The Australian's can produce some fantastic wines, but regretfully their
biggest brands (i.e.: Yellow Tail, among others) tastes horrible. Where as
the better and smaller wineries get buried in the mix. Take a look at Hope
Vineyards. Very good and not expensive.

TS


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"miles" > wrote in message
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> 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.