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- Alontin
- I am a very interested amateur wine taster and drinker. I have collected wine since 1983 and hold a 1500 bottle wine collection of mainly red Australian wine, but also some wine from France, Italy and other countries. You can contact me on tgirgens@bigpond.net.au.
Awarded: Top 100 Wine Blog in the World
Awarded best wine book in the world for 'Barossa Shiraz'
Top 10 Australian
And An Award From China
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I score each wine out of 100 points, similar to many other reviewers. This score reflects my perceived objective assessment of the quality of the wine, its purity of fruit, complexity, elegance, structure, length of expression etc. The second score is an amendment, depending on how I personally like the wine: up to three + for a wine I like very much, and three - for a wine I don't like. The +/- score may correlate with the numeric score, but not necessarily so.
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2 comments:
Congratulations - that is quite the achievement! I have been thinking myself about writing about the Mornington Peninsula and I know how much time and effort that it will take to do well. I look forward to reading your insights on the Barossa.
Thank you, Sean. I would encourage you to do it. Yes, it takes time, but for somebody who likes wine, it is a lot of fun. I got to know some of the winemakers quite well and had some unique tastings, as you can imagine. It is also high time, individual regions are getting detailed attention.
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