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DaleW wrote:
> thanks for notes. Amisfield is one of the NZ PNs I actually sometimes see.
> Look forward to Hunter Valley notes. I'll take a HV Semillon over a Barossa Shiraz any day!


But what would you do with a Barossa Semillon? There are actually quite
a few made and some by good producers such as Torbreck. In my limited
experience, those wines are riper and more tropical than the typical
Hunter Valley version.

Cheers!
Mark Lipton