Wine.

[JonW]

Here you go Wattie - this is tonight’s taste test ... this has to be available in Oz given it’s from Barossa...

 

[GeoffCapes]

Drinking this tonight. Having just bought case of it from Laithwaites.
money of the best red I’ve ever tasted.

 

[RSM Masser]

Wine
Should be red
If red not available drink white
Rose acceptable if it’s summer
Germans can’t make wine - but by Christ you can guzzle it like water so ideal as a pre session livener

I no nothing about wine, couldn’t spot a good bottle if I tried, so I stick to Merlot at less than £8 a bottle, had some good ones and others that are just wine.

if you like it it’s good if a you don’t - drink it anyway and don’t buy it again, if you can remember what it was.

 

[Wattie]

Here you go Wattie - this is tonight’s taste test ... this has to be available in Oz given it’s from Barossa...

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Very nice Jon, did you enjoy?

 

[Wattie]

Drinking this tonight. Having just bought case of it from Laithwaites.
money of the best red I’ve ever tasted.

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Firm favourite of mine too.

 

[Wattie]

Drinking this tonight. Having just bought case of it from Laithwaites.
money of the best red I’ve ever tasted.

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Mark this is a belter too, another laithwaites Durif and a best seller in Oz. See if u can pick it up in the Uk.

 

[Wattie]

Tonight we will be sampling this which appears to come with a free wristband adornment.

 

[D Walker]

Lager with ice!!!!!
What’s with the gadgets; I’m like Rsm maser, bottle to glass , if it’s good, drink it, if not, drink it anyway, and don’t buy it again, if like he said, you can remember....

 

[Wattie]

Lager with ice!!!!!
What’s with the gadgets; I’m like Rsm maser, bottle to glass , if it’s good, drink it, if not, drink it anyway, and don’t buy it again, if like he said, you can remember....

Stops it evaporating in the heat we get down here.....Basically I add lager cordial to a huge amount of ice and through the slow release of water it becomes a health drink-Rehydration ticked.
Gadgets?
they are essential wine pouring devices that everyone pretending to know about wine must acquire. I’ve several hundred.

 

[GeoffCapes]

Mark this is a belter too, another laithwaites Durif and a best seller in Oz. See if u can pick it up in the Uk.View attachment 62340

They do have it. I'll put it on my next order!

 

[Wattie]

They do have it. I'll put it on my next order!

Result, just make sure you warn me before you order so there’s some left.

 

[GeoffCapes]

Result, just make sure you warn me before you order so there’s some left.

I ordered 12 bottles of Black Stump, so that should see me alright for Christmas (no one else drinks it - result!).

 

[Bebs]

We have been renovating a 1980s house over the past 2 years and I recently completed the wine room. We split the utility room in half and had a local company build a ’cold room’ using insulated aluminium panels and installing a temperature control system, keeping a constant 12.5 degrees C. I then clad the inside with oak panels and ordered racking to size and built a plinth and further shelving for large formats from oak panelled plywood. It stores the equivalent of 1000 standard 75 cl bottles.

 

[GeoffCapes]

We have been renovating a 1980s house over the past 2 years and I recently completed the wine room. We split the utility room in half and had a local company build a ’cold room’ using insulated aluminium panels and installing a temperature control system, keeping a constant 12.5 degrees C. I then clad the inside with oak panels and ordered racking to size and built a plinth and further shelving for large formats from oak panelled plywood. It stores the equivalent of 1000 standard 75 cl bottles.

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All round yours for a wine tasting session then!

 

[CatmanV2]

Yeah. Bloody ****!

C

 

[Bebs]

All round yours for a wine tasting session then!

That could be arranged

 

[GeoffCapes]

That could be arranged

When I say tasting, I mean demolishing!

 

[CatmanV2]

That could be arranged

You might want to replace the 1000 bottles with something less tasty
C

 

[Wattie]

We have been renovating a 1980s house over the past 2 years and I recently completed the wine room. We split the utility room in half and had a local company build a ’cold room’ using insulated aluminium panels and installing a temperature control system, keeping a constant 12.5 degrees C. I then clad the inside with oak panels and ordered racking to size and built a plinth and further shelving for large formats from oak panelled plywood. It stores the equivalent of 1000 standard 75 cl bottles.

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I had a dream about that rooom last night.
Well, it wasn’t just that room but it was involved and it is awesome! Very envious.
I reckon you and JonW should setup a little sideline of wine storage and recommendations for the masses on here.

 

[Wattie]

You might want to replace the 1000 bottles with something less tasty
C

Honestly, I’ve seen this and am quite relieved.
I thought I had a problem.

 

[CatmanV2]

The problem with recommendations is they are so personal. I know some of the wines that are being raved about and frankly I'd rather have ribena but that's me.
My oldest pals and I have developed very different tastes in wine. Mostly because I had a client whose USP was French wine, they went down the 'decent New World from the supermarket' route. My wines are not fruity enough for them. Theirs are like squash to me <shrug>

We all agree on whisky though

C