There is a reasonable Zin from Cape Mentelle in Western Australia.
There are *many* really good Rieslings in Australia, particularly the Clare
Valley in South Australia. Grosset's Rhine Riesling is particularly good.
Aussie Rieslings are crisp and dry. The good ones age magnificently!
It is not a "fashionable" wine here at the moment so it is very good value.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: john peloquin <peloquin@galaxy.ucr.edu>
To: Neil_Oldfield@nag.national.com.au <Neil_Oldfield@nag.national.com.au>
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, December 09, 1998 9:01 AM
Subject: Re: Meat, wine and other foods
>Dear Neil,
>
>You bring up an interesting point regarding the Aussie wines. The ones
>I've bought have been both excellent and excellent value. One must also be
>aware that not all grap varieties do well anywhere. Zinfindal makes an
>outstanding Red in California, but I have yet to taste any from elsewhere.
>Also, Alsatian reislings and Gewurtz are excellent wines whereas most of
>the Californian (and most German) are usually insipid sicky sweet piss,
>IMHO.
>
>"Never ascribe to Malice that which can be explained by Ignorance."
>John J. Peloquin, Assistant Research Entomologist
>Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
>
>On Wed, 9 Dec 1998 Neil_Oldfield@nag.national.com.au wrote:
>
>> Living in the Yarra Valley, as i do I couldn't leave this thread
alone.
>> I have a couple of friends in the bussiness locally as such they get to
try
>> a lot of the competition (Hay its a tax deduction, as research). Every
now
>> and then I get to join one of these tastings, as such have tasted a fair
>> amount of forign wine, IMHO I have found that the Aussie white wine
seems
>> a little crisper, than the imports, i also prefer the medium price aussie
>> reds, but as a sideline, when french wine is concerned i found that the
>> stuff they export isn't as good as their home consumption. As for the
>> cheap stiff, the previously mentioned Chillian Cabs are hard to beat. As
>> for the Californian wines, all I can say is come over here and try ours.
>>
>> Snip
>>
>> Finally, isn't wine best in or near the place it was made?
>>
>> If you mean the Winery I have got to agree with you there.
>>
>> Neil
>>
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