Recent content by Dave Brookes

Tannin adds are commonplace in quite a few Australian wines...mainly for colour fixing though there are other benefits??...mouthfeel mods,providing an increased substrate for MOX, etc. VR-Supra is a common brand and if you want to know what it tastes like crack open any Penfolds wine :) As Jim...

Pretty good apparently....had a 2008 Girgis Extra Catarratto last week that was porn in a glass

Many thanks for all of the recommendations everyone....plenty to add to the list and lots of groundwork to do

Thanks John....added to the list, I plan on Palermo - Marsala - Vittoria - Ragusa - Modici - Syracuse - Etna - Palermo....maybe a day trip into the centre at some stage

Help a brother out! I'm planning on hitting Sicily for 9 days on an upcoming trip before heading into France. Can anyone recommend some disorderly wineries to visit. Already have been in contact with Occhipinti, COS and Cornellisen (Frank told me to get in touch with Graci and...

Some other interesting antipodeans....Shobbrook wines from the Barossa. I had Tom around to my place last weekend for an orange wine cabal and he dragged around two of his own.... 2011 Giallo which is a Sauvignon Blanc (fruit from the Adelaide Hills) which sees 6 weeks skin contact and a yet to...

Mike Weersing from Pyramid Valley....just near Waikari, inland from Waipara on the South Island. He's a super cat...his property is about 5km from my parents farm in NZ...I usually whip around there for dinner or lunch whenever I'm home. He's making some brilliant wines....

The Pinot Grigio was the 2009 FWIW the other wines were.... 2009 Donati Camillo Malvasia dell'Emillia, 2009 Christian Kerschbaumer Garlider Sylvaner Sudtirol Eisacktaler 2005 Gravner Ribolla 2006 Vopopivec Classica 2011 Dandy in the Clos Armchairs & Stairways 2011 Dany in the Clos Birds no...

Tried this wine, the 2005 Ribolla and the Pinot Grigio side by side at an orange wine cabal at my place last week....the Jakot probably the pick of the bunch for me....lovely energy and fine sweet tannin.

Very sad news. RIP and condolences to friends and family. I will raise a glass to him this evening.

So Australia and the majority of the Southern Hemisphere is a disgrace because it hasn't planted any vineyards between its Southern-most landfall and Antarctica.....ok....gotcha.

So I hear!....I really loved the sur voile La Faquette Chardonnay...great energy. It seems that the Trousseau from around Montigny-les Arsures has a very good reputation...the Gahier Grands Vergers vineyard is next door to Puffeney's Berangeres from memory?

I really enjoy the wines of this producer also. Most recently I've had the 2008 Grands Vergers Trousseau and the La Fauquette Chardonnay and have more of each and the Vin Jaune on the way.

73906.....I need to get a life

Mollydooker just withdrew their press release regarding the accident saying another one will be released at a later date?....Dookergate