you can get something better.
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https://www.danmurphys.com.au/product/DM_80406/alto-moncayo-veraton-grenache
not in stock currently, but if you're drinking Grenache, I recently drank this in Barcelona and loved it..highly recommend, if anyone can find it
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@mariner4life said in The new wine thread:
was given a sizeable Dan Murphy's voucher so treated myself to this
It was pretty good without being amazing. Though i think my tastebuds have been changed by a constant barrage of grunty South Australian reds (even the Grenache i drink has more punch than this).
If you are going to spend this much on a bottle i reckon you can get something better.
Shit - I had to go check what I've got sitting on the shelf in case it was this, as I seem to recall it cost a couple hundy... but nah, it's the "Le Sol 2014" - another from the "Prestige" range.
Good to see they've named a wine after Sophia... when I visited, it was clear the owner had a massive hard-on for Sophia Loren, to the point of naming the pair of hemispherical buildings after her titties. -
@bayimports said in The new wine thread:
https://www.danmurphys.com.au/product/DM_80406/alto-moncayo-veraton-grenache
not in stock currently, but if you're drinking Grenache, I recently drank this in Barcelona and loved it..highly recommend, if anyone can find it
I can get it here, so I’ll give it a go!
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@sparky said in The new wine thread:
Seriously. I think the French are missing a trick not selling this stuff off to certain visitors their country will have over the next month or so.
Saw that and thought exactly the same thing
Or gift it at the airport
When my missus and I went skiing to Georgia we were presented with a bottle of Georgian wine each at immigration and wished a great holiday
We drank Georgian wine all trip
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“European Commission data for the year to June shows that wine consumption has fallen 7% in Italy, 10% in Spain, 15% in France, 22% in Germany and 34% in Portugal, while wine production across the bloc - the world's biggest wine-making area - rose 4%.”
Amazing figures. Certainly hasn’t made a dent in prices on this side of the world.
I’m doing my best to maintain global wine demand, but clearly I need help!
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Yeah really wasn’t happy with the ABs last night. Oh, wait, wine. D’oh.