Rarely I wax lyrical, but this wine is worth a mention in dispatches.

Seeking a little variety from NZ whites (Sauvignon, Pinot Gris, Riesling) I
spied this wine from the 2004 vintage for less than $US12.

I am a great fan of Australian Semillon, but put Viognier on the list of
other whites which Australia does very well.

Pale gold colour; very floral nose; nuances of apricot and white peach with
the varietal lanolin and a hint of lees.

I don't know to what extent this wine has been exported - but it is worth
the effort to hunt down a bottle or three.

--

st.helier

"st.helier" wrote in message
...
Rarely I wax lyrical, but this wine is worth a mention in dispatches.

Seeking a little variety from NZ whites (Sauvignon, Pinot Gris, Riesling)
I spied this wine from the 2004 vintage for less than $US12.

I am a great fan of Australian Semillon, but put Viognier on the list of
other whites which Australia does very well.

Pale gold colour; very floral nose; nuances of apricot and white peach
with the varietal lanolin and a hint of lees.

I don't know to what extent this wine has been exported - but it is worth
the effort to hunt down a bottle or three.

--

st.helier

Hi Saint H. Wax away... I gave that wine my wine of the year award in 2004:

"My wine of the year is the Yalumba 'Y' Viognier 2004, of which I bought a
number of bottles for $AUD6.90 - and there was plenty of it around for under
$9.00. Why wine of the year? Not just because it is inexpensive but because
it epitomises what Australian winemakers do so well. That is, faultless
winemaking combined with generosity of fruit - at a price that offers
splendid value for money."



Cheers!

Martin

This is going to require some convincing, my antipodean friend.

"Australian" and "white wine" is close to oxymoronic. Hate to say it, but
almost like "New Zealand" and "big red wines".

However, because you insist, I will agree to be the recipient of a case -
please send it via urgent shipment and, once sobered up, I will report on
the findings. ;-)




"st.helier" wrote in message
...
Rarely I wax lyrical, but this wine is worth a mention in dispatches.

Seeking a little variety from NZ whites (Sauvignon, Pinot Gris, Riesling)
I spied this wine from the 2004 vintage for less than $US12.

I am a great fan of Australian Semillon, but put Viognier on the list of
other whites which Australia does very well.

Pale gold colour; very floral nose; nuances of apricot and white peach
with the varietal lanolin and a hint of lees.

I don't know to what extent this wine has been exported - but it is worth
the effort to hunt down a bottle or three.

--

st.helier

Ric wrote:
"Australian" and "white wine" is close to oxymoronic.

Hunter Semillon.
Riesling from the Clare/Eden Valleys, Tasmania, and occasionally the
Barossa (Peter Lehmann's are magnificent).
Margaret River Chardonnay (not a Chardonnay person at all, but have
been very impressed by the ones that came out of Leeuwin Estate,
particularly the Art Series), etc, etc.

There's plenty of fine white wine Down Under, you just need to search
in the right places.

As for St. H's recommendation, I shall keep that in mind. Am quite fond
of Viognier (despite having had very little), so will seek out a bottle
when back in Singapore (no hopes of finding one while in Chicago).

Salil

This particular wine is widely available throughout the Chicago area.
It is carried in the major grocery chaines (Jewel, Dominick's etc.).
You should have no trouble finding it.

On 13 Sep 2006 18:42:39 -0700, "Salil" wrote:


Ric wrote:
"Australian" and "white wine" is close to oxymoronic.

Hunter Semillon.
Riesling from the Clare/Eden Valleys, Tasmania, and occasionally the
Barossa (Peter Lehmann's are magnificent).
Margaret River Chardonnay (not a Chardonnay person at all, but have
been very impressed by the ones that came out of Leeuwin Estate,
particularly the Art Series), etc, etc.

There's plenty of fine white wine Down Under, you just need to search
in the right places.

As for St. H's recommendation, I shall keep that in mind. Am quite fond
of Viognier (despite having had very little), so will seek out a bottle
when back in Singapore (no hopes of finding one while in Chicago).

Salil

"Pete Papadopoulos" wrote ......

This particular wine is widely available throughout the Chicago area.
It is carried in the major grocery chaines (Jewel, Dominick's etc.).
You should have no trouble finding it.


Just by way of expansion (and clarification) the wine I purchased and
consumed was the Yalumba Eden Valley Viognier - from the Yalumba Barossa
collection as distinct from the Yalumba "Y Series" Viognier.

The "Y Series" of wines is a more *commercial* range: greater volumes
costing less.

I am saying that the Eden Valley Viognier was truly an excellent wine - my
Aussie mate, Martin chimed in saying that the "Y Series" Viognier was his
wine of the year - so the combined antipodean wisdom say that they are
both excellent value for money wines.

My point is - we are talking about different wines; I believe that the "Y
Series" will be more widely available.

--

st.helier

Hi All,

Y series
http://www.yalumba.com.au/vintage.as...40&l=63&v=1483

Eden Valley
http://www.yalumba.com.au/vintage.as...29&l=21&v=1529

I am a fan of Yalumba~~

Edmund


"st.helier" wrote in message
...
"Pete Papadopoulos" wrote ......

This particular wine is widely available throughout the Chicago area.
It is carried in the major grocery chaines (Jewel, Dominick's etc.).
You should have no trouble finding it.


Just by way of expansion (and clarification) the wine I purchased and
consumed was the Yalumba Eden Valley Viognier - from the Yalumba Barossa
collection as distinct from the Yalumba "Y Series" Viognier.

The "Y Series" of wines is a more *commercial* range: greater volumes
costing less.

I am saying that the Eden Valley Viognier was truly an excellent wine -
my Aussie mate, Martin chimed in saying that the "Y Series" Viognier was
his wine of the year - so the combined antipodean wisdom say that they
are both excellent value for money wines.

My point is - we are talking about different wines; I believe that the
"Y Series" will be more widely available.

--

st.helier