Comments on: Weekend wino http://www.tomatom.com/2006/04/weekend-wino/ The insiders' guide to food and drink in Melbourne. Since 2005. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:40:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ed Charles http://www.tomatom.com/2006/04/weekend-wino/comment-page-1/#comment-689 Ed Charles Thu, 13 Apr 2006 07:26:25 +0000 http://tomatom.com/?p=269#comment-689 Quite correct. But we can also blame the government. In the Uk you can keep wine in bond and not have to pay duty. As I understand it they are hammered for tax if it's laid down. Quite correct. But we can also blame the government. In the Uk you can keep wine in bond and not have to pay duty. As I understand it they are hammered for tax if it’s laid down.

]]> By: M http://www.tomatom.com/2006/04/weekend-wino/comment-page-1/#comment-688 M Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:57:13 +0000 http://tomatom.com/?p=269#comment-688 Indeed many Australians drink their wine way too young. The sad fact is that there hasn't been an adoption amongst wine lovers to cellar their wines correctly. We have many exceptional professional cellaring facilities in this country but many still think that cellaring their wine consists of a wine rack in their hot humid kitchens. I always have a good chuckle when I read kitchen magazines where wine racks are places above fridges and ovens! Big wines can be good.... if left to age as the winemakers intended. Young Grange anyone? PS: You can thank Mr Robert Parker Jr for Australian winemakers love of huge over the top alcoholic reds.... boooooo Indeed many Australians drink their wine way too young. The sad fact is that there hasn’t been an adoption amongst wine lovers to cellar their wines correctly. We have many exceptional professional cellaring facilities in this country but many still think that cellaring their wine consists of a wine rack in their hot humid kitchens. I always have a good chuckle when I read kitchen magazines where wine racks are places above fridges and ovens!

Big wines can be good…. if left to age as the winemakers intended. Young Grange anyone?

PS: You can thank Mr Robert Parker Jr for Australian winemakers love of huge over the top alcoholic reds…. boooooo

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