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Martin Field
 
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"Mark Lipton" > wrote in message
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> Martin Field wrote:
>> The Geoff Merrill McLaren Vale Reserve Shiraz 2004 won Australia's most
>> prestigious wine prize the Jimmy Watson Trophy at the Royal Melbourne
>> Wine Show Awards dinner last night. Geoff Merrill's current reserve
>> shiraz - selling for $40 - is the 1999 vintage, so we are not likely to
>> see the 2004 bottling on the shelves until 2009/2010.

>
> Martin,
> Did you get a chance to taste it? If so, did you agree with the
> verdict?
>
> Mark Lipton


Hi Mark - No - as far as I know only the judges have tasted it so far. I
tasted the cream of the Jimmy Watson contenders last year tho' - all high
quality and only a whisker between the winners and the also-rans to my
humble
palate.

Martin