Please help

[Karmin]

Hi,
I need some help picking a bottle of wine for my parents weeding aniversary. I have no idea on wine (i'm a beer girl).

I'm after an Australian Red up to around $70.

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers
K.

[winoweenie]

Hi Karmin and welcome to the board. If you live in or near Albuquerque bring it on down to Quarters and buy them a nice Penfolds "Bin 707" Cabernet.And congrats to the folks. Anniversary? WW [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img]

[stevebody]

Nothing AT ALL against Penfold's wines - they're great and probably the most readily available of the Aussie fine wines - but there are an awful lot of really wonderful upper-tier Aussies, and not just Shiraz.

Chateau Tahbilk has a bottling produced from the oldest Shiraz vines in the country, planted in 1864 or something like that. It's one of the most amazing wines I've ever tasted, like a really great Barolo in size and character.

Maybe THE best wine I've ever tasted - certainly the most interesting - is the Peter Lehmann Stonewell Shiraz. The range of flavors is astounding and the balance and profile are dazzling.

Both of these will run about $75-$85.

Ask your local wine shop steward for suggestions, too, or visit my store's website at esquin.com, here in Seattle. Being on the West Coast, we have access to a ton of interesting Aussies, including about a half dozen wines from the Grateful Palate importers that the Wine Advocate gave a perfect 100 points to. Any good wine shop on the Left Coast can locate great stuff for you.

Hope this helps!

[winoweenie]

SB guess she must of removed her "from N.M." designation. That's why I gave her a specific. Doubt any of the wines you suggested are in the state. Spent many moons in Albuquerque and know the market fairly well. WW

[Karmin]

Thanks guys,
I think i forgot to mention that i'm in Australia...anyways, It was really appreciated. I ended up getting the Penfolds "Bin 707" (exchange rate wasn't as pleasant as i'd like but that's the aussie dollar for you.) They said it was a nice drop.

Thanks..
Cheers
K. [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img]

[stevebody]

You're in Australia...uh....well, maybe you could send WW and me some...wine? Since you're there and all...

[Drew]

Always serve a nice dandelion wine for a "weeding aniversary". [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img]

Drew

[Georgie]

Very good, Drew! [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img]

[Karmin]

Hey don't pick on the person who can't type, it's not polite! [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]