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The KSB

4-4-11/11-5-11
I'm really out of my leage here. Personally I think any wine that doesn't come with a screw top is a waste. However, for Christmas I was going to buy a couple of bottles of wine for my wife. I wanted something different and interesting so friend suggested Australian wine. Does anyone here know anything about it? Any favorite brands or varieties. I would like something that would please both my stuck up snob of a wife and me (a faithfully MD 20/20 drinker). Any help would be appreciated.
 
KillSlashBurn said:
I'm really out of my leage here. Personally I think any wine that doesn't come with a screw top is a waste. However, for Christmas I was going to buy a couple of bottles of wine for my wife. I wanted something different and interesting so friend suggested Australian wine. Does anyone here know anything about it? Any favorite brands or varieties. I would like something that would please both my stuck up snob of a wife and me (a faithfully MD 20/20 drinker). Any help would be appreciated.
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For cheaper wine that I like, go for Jacob's Creek or Black Swan. Great flavors for about 7 bucks
 
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We've enjoyed Yangarra Park cabs and shiraz before. Inexpensive, but pretty good. Specifically the 2001 Appellation Series Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon, I think there are still a few bottles of that in the cellar, left over from when we were in a place to purchase. I believe they're part of Kendall-Jackson.
 
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One of the bid advantages for Australian wines as gifts... the packaging... the best looking wine bottles are Australian wines... so when you give it as a gift or as you enter a party they really look good... especially the blue bottles... right off the bat... it's very different... and appealing...

The wines in general are decent and very good values... Interestingly.. quite often they are 'endorsed' by a celebrity... Australian wines are trying to make an inroad... so they use the celebrity hook to help market... not a bad idea...
 
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Thump said:
I know we have some wine drinkers on here that should be able to help but did you try googling Australian Wines yet?
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To be quite honest I tried, but what I read didn't make a darn bit of sense to me. Trust me when I say I don't buy wine that doesn't come with a screw top. I would guess that Boone's Farm is the closest thing to a fine wine that I've ever purchased. I have no fricken idea of what a bouquet is, or what full bodied means. It's all greek to me.
 
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KillSlashBurn said:
To be quite honest I tried, but what I read didn't make a darn bit of sense to me. Trust me when I say I don't buy wine that doesn't come with a screw top. I would guess that Boone's Farm is the closest thing to a fine wine that I've ever purchased. I have no fricken idea of what a bouquet is, or what full bodied means. It's all greek to me.
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I've found that anything in the $10-$15 range will be respectable. If you're not much of an afficianato, you probably won't notice the difference between a $10 bottle and a $30 bottle.
 
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KillSlashBurn said:
To be quite honest I tried, but what I read didn't make a darn bit of sense to me. Trust me when I say I don't buy wine that doesn't come with a screw top. I would guess that Boone's Farm is the closest thing to a fine wine that I've ever purchased. I have no fricken idea of what a bouquet is, or what full bodied means. It's all greek to me.
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I bought a bottle of wine a couple of weeks ago and I know nothing about wine. Fortunately, the store I went to had ratings in front of most of the wines. The rating sheets included reviews from magazines and newspapers. That was nice.

I did not buy an Australian one, but they were competitively priced and the bottling looked good. That's as close as I came. I would, however, not recommend the Men At Work brand!
 
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