Luc 10,451 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 It'll be you and me and we'll get drunk writing it, you watch. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Mendes 4,276 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 1 minute ago, Luc said: It'll be you and me and we'll get drunk writing it, you watch. I’m up for that...... Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum Hoist the mainsail, here I come Ain't no room on board for the insincere You're my witness, I'm your mutineer I was born to rock the boat Some may sink but we will float Grab your coat, let's get out of here You're my witness, I'm your mutineer Long ago we laughed at shadows Lightning flashed and thunder followed us It could never find us here You're my witness, I'm your mutineer Long ago we laughed at shadows Lightning flashed and thunder followed us It could never find us here You're my witness, I'm your mutineer I was born to rock the boat Some may sink but we will float Grab your coat, let's get out of here You're my witness, I'm your mutineer You're my witness, I'm your mutineer I'm your mutineer 1 Link to post Share on other sites
mtf 1,102 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 @tripitaka this could be worth a squiz mate. https://younggunofwine.com/australias-best-gamay/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites
chaddy 55 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 18 minutes ago, mtf said: @tripitaka this could be worth a squiz mate. https://younggunofwine.com/australias-best-gamay/ Some good ones there. The Meadowbank winemaker also makes some cracking Gamays under his Dr Edge label. Had a bottle of his Oregon gamay the other night, very impressive. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
mtf 1,102 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 40 minutes ago, chaddy said: Some good ones there. The Meadowbank winemaker also makes some cracking Gamays under his Dr Edge label. Had a bottle of his Oregon gamay the other night, very impressive. Peter Dredge makes great wines, I have quite a few of his Chardonnay and Pinots, must try his Gamay, cheers for the reminder Chaddy. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Mendes 4,276 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 59 minutes ago, mtf said: Peter Dredge makes great wines, I have quite a few of his Chardonnay and Pinots, must try his Gamay, cheers for the reminder Chaddy. I tried a couple of bottles of his Oregon Pinot last week and it's a pretty smart wine, extremely well priced given its from the US of A and all that.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
mtf 1,102 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 5 minutes ago, Mendes said: I tried a couple of bottles of his Oregon Pinot last week and it's a pretty smart wine, extremely well priced given its from the US of A and all that.... Will hopefully pick up a few of those myself today Link to post Share on other sites
Mendes 4,276 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 19 minutes ago, mtf said: Will hopefully pick up a few of those myself today I have some Garnacha for you Mark...... Link to post Share on other sites
mtf 1,102 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Mendes said: I have some Garnacha for you Mark...... Fantastic, will be seeing you soon! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
tripitaka 441 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 (edited) Drinking another budget wine tonight - i know, who ever would have guessed 🤣🤣🤣 Anyway, this is quite a nice GSM at the cheap end of the spectrum, maybe I paid a bit under $15... tho I wouldn't really swear to that. But don't despair, one night I'm really gonna show u guys and break out something amazing haaaaaaa 👍 Edited September 24, 2020 by tripitaka 5 Link to post Share on other sites
aechmea 1,166 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 13 hours ago, tripitaka said: I paid a bit under $15 I gave up buying Grange in the late 70s when it got to $15 a bottle. Oh, how the value of money has changed over time. [Still have 5 from the early 70s and one from the 60s.] 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Cloth Ears 1,233 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 7 hours ago, aechmea said: I gave up buying Grange in the late 70s when it got to $15 a bottle. Oh, how the value of money has changed over time. [Still have 5 from the early 70s and one from the 60s.] As a matter of interest, what vintages? Link to post Share on other sites
Mendes 4,276 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 A day off work today and have found myself on cooking duties, no worries.... have wine will cook. Full on Oz vino tonight.... hope I can still spin some records later.... Btw....seriously great Oz fizz here folks...... 4 Link to post Share on other sites
aechmea 1,166 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Cloth Ears said: As a matter of interest, what vintages? 66, 70, 72, 74 (2), 75 4-ish years ago I bit the bullet and decided to drink (with my 2 buddies and my son) all of the old stuff that I had been keeping for "good". All of the Burgundies have gone, all but 3 Bordeaux (Latour, Palmer, Coutet) have gone and 6 Grange have gone (68, 69 x 2, 71 x 2, 72). Still got some Portuguese VPs from 63 and 77 plus some Coonawarra cabs (Lindemans and Wynns) and some Hunter reds and whites (Mt Pleasant) from the 80s. 59 bottles in total from last century. All bought pretty much at the time in dollars of the day. The prices seem cheap now (Latour $21, Palmer $18.95, Coutet $11, Quinta do Noval '63 $13 etc) but they were relative to other suff at the time where current vintage Hunter's were $2 - $4 and wages were low too. It's been 50 years of fun though and still time left to drink the other 1400 .... maybe. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Mendes 4,276 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 5 minutes ago, aechmea said: 66, 70, 72, 74 (2), 75 4-ish years ago I bit the bullet and decided to drink (with my 2 buddies and my son) all of the old stuff that I had been keeping for "good". All of the Burgundies have gone, all but 3 Bordeaux (Latour, Palmer, Coutet) have gone and 6 Grange have gone (68, 69 x 2, 71 x 2, 72). Still got some Portuguese VPs from 63 and 77 plus some Coonawarra cabs (Lindemans and Wynns) and some Hunter reds and whites (Mt Pleasant) from the 80s. 59 bottles in total from last century. All bought pretty much at the time in dollars of the day. The prices seem cheap now (Latour $21, Palmer $18.95, Coutet $11, Quinta do Noval '63 $13 etc) but they were relative to other suff at the time where current vintage Hunter's were $2 - $4 and wages were low too. It's been 50 years of fun though and still time left to drink the other 1400 .... maybe. He who can.....does 🙏🍷🍷👍 Link to post Share on other sites
aechmea 1,166 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 26 minutes ago, Mendes said: A day off work today and have found myself on cooking duties, no worries.... have wine will cook. Full on Oz vino tonight.... hope I can still spin some records later.... Btw....seriously great Oz fizz here folks...... I should try some more Arras - we don't drink much fizz - but, great reviews (and medals and trophies) all of the time. I am on the "members" list at Bay of Fires so easy enough to get. Next order, maybe when the 2019 Pinot and Chardy are released. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
gillmaverick 756 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 I have released the Kraken.... 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Mendes 4,276 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Oh boy, giddy up and enjoy...🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍🙏🙏 Link to post Share on other sites
2Brix 1,679 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
gillmaverick 756 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 17 minutes ago, Mendes said: Oh boy, giddy up and enjoy...🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍🙏🙏 It's freezing down here and Kraken tastes really nice with warm to hot water......Yummm 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Cloth Ears 1,233 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 (edited) 16 hours ago, aechmea said: 66, 70, 72, 74 (2), 75 4-ish years ago I bit the bullet and decided to drink (with my 2 buddies and my son) all of the old stuff that I had been keeping for "good". All of the Burgundies have gone, all but 3 Bordeaux (Latour, Palmer, Coutet) have gone and 6 Grange have gone (68, 69 x 2, 71 x 2, 72). Still got some Portuguese VPs from 63 and 77 plus some Coonawarra cabs (Lindemans and Wynns) and some Hunter reds and whites (Mt Pleasant) from the 80s. 59 bottles in total from last century. All bought pretty much at the time in dollars of the day. The prices seem cheap now (Latour $21, Palmer $18.95, Coutet $11, Quinta do Noval '63 $13 etc) but they were relative to other suff at the time where current vintage Hunter's were $2 - $4 and wages were low too. It's been 50 years of fun though and still time left to drink the other 1400 .... maybe. My dad had to give up drinking towards the end (turns out it was liver cancer along with everything else, so not surprising) and so he missed out on a couple of good drops. So if you need any help (after the borders open) then you just need to let me know...😉 Edited September 26, 2020 by Cloth Ears Link to post Share on other sites
dwbasement 4,944 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Cheers, another week! 5 Link to post Share on other sites
Mushroom01 580 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 knot a bad red this one! 😉 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Mendes 4,276 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Staying in tonight, rigatoni with sausage and peas and in need of cooking wine......cleaning up the fizz from last night and time to give this Ba Ba a spin, 16 a strong year from Piedmont and surrounds....Salute’ 5 Link to post Share on other sites
DRC 1,061 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 4 minutes ago, Mendes said: Staying in tonight, rigatoni with sausage and peas and in need of cooking wine......cleaning up the fizz from last night and time to give this Ba Ba a spin, 16 a strong year from Piedmont and surrounds....Salute’ I hope to Be Ba Ba bops along nicely. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
vinilink 1,033 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Mendes 4,276 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 6 minutes ago, vinilink said: 🍶....Kampai 2 Link to post Share on other sites
aechmea 1,166 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 8 hours ago, Cloth Ears said: My dad had to give up drinking towards the end (turns out it was liver cancer along with everything else, so not surprising) and so he missed out on a couple of good drops. So if you need any help (after the borders open) then you just need to let me know...😉 Haha thanks - I'll keep that in mind. My father died last year and my mother this year, of just about everything but they weren't drinkers. I sometimes wonder whether one might just as well drink to the very end. Hmmm. Sorry - all a bit macabre ... back to normal transmission ... Finishing off tonight's bottle with family; Coldstream Hills Chardonnay 2016. Strongly flavoured enough to go well with pork and mango chutney. Bugger, too busy typing and missed the last bit and the bottle is in the bin now - you will just have to trust me. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites
cafe67 4,106 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Always wanted to try a Japanese whiskey , finally bought one on a splurge buy 5 Link to post Share on other sites
misternavi 1,250 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 3 minutes ago, cafe67 said: Always wanted to try a Japanese whiskey , finally bought one on a splurge buy i may get death threats after this but 🇯🇵 & 🇦🇺 whiskey is the only thing i drink these days. It’s that good!!! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
2Brix 1,679 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 (edited) I have just found my 'go to' budget red. IMO great value at $10-13 🙂 Edited September 26, 2020 by 2Brix 6 Link to post Share on other sites
cafe67 4,106 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 1 hour ago, misternavi said: i may get death threats after this but 🇯🇵 & 🇦🇺 whiskey is the only thing i drink these days. It’s that good!!! Check out the difference in colours 6 Link to post Share on other sites
tripitaka 441 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 A nice day in Melbourne town for a wine in the garden. Today it' a very pleasant mid-priced WA shiraz 👍 8 Link to post Share on other sites
Mendes 4,276 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Brother of Mendes has a birthday coming up over next few days, so an early start as we are known to do in our clan. Happy birthday Bro..🙏🙏 7 Link to post Share on other sites
Mushroom01 580 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 This is a lovely Shiraz for 2018! 😄👍🍷 4 Link to post Share on other sites
dwbasement 4,944 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Happy long weekend boys! 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Mendes 4,276 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Quite night at home with some take out and some Flame Tree 6 Link to post Share on other sites
Luc 10,451 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 (edited) I'm too lazy to take a pic but I'm relaxing with a Taylors' Jaraman 2016 after some chilli prawns I cooked up for the Handbrake . Actually, Steve, I've got some new lumps of wood in the listening room, Italian walnut to be exact. Now as long as don't spill the Jaraman all over them... Aren't they lovely Edited October 2, 2020 by Luc 5 Link to post Share on other sites
Mendes 4,276 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 9 minutes ago, Luc said: Actually, Steve, I've got some new lumps of wood in the listening room, Italian walnut to be exact. Now as long as don't spill the Jaraman all over them... Very nice Lee, are they Sonus Faber by chance and more importantly.....how do they sound. Cheers...🍷🍷🙏🙏 Link to post Share on other sites
Luc 10,451 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 27 minutes ago, Mendes said: how do they sound. Still listening in a very limited way(TT, I have cart problems and the U-Beaut streamer is being reloaded with TB's of dsd and flacs when I get time so it's basically spotty at the moment) SF? No, The latest iteration of the Chario stable. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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