I just bought 4 shiraz , 2001 Old Paddock from hunter Valley. Really good taste.
Good stuff !
I went to the Hunter Valley Wine Tour few years ago when I was in the down-under. Had a good time! I can't believe the size of the Lindemans....just spectacular! Small boutique wineries are also fantastic. I stayed there for 3 days, God! I had so much great wine that last night .... I was just so damn wasted!
We are of course well off topic. I am in Phoenix playing some golf and bought a bottle of "Three Blind Moose" California Merlot for $4.98.. It was absolutely drinkable. also went to P.F Chang's Chinese restaurant, not a Chinese person to be seen, not in the kitchen not among the customers. It was not Chinese food, but it was chinese inspired bar food which went down wwll with some excellent California Cabernet.
Then we went to a place called Sushi Brokers, no Japanese sushi chef (or Korean or Chinese pretending to be Japanese) just Mexicans. Excellent sushi in a lively bar atmosphere.
In Paris three weeks ago went to a tapas bar near the Madeleine. The chef made his own kind of sushi and the soya sauce had olive oil, grated orange rinds, chopped ginger and sesame seeds in it. It tasted great with sushi, less salty than straight soya sauce.
Down with cultural pretensions! Long live mixing and experimenting! We should form a club of wine drinkers and epicures at Westca.
Getting back to Singapore, I believe that capital punishment for drug smuggling is excessive and barbaric.