Dog Mother started an interest in this in the Italy forum and has allowed me to use the heading over here. She and I seem to share a great many interests!

Following her lead, I am interested in hearing about your choices for everyday Australian wines.

Now for Christmas I'm having Asti Riccadonna from Canelli. Yet another delicious Piemontese wine. Of course I only drink it for the persistent bead and fine mousse.

But for everyday, I like to drink Jacob's Creek Chardonnay Pinot Noir Brut Cuvée from South Australia, available at my local Liquor Land inside the Coles supermarket. It's A$9.99 for the standard size bottle but I actually buy six bottles at a time of the "baby cham" size for A$3.55.

We tend to drink Wolf Blass yellow label as an everyday wine. It is a Cab. Here it costs about $ 17.

J

We always have a bottle of Penfold's Koonuga Hill Chardonnay Semillon on hand for summer thirst quencher - about $12.50 in NH.

And a Penfold's Koonuga Hill Shiraz Cab for cooler weather - $15.00.

Hubby has a penchant for red wines and mostly drinks Merlot or Cabernet Shiraz. I don't think he has a favourite, but living close to the Margaret River region, he tends to stock up on wines from there.

I'm still a white wine drinker (very occasionally) and like Houghton's Verdhello.

Elly

I've started to reply to this thread several times in the last couple of days - but I keep changing my mind! One of the joys of living close to the McLaren Vale wineries is that we often get a good deal on 'clean-skins' - usually good quality, end of vintage, unlabeled bottles from some of our favourite winemakers. the only problem is we often forget which wine we're drinking!

Sparkling Shiraz is my favourite treat - can't recommend one particular label, as I haven't found a bad one yet! I'll toast you all on Christmas Day!

Chris, we also have that problem about clean skins. Always forget to label where we got them from.

Have been to McLaren Vale, Barossa and Clare Valley regions several times...but I'm biased and they can't top our Margaret River.

Elly

Yarra Valley and Mornington pinot noirs. I have to say there is nothing better than a Clare Valley riesling on a hot day.
On Christmas day we will have a bottle of Rockford basket pressed Sparkling Shiraz from the Barossa.
We live near the Geelong Wine region and love Curlewis pinot noir too. And lots more!
Lets face it - I like a good wine wherever it comes from!!
Have a great Christmas and New Year
Jill

I like Wynn's from Coonawarra -- mostly their Cabernet Sauvignon, and sometimes the Cab and Shiraz blend.

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Wynn's from Coonawarra

Hey Buddy, speaking of South Australian wines, I just posted this link on another Australian thread - you might find it interesting too.

Leslie, we have holidays in wine regions and it looks like we will have to head for the Adelaide Hills. We have been to a few of the wineries mentioned but need to try others.
We are partial to Coonawarra reds too. Zema Eatate and Balnaves are just 2 we enjoy from that region.

I've only been to Victorian wineries - and it was quite a while ago.

It would be great to gather in some new reports and information. The more we get to all know about Australian wines, which I happen to be quite partial to thank you, the better!

One of Charley's all-time favorite wines (and mine too) is Rosemount Shiraz. Until we got more interested in French wines, we used to call this our "house wine." We still do enjoy it a lot.

Kathy

Agree on the Rosemont Shiraz (enjoy it, too)...second only to the Penfold's Shiraz for me.

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We are partial to Coonawarra reds too. Zema Eatate and Balnaves are just 2 we enjoy from that region.

Being in the US, I don't get a lot of Coonawarra choices here -- but I will keep my eyes open for them.

Thanks Leslie for the link too -- I learned much about Aussie Wine regions from this thread.

Hi, Leslie!

I also like Shiraz wine from Australia. When I am not drinking my everyday Italian wines, and am drinking my really inexpensive Australian wine--it is usually Yellowtail Shiraz, or Alice White Shiraz. If I want to go up the ladder price-wise, I really like McGuigan (Mcguigan?) Shiraz.

McGuigan Black Label Red Cab Sav - yumm

And very affordable (well under the $10 mark).

Cheers,
Christine

Molly Dooker, Shiraz, is our house wine...can't get enough of it.

I've got a new summer wine.

It's from the Yellowglen Winery in Victoria and is called Pink.

Of course I only drink it for the "distinctive Pinot Noir aromas of strawberries with a splash of citrus bubble..." and not for the gorgeous "soft ice pink" color.

Seriously, I'm really enjoying it, and it's replaced my long time favorite, Jacob's Creek Chardonnay Pinot Noir Brut Cuvee.

I'm still drinking Pink but thought I'd share this story about the world's biggest wine bottle - from over here in Australia.

My Texan dad always told me that everything was bigger in Texas - so I don't know what he would have said about this.

Leslie,
Molly Dooker is a real gem!! It is hard to find, but once you do, you will be hooked! They make a good shiraz(The Boxer) and a really good white called (The Violinist).A friend of ours in NYC who has quite an extensive wine collection turned us on to it. We ordered 7 cases!

Well, I learned something today. Molly Dooker means a left handed person. This is a South Australian winery.

Australian wines have the most interesting names! Have a decko (a look) at some of these.

Here is some specific information about The Violinist.

oh I miss Australian wine...it's so popular in Seattle.
Being here in Italy, that's hard to come buy (at least in Perugia)...I recently found an inexpensive bottle of shiraz here and couldn't believe my eyes.

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Originally posted by l&w:
Leslie,
Molly Dooker is a real gem!! It is hard to find, but once you do, you will be hooked! They make a good shiraz(The Boxer) and a really good white called (The Violinist).A friend of ours in NYC who has quite an extensive wine collection turned us on to it. We ordered 7 cases!

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L&W thanks for the great recomendation on our wines. Sarah and I really appreciate it.
We are about to launch our new site in the USA so that you can buy our wines direct.....www.buymollydooker.com. We appreciate your support.

Sparky Marquis winemaker Mollydooker wines- Australia.
sparky@mollydookerwines.com.au[/EMAIL]

Well, who'd have thought. You learn something new every day! I am totally amazed at finding out, that there are 140 vineyards within a half hour of where I live!

My goodness that's a lot.