Ken Blake wrote:

> If you "hear what I'm saying," I may not need to add this comment, but
> my point is simply that it doesn't make much sense to say that you
> don't like wines from Australia (or anyplace else) if you are not able
> to identify that a wine is from Australia.

That is simply not true. An Aussie winery can produce a wine that is
nearly identical in characteristics of a California wine and both are
horrible swill. It may very well be that it isn't a particular common
style inherent in most Aussie wines thats at issue. It's trying to find
one that fits the OP's tastes.

I don't care for most French reds as I prefer up front fruit thats more
common with California wines. However, there are California reds that
aren't fruit forward and there are some French reds that are.