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David Lole wrote:Other Victorian producer's worth seeking out for Oz Pinot Noir - (with a caveat (and sincere apologies, if this is, in fact, the case where you live) that many of these producer's may be difficult, if not impossible, to source in overseas markets)
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Robin Garr wrote:David Lole wrote:Other Victorian producer's worth seeking out for Oz Pinot Noir - (with a caveat (and sincere apologies, if this is, in fact, the case where you live) that many of these producer's may be difficult, if not impossible, to source in overseas markets)
'fraid you're right, David, but good on you for talking about them all the same. I've long thought that the influence of Parker and Grateful Palate really gives us Yanks a warped view of Oz wines, since the result of points-chasing is that most of your exports are either the blockbusters or the Yellowtails. :p
Every time I visit Oz - and on occasion when I get a taste of something from Margaret River or Yarra, etc. - I realize that it just isn't so!
Bob Ross wrote:Robin, could you expand on that thought a bit. My reaction is quite a bit different, at least in the New Jersey market. I just did a search for all Australian wines on offer on Wine Searcher Pro, all vintages, listed between $25 and $50.
WSP had 839 altogether, and a sampling of 100 chosen at random showed 78 different makers and/or vintages.
I'm often overwhelmed in the Aussie lanes here -- there are so many choices of so many different wineries -- I could drink wines from this group of wines for a year and gain a tremendous amount of information about a wide variety of different wines.
Bob Ross wrote:I wonder if your impression of Australia wouldn't be the same for France or Italy, for example. Or even California.
Bob Ross wrote:"But in my considered opinion, they are outnumbered by the pointy bottles and the mass-market, industrially produced wines."
My only point, Robin, here is that in that sentence "they" could be Australia, or France, or Italy, or California. At least in my opinion, based on what I see in many shops in New Jersey, and even in New York City.
But, interestingly, we are including Grateful Palate in the Pointy Crowd -- quite a development equating Parker and Phillips. )
In any event, there appears to be a real opportunity here for small, off beat Australian wines.
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