Previous Years Tastings > 2002

"Wow.", "No pink", "Dry", "Sour, heaps of bubles", "Pet Nat-ish. Less rose than expected. Unusual different noice."

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"Absolutely lovely" "Ja, vohl" "Look, it was big and great" "Makes my lips sting - so it must have tannins" "The best" "Zeotrope" "If Leisel Jones was able to drink this she wouldn't ball when she comes second" "Brett Lee - short pitched and near the throat" More>>

Nothing like a sticky, date. Sweet with blue cheese, gotta be Dana. Sticky as good as it gets. More>>

"Words cannot describe. A unique character - a depth in the vicinity of David Moffit" "Green in flavour, nice with spicey food" "Most obvious Gewursz for my simple snout" "About as awful as Riesling for me" 'A little too young and too sweet for my taste" "Yukko. It does improve slightly. I think it's got to do with not really liking the style" "Not my cup of tea" "Not for me even when it warmed up" "Maybe I'll get used to Traminer sometime in the future - Not" ... More>>

Plum bob. Straight as. Fantastic. Great grape drop. OK but the crystal is affecting the flavour. More>>

Plum Bob, straight as. Fantastic, a real winner. Great grape drop. OK, but the crystal is affecting the flavour. Another nicely well placed red. More>>

This is why. I like a bit of balls and this has it - deep berries of the bush are prevalent in the thorns of tastability. A lovely red, deep, slight chalk and great after taste. More>>

Bitter depth but in a good way. The strength of a Wayne Carey confession. fruit with a bit of body - smokey leather. Lovely and smooth More>>

Light, crisp with young flavour. Too acidy, try again in 12 months. Great nose, no palate. Smells fantastic, tastes a bit watery. More>>

Mouthy, still some tannin to smooth out. Rather sharp at first, after a good breathe there was considerable improvement. Super, top expensive Shiraz...PERFECT. More>>

"Bollocks" "Just like the crap Sheila's mum drinks" "I'm being polite - its too strong for the nominated driver to drink" " "<-- thats a comment "Very disappointing" "Would not have guessed a sherry" "Not bad" More>>

Deep deep leather with a touch of stewed rhubarb. Big, strong and bold. Smooth as Steve's head - the collection of flavours excite my cods. More>>

Just right with Sheila's baked orange cake if you should be so lucky! More>>

Full body with lots of fruit and berry. Go you good thing! The Bold and the Beautiful..this is it. Genuine Shiraz, in the league of Russell Crowe for body. More>>

"So chardonnay. Oaked of course" "Big and boofy, bags of oak" "A good quaffer at any price, heaps of flavour, woody bits and cold stuff" "Griddle trip" "Chardonnay - that was yummy" "Over-rated, tasty" "Nice flavour - price high" "WOW" More>>

Lightly oaked, dry and very subtle. Light and quoffable. Smelly, tangy. Ordinary, but went well with apple and proscuitto More>>

Purple haze, damn fine wine. Top wine, more good body..Brad Pitt? I've died a few times tonight and woken in heaven. Another great wine. Blackberry and full of body. More>>

"Very light and unusual" "Drifting" "Gentle as a caress of the wind in the leaves" "Sensational" "Wonderful fruit" "Excellent" "Very nice" Not the usual chardonnay taste - but nice" "Sticks to the mouth" "Excellent for young age" More>>

"Bloody big boofster. A Toyota 4WD ute, prepared to stop and help a Kombi" "If you think Etna is going off..." "Tripping splitlevel flightless birds" "Big and boofy" "Forget!" "Very big not bad" "Ah ha" More>>

"What? Unlike a CA ZFD" "Who knows?" "Not a child-bearing wine" "Slim hipped" "Prefer others - weird" "Bitter, very bitter" "Raisin / Raspberry flavour - OK to drink" "Nice Red" More>>

Old and mellow with great cherry flavours. Mega, mega, mega man. Full bodied red wine, great stuff More>>

Absolutely lovely, mellow great taste. Very smooth, youngish - love it. More flavours than the corner milk bar. Young but smooth with hints of berry. Easy to quaff, a good shiraz. In the upper class. More>>

Excellent,the best sparkling and red too. How good is this? Dry on the finish but has the length of the straight at Broadmeadow. My first glass of sparkling red for the year and I'll finish the year the way I've begun - gorgeous. Sweet bubbles and bloody red. Pretty damn gorgeous More>>

"Sweeter than a victory lap on Sunday (Ed: yes, the Knights did win on the Sunday)" "Lovely. A bit like 'Dry Sac' " "Luscious to the lips. Sticky to die for! Theme of the night? Michael's Knights for the Grand Final for consistency! Sally's for ... good plonk!" "Icky Sticky yummo" "Sticky wicky yummy bummy" "Yeah, yeah - would have been great with that Cashello white!" "The last drink of the night" ... More>>

'Ken the best. A fantastic depth of flavour. More a Robbie O'Davis, complex and full of contradictions. Sparkling rubies of Dorothic proportions. Red wine plus sparles is good. Sparkling red..so MB More>>

'Sparkling rubies of Dorothic proportions.' A little too heavy for my likings.' Red wine + sparkles is great.' 'A fantastic depth of flavour. More a Rob O'Davis - complex and full of contradictions.' More>>

Sparkling red, bold, strong, what can I say? Very velvet, plush as a big comfy lounge. Christams baubels around a big leather Leumeah chair, pass the cigar Monica. More>>

Ferevnt. Honey, sweet very nice. Beauuuuuuuutiful. More>>

Fervent. Beeeaauuuttttifull. Buttery, full of flavour. Acid made the molars moan. More>>

"Pissy thin - probably could be called refined. A bit like Jason Taylor, no depth" "Light, pleasant, european" "Pinot Noir for me - but I know nix. Could make a good T-shirt out of the label" "Nice and thin, light - would be good with bolognase and parmesan" "very light smooth - not enought body, better after breathing" "Nice, but not really me. Thought it was a pinot noir" "I enjoyed it. Takes me back to old Roma" "Love it, soft , refined" "Great fruity red, in a style I love" ... More>>

Really good. Light and fluffy - I'm a convert. Limey and monsterous in its complexity. Flowers and light and ever so nice. "If this is Sauvignon Blanc then I'll walk home naked" MB More>>

Fruity and really decent. A jumped up home boy. Passes as OK. Fresh and fruity, light in colour, pleasant to drink More>>

Cigar-vanilla milkshake nose. Very complex, you can smell this for hours. Sweet tanin after taste. Fat tongue wine. Red brick vanilla oak. More>>

"You guys are going to get a surprise" "Reminds me of the passionfruit vine that grew up and over the dunny" "Heap of fruity passionfruit and a floral bouquet" "Agree with the passionfruit, a bit bitey" "Different - can't taste anything due to the flu" (poor diddums) "Poodle" "Refreshing and sharp" "Not bad; bit sweet" ... More>>

Drier than a grain of sand on Mars. Pleasant at first, high on alcohol. Dry, excellent. Stronger and more pungent. Green, green as the grass. Grapefruit, bitter finish,hard acid. More>>

I can see the red light to the left of me ..pass me cutlass and parrot. There's no port left in the bottle. Port as port. Top plonk, tawny too. More>>

"Pretty good. Johnsie lines up the conversion, the bells gone 16-16, he comes in and ..." "Bloody nice - pleasant, best red. Want more" "Grab some. Capsicum and blackcurrants - go the Knights" "Super" "Lovely jubbly!! Good stuff" "V. nice - even though I'm a shiraz fan" "Well! This one beats all .. I like it!" "The fruit was great and made the night" "Almost as good as the sangiovese" ... More>>

"Full red, extremely nice" "Earthy Hunter Shiraz (Ed: not) Tyrells I hope, because I never put my hand in my pocket to buy them myself" "Very good heavy shiraz, regaining some creibility after past failures" "Nice and full, grows on me with time. Would be great with red meat roasted or otherwise" "yes I'm home ... liove that syrah" "Yum, this one hit the spot" "Full body - fruity typical red" "Typical Aussie red - bigger style" "really boodly yummy - like a Gidley sidestep, gorgeous and skips right through" ... More>>

Smooth sweet after taste. Clear, fresh, light very nice. Subtle and clovey - a fruit compote. Absolutely fabulous cherry overtones More>>

Fresh! The equivalent of lemons. Supple, love it. When I've got to go to a barbie with my beer drinking mates and I have a tenna ($10) in my pocket, this is the wine to take. More>>

"Fully yumful. Lots of soft bubbles bouncing around like a Parramatta backrower in amoung the Knights forwards" "In the upper class level" "French - or made by one. I love it" "I'm very clever to choose this top champas" "Toooo easy to drink. V buttery and soft, if only I was wealthy I would drink it like water" "Yummo, So good I thought it was french" "I can't say, cause I didn't have any" "Just too nice for bubbles" Great citrus flavour, very drinkable" ... More>>

Beautiful colour and explosive nose. Pretty damn subtle. Honey, toasty and strong. Strongish but then a bit weakish. More>>

Sweet passion flavour. So Semillon in crystal. Great Semillon. Really enjoyed this one. Tastes fab. More>>

Beautiful colour and an explosive aroma. Honey, toasty and strong. More>>

"Not fabulous, too sweet and not bubbly enough" "Flavoursome, has body, I didn't mind it" "Flavour of honey - not too bad" "A long the way - okay" "In 1788, the Eora people yelled 'Warrawarra' (meaning go away) to the European invaders. Perhaps something was lost in the translation and they actually said 'Wirrawirra', which means the same thing" "Alittle too sweet for me, but ont too bad" "I got a job today so everything today will taste perrffectt !!!!" ... More>>

"Again - excellent" "Who says the Hunter has the monopoly on Semillon" "Gallant" "Very toast/butter. Very nice" "Clear odour - fab butterscotch" "Excellent - so good it could be a Hunter" "Brilliant sem, toasty. Hunter ?" "Nice colour" "The golden liquid cascades in a voluptuous way, winds down to my very happy belly" ... More>>

Fresh, clean, balanced. Dry and clean with a bit of fruit. Butter flavour with a fruity balance. Fresh with a tang of green citrus. More>>

We don't drink nearly enough. Very weird, black and white. Light easy drinking. More>>