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Australian/New Zealand Red Wines - Recommendations s Wanted
« on: December 27, 2011, 05:11:11 AM »
Looking for recommendations for Australian and New Zealand red wines ... preferably Cabernet Sauvignon ... or whatever else you would recommend.

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Re: Australian/New Zealand Red Wines - Recommendations s Wanted
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2011, 05:13:07 AM »
I'll have a chat to the wife tomorrow, she's worked in good restaurants all her life and is up on a lot of good Aussie wines...
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Re: Australian/New Zealand Red Wines - Recommendations s Wanted
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2011, 05:20:44 AM »
RR,

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Re: Australian/New Zealand Red Wines - Recommendations s Wanted
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2011, 04:33:57 PM »
Hi Harry, the wife has a few days off and there are piles of good Aussie wines so she said to take a look at this list of Cab Sav makers and have a read, there's a pile of reviews with ratings on this page..... ;)

http://www.webwombat.com.au/lifestyle/food_wine/wine/cabernet-sauvignon.htm

The wifes Mother lives in NZ wine country and is a bit of a wine buff {loves the reds} so next time i talk to her i'll see what she recommends....
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Re: Australian/New Zealand Red Wines - Recommendations s Wanted
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2011, 05:15:42 PM »
RR,

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Re: Australian/New Zealand Red Wines - Recommendations s Wanted
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2011, 05:16:11 PM »
The only one that I have personally had was Yellow Tail. It was very good.
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Re: Australian/New Zealand Red Wines - Recommendations s Wanted
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2011, 05:17:52 PM »
Penfolds makes some really great reds. 
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Re: Australian/New Zealand Red Wines - Recommendations s Wanted
« Reply #7 on: December 27, 2011, 10:25:43 PM »
Can't go wrong with BANROCK STATION their stuff is very drinkable, their MOSCATO white is great, we knocked off two bottles last night, it's Aussie stuff too amazingly!
Prefer the sweet and fizzy Italian wines right now, REUNITE is my fav right now, very yummy. ;D
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Re: Australian/New Zealand Red Wines - Recommendations s Wanted
« Reply #8 on: December 27, 2011, 10:32:58 PM »
Quote from: Hush on December 27, 2011, 10:25:43 PM
Can't go wrong with BANROCK STATION their stuff is very drinkable, their MOSCATO white is great, we knocked off two bottles last night, it's Aussie stuff too amazingly!
Prefer the sweet and fizzy Italian wines right now, REUNITE is my fav right now, very yummy. ;D

You have vineyards all round you there Rick, nothing local to recommend.?
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Re: Australian/New Zealand Red Wines - Recommendations s Wanted
« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2011, 04:11:14 PM »
Hey Aussie wines are cheap here, like $6 or $7 a bottle, our stuff is waaay over priced! ;D
I got plenty to reccomend as I used to do wine tours around the bay but at what price? :(
Cheap and cheerful is my motto around wine, in fact I'm such a wine snob I think nothing of dumping any reds that taste like vinegar (and some of the most expensive do but people too scared to say they taste like crap) I'll happily half and half them with lemonade to give them some sparkle. ;)
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Re: Australian/New Zealand Red Wines - Recommendations s Wanted
« Reply #10 on: December 28, 2011, 04:25:08 PM »
Yellow tail is a steady perfomer.  Penfolds Koonunga Hill CS is excellent.
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Re: Australian/New Zealand Red Wines - Recommendations s Wanted
« Reply #11 on: December 28, 2011, 05:39:06 PM »
Montana, Ngatarawa, Te Awa, just a few local wineries making their own stuff.
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Re: Australian/New Zealand Red Wines - Recommendations s Wanted
« Reply #12 on: December 28, 2011, 08:12:04 PM »
Hi guys,
I'm not a white wine drinker but my wife is and she has found the best white wine for her is a local Waiheke Island white called Man 'O' War Bay Pinot Gris. She cannot drink Sav Blanc as it has to higher sulphate content and it makes her "Lupus" (auto-immune disease) flare up.
Another that she like is a Marlborough Pinot Gris called "Roaring Meg".
Our neighbour's are Sav Blanc drinkers and they swear by "Wither Hills" which is another Marlborough White.
For those of you who want to do a little research, here is a list of some of the vineyards on the island. Some of these establishments have won some pretty prestigious awards in overseas wine competition.
Cable Bay
Mud brick
Goldwater Estate
Te Whau Wineries
Hay Paddock
Saratoga wines
Passage Rock
Kennedy Point
Man "O" War Bay Wineries.These are just some of the 27 (I think ) wine producing vineyards on my little rock here in the Hauraki Gulf Auckland.

As for the red's all the above produce some lovely red wines. depending on what you like Kennedy Point wineries recently produces a world class gold medal award winning Syrah,there are some really nice reds of all types here on the island, but the country as a who;e produces some lovely reds.
Mt Difficulty does a really nice Pinot Noir, there are some really nice reds coming out of Central Otago as well.

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Re: Australian/New Zealand Red Wines - Recommendations s Wanted
« Reply #13 on: December 28, 2011, 08:22:24 PM »
Mission Estate (where we hold some damn good international concerts)here in Napier make a very good Merlot.
Two Gates (which is out by my prison) turn out some stuff worth considering.
Villa Maria, Te Mata, so many wineries around here that turn out good drinkable stuff.
When I did wine trails I drove a stretch limousine and most clients flew in from overseas to just do the wine trails, the boot used to get so full of cases of wine I would need to use the gas operated rear shocks to keep the car level, getting tipped $200 was not out of the question for me in those days. ;)
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« Reply #14 on: December 28, 2011, 08:28:45 PM »
Thanks for all the great ideas.  I will have to check out the liquor store.  Yes, we have not caught up with the times; all spirits, wines and beer must be purchased from government run or agency stores.

But they do carry a wide selection of imported wines.

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« Reply #15 on: December 28, 2011, 08:50:28 PM »
im a cab guy but most of the aussie stuff ive tried has been harsh.... the soil down under is sandy and causes thicker skins and that transfers to the reds while the skins sit on the wine during fermentation... the only aussie cab ive had and liked has been fish eye and its cheap
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Re: Australian/New Zealand Red Wines - Recommendations s Wanted
« Reply #16 on: December 28, 2011, 09:31:13 PM »
Quote from: Hush on December 28, 2011, 04:11:14 PM
Hey Aussie wines are cheap here, like $6 or $7 a bottle, our stuff is waaay over priced! ;D


They obviously don't sell any Penfolds Vintage Grange over there, up to $50,000 for 1 bottle.... :o ;D Even the 2006 vintage is $500 a bottle...
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« Reply #17 on: December 29, 2011, 01:14:18 AM »
Hey Cranky,
just my 2 bob but look for Aussie Cabernets from Coonawarra (bigger richer styles) but avoid 2008 heat wave year or try Maragret River from Western Australia (finer more structure-tanin bordeaux like) and for New Zealand I find Napier as suggested before but Hwkes Bay & Martinborough(craggy range is a great winery but $$$) still plenty from that are affordable and good. Cheers
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« Reply #18 on: December 29, 2011, 01:21:31 AM »
Quote from: CBmike on December 29, 2011, 01:14:18 AM
Hey Cranky,
just my 2 bob but look for Aussie Cabernets from Coonawarra (bigger richer styles) but avoid 2008 heat wave year or try Maragret River from Western Australia (finer more structure-tanin bordeaux like) and for New Zealand I find Napier as suggested before but Hwkes Bay & Martinborough(craggy range is a great winery but $$$) still plenty from that are affordable and good. Cheers

Jacobs Creek drinks well for a cheapish Red.....
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« Reply #19 on: December 29, 2011, 03:12:55 AM »
I grow and make my own, but that would be Virginia, not Australia.
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« Reply #20 on: December 29, 2011, 12:04:31 PM »
Matua, it's a new winery but getting good press on their wines, they also give away free key rings!
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« Reply #21 on: December 29, 2011, 02:09:41 PM »
Wolf Blass do some nice reds as well. Australian as well.
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« Reply #22 on: December 29, 2011, 02:53:58 PM »
Still favouring Banrock Station (embaressingly it's also Aussie). :-[
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« Reply #23 on: December 29, 2011, 03:04:32 PM »
Quote from: Hush on December 29, 2011, 02:53:58 PM
Still favouring Banrock Station (embaressingly it's also Aussie). :-[

No need to be embarrassed Hush, NZ will be able to make good wine one day too.... ;D ;)
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« Reply #24 on: December 30, 2011, 09:45:12 PM »
Quote from: Retro Rocket on December 29, 2011, 03:04:32 PM
Quote from: Hush on December 29, 2011, 02:53:58 PM
Still favouring Banrock Station (embaressingly it's also Aussie). :-[

No need to be embarrassed Hush, NZ will be able to make good wine one day too.... ;D ;)
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