Aloysius Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200703/s1877164.htm "Australia's extreme weather could make 2007 a good year for red wines and chardonnay, say experts. But it may not be so good for sauvignon blanc and riesling, says Con Simos of the Australian Wine Research Institute. "Some of the early indications are that it's going to be a very, very good year for reds," said Mr Simos, lead author of a paper on the topic for winemakers. "It's also going to be a good year for chardonnay," he said. He says it's the combination of frost and hot, dry weather during the growing season that will affect this year's vintage, growing conditions that haven't been seen in Australia since 1983."
OakenShield1 Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 a Posotive spin on our climate change. We can't drink water - but we can drink the red wine until the cows come home. Water will be more expensive than wine soon anyway.
DrP Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 If you want an ill wind, try driving down Mackay's Harbour Rd... straight past the aging and groaning Mount Bassett sewage treament works... locals know what I mean!
Mining Man Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 ~"Some of the early indications are that it's going to be a very, very good year for reds," ... ~ I'd swap all of New Zealand's Pinot for a good Aussie shiraz... (although, I'm a big fan of the lack of WET over here. Penfolds 389 (baby Grange) - $33 NZD on special last week!!)
mello yello Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 I thought this thread was going to be a fart joke Im very dissapointed......but at the same time happy for the winos ......pull my finger
Aloysius Posted March 20, 2007 Author Posted March 20, 2007 I thought this thread was going to be a fart joke Im very dissapointed......but at the same time happy for the winos ......pull my finger Hi Mello - I thought you might say something like that even thought you may make more of the blows nobody good component - but alas and alack no use made of the freekick
Timmy Downawell Posted March 21, 2007 Posted March 21, 2007 But it may not be so good for sauvignon blanc Has there ever been a good year for Aussie Sav Blanc?
Steve C Posted March 21, 2007 Posted March 21, 2007 http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200703/s1877164.htm"Australia's extreme weather could make 2007 a good year for red wines and chardonnay, say experts. But it may not be so good for sauvignon blanc and riesling, says Con Simos of the Australian Wine Research Institute. "Some of the early indications are that it's going to be a very, very good year for reds," said Mr Simos, lead author of a paper on the topic for winemakers. "It's also going to be a good year for chardonnay," he said. He says it's the combination of frost and hot, dry weather during the growing season that will affect this year's vintage, growing conditions that haven't been seen in Australia since 1983." Extreme weather my arse! What crap filled passage do these doom and gloom soothsayers pull their assumptions from? The; "I've been on the planet for a God forsaken millisecond, but in even that iconsequentially short time, I've noticed that the weather isn't as it should be" paranoia of the brain atrophied "it's all about me" generation, who are running around screaming that the "sky is falling, the sky is falling!" and getting those who should know better, all worked up in the sheer panic that crowd terror can become. I'd tell 'em to "go get a life", if I knew they wouldn't screw it up just as badly as the one they've already demonstrably sent to the scrap heap. It's probably a good thing for these cretins that the single brain cell they share between them, will be comforted by the inebriation to be gained from the quality fortified wines the supposed "extreme weather" will bring. Not one single mention of the contradiction that "conditions not seen since 1983" represents... and I'd bet the 19th Century grower/s who figured that the prevelant climatic conditions were conducive to growing "quality fortified wine varietals" way back when, did so because they knew that the weather back then was "right", rather than banking on poor weather turning extreme enough within a hundred and fifty years or so, to make planting the original vines worthwhile... I gotta drink humungous scads more wine to make me sick, than the piddlingly small quantity of drivel from outta the mouths of humanity's cretins, that makes me hurl.
Gas Man Posted March 21, 2007 Posted March 21, 2007 If you want an ill wind, try driving down Mackay's Harbour Rd... straight past the aging and groaning Mount Bassett sewage treament works... locals know what I mean! that and combined with the old tip and the crematorium, made for a good trip to the beach for a bbq.... no wonder the old water slide closed down.
aztec Posted March 21, 2007 Posted March 21, 2007 that and combined with the old tip and the crematorium, made for a good trip to the beach for a bbq.... no wonder the old water slide closed down. Classic, "Gas Man" talking about ill winds and gases
Aloysius Posted March 21, 2007 Author Posted March 21, 2007 Classic, "Gas Man" talking about ill winds and gases Pay that!!
Steve C Posted March 21, 2007 Posted March 21, 2007 Classic, "Gas Man" talking about ill winds and gases D'ya reckon "Gas Man's" missus would be called "Vapour Wear"?... LOL
DrP Posted March 21, 2007 Posted March 21, 2007 no wonder the old water slide closed down. Yet the caravan park persists! They must offer free noseplugs.
mello yello Posted March 21, 2007 Posted March 21, 2007 D'ya reckon "Gas Man's" missus would be called "Vapour Wear"?... LOL I dont get it
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