Rumpole's Cooking Claret, $2 a bottle.
Submitted: Thursday, Oct 05, 2006 at 21:50
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Jimbo
This is a fine
camp fire red.
Horace would have loved it, not sure about Hilda.
I doubt Pomeroy's Wine Bar ever served a cooking claret of this quality.
It's been spoken about before, and more importantly, it's available again.
Cleanskin (isn't that a wank term for no label) Cab/Merlot at two Oxford Scholars for an Aristotle. Sorry, it's not really called Rumpole's Cooking Claret. Just ask for the $2 clean skin.
Now available at Dan Murphy's. I'm gonna sneak back tomorrow and steal as much as I can fit in the back of the Terracan.
Reply By: Mad Dog - Vic - Thursday, Oct 05, 2006 at 22:46
Thursday, Oct 05, 2006 at 22:46
Hopefully my local store will have a case or two in stock tomorrow.
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Reply By: Member - Jeff H (QLD) - Thursday, Oct 05, 2006 at 23:26
Thursday, Oct 05, 2006 at 23:26
You fellers Really pay that much?
Crikey (no, recind that word, it's probably been patented).
Sheet, youse must be on top wages. (or in the know).
. Cheers mate, from the Red Billycan, JH.
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Reply By: Member - Ray - Thursday, Oct 05, 2006 at 23:59
Thursday, Oct 05, 2006 at 23:59
We paid $1:99 in Qld
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Reply By: Member - 'Lucy' - Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 00:59
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 00:59
Hmmmmmm!
Looks you have drunk a doz, on your own this evening.
After the first mouthfull it tastes like a nice Grange.
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Follow Up By: Old Nick - Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 03:52
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 03:52
Cheap plonk- usually guarantees a super headache next morning, and you won't sweat out it out either, been there done that!!
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Follow Up By: Jimbo - Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 07:09
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 07:09
I gave it a nudge last night and I feel chipper this morning.
Really went down
well with a rare steak.
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Follow Up By: Member - 'Lucy' - Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 08:35
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 08:35
Rare steak for a 'rare dog'
They broke the mould after R & D'ing you Jimbo. (Thank God, and I rarely invoke him)
ROFLMAO
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Follow Up By: Jimbo - Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 08:48
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 08:48
Imagine my hurt at being called a "rare dog" by an "old goat". I need counselling.
At your age you better work on that realtionship with God, the meeting is nigh.
LOL.
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Follow Up By: Mad Dog - Vic - Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 16:24
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 16:24
LMAO, you're just to good Jimbo, I think Lucy should give up.
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Follow Up By: Member - 'Lucy' - Monday, Oct 16, 2006 at 10:35
Monday, Oct 16, 2006 at 10:35
Oi! I'm back in town you pair of idiots.
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Follow Up By: Mad Dog - Vic - Monday, Oct 16, 2006 at 11:05
Monday, Oct 16, 2006 at 11:05
Good show Lucy, we missed ya mate, feel the love :)
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Monday, Oct 16, 2006 at 12:43
Monday, Oct 16, 2006 at 12:43
hey Lucy.
Get me some rims dude..
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Follow Up By: Jimbo - Monday, Oct 16, 2006 at 13:23
Monday, Oct 16, 2006 at 13:23
They've let him out of the Nursing Home for a day.
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Follow Up By: Member - 'Lucy' - Monday, Oct 16, 2006 at 17:55
Monday, Oct 16, 2006 at 17:55
bleep again I see 'Jumbo'.
Good to be back to keep you galoots un control.
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Reply By: Member No 1- Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 07:40
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 07:40
i havent finished the last lot yet...sheeeesh..better drink it all today so i have an excuse to get some more eh?
i feel a headache comin on (no smart ass comments please)...have 7 cases to drink
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Reply By: silkwood - Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 08:06
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 08:06
Pasteur said " a day without wine is like a day without sunshine". This stuff is a thunderstorm! I reckon a $1.80's worth went straight down the sink.
Cheers
Mark
"Go ahead, make
mine red!"
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Follow Up By: Jimbo - Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 08:45
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 08:45
It was actually Robert Louis Stevenson who said
"A fine meal without wine, is like a day without sunshine".
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Follow Up By: Member No 1- Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 11:26
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 11:26
who cares who said it..hic
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Follow Up By: silkwood - Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 14:08
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 14:08
I've heard the quote attributed to Brillat-Savarin (though he was supposed to have used "meal") AND Pasteur, but never to RLS?
RLS was quoted (in regards to wine) as saying "A bottle of good wine, like a good act, shines ever in the retrospect." and the famous "wine is like poetry in a bottle"
One of my favourites: Brillat Savarin...
"A hard drinker, being at table, was offered grapes at dessert. 'Thank you,' said he, pushing the dish away from him, 'but I am not in the habit of taking my wine in pills."
Cheers,
Mark
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Follow Up By: Member No 1- Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 14:29
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 14:29
i think your all wrong about Pasteur
now let me get back to my drinking....er tastings...
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Follow Up By: silkwood - Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 15:49
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 15:49
I have the Pasteur attributed in one of my books, but seeing I also have Brillat-Savarin you're probably right. I only used Pasteur because he was the first one I thought of (I'm at work and don't have access to my books, oops that means I should be working, eh?). Either way, I still poured the "two-buck-chuck" down the drain.
Judging from the sunnies (I'm not even going to mention the hair) you did enough "tasting" yesterday, didn't you?
Cheers,
Mark
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Follow Up By: silkwood - Saturday, Oct 07, 2006 at 07:54
Saturday, Oct 07, 2006 at 07:54
Knew I'd seen it..
Pateur attribution: "Qaffing Quotes and wine facts" 1984
Blackall, Foulkes et al (Towle-ed) Pg 12, Watermark Press,
Sydney ISBN 0 949284 01 7.
(Just keeping Mike happy!) :)
It's there, but, as you say, almost certainly incorrect.
Cheers,
Mark
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Follow Up By: Member No 1- Saturday, Oct 07, 2006 at 09:17
Saturday, Oct 07, 2006 at 09:17
well dont mention the hair that i wore it off on the bed head...
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Reply By: Emo - Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 08:57
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 08:57
I bought some of these after an earlier thread about them. I can say that I really didn't think to much of them. They are about the same price as a DeBortoli cask and the cask is IMHO much better quality wine. I guess that for $2 though, you shouldn't expect Grange. I read a wine article a while ago that said it costs most wineries $5 per bottle, to buy the bottle, put a cork in it, put a label on it, put it in a box and transport it so you shouldn't expect too much for $2.
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Follow Up By: Jimbo - Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 09:20
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 09:20
Maybe this is a different batch. I too like the DeBortoli 2L casks and last night tried them side by side. I thought the $2 bottle was different, but equally as good as the cask.
The casks, $11 at Murphy's work out to be $5.50 a litre, the botlles $2.67 a litre. Unless you're talking about the 4L casks Emo?
ATB,
Jim.
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Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 10:14
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 10:14
anyone got subtitles of what the hell he was saying?
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Follow Up By: Jimbo - Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 10:18
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 10:18
Go to your local video store and get a few copies of "Rumpole of The Bailey".
All will be revealed.
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Reply By: Member - Rodney R (VIC) - Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 12:00
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 12:00
Come on you blokes, Im a winegrape grower.Make sure you buy aussie wine and help the industry.Remember if it aint good enough to
cook with it aint good enough to drink.Don"t buy that 2buck chuck rubbish.Drink Up. See ya on the road with a RED.
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 12:22
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 12:22
I worked for southcorp, I have a mass taste for Coldstream Hills (founded by James Halliday) Reds. The Cab Sav Reserve is stunning.
Andrew makes some extremely great wine, but it aint $2.00 boot polish...
www.coldstreamhills.com.au/
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heres a live webcam of the actual site :)
Site Link
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Follow Up By: Moose - Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 13:23
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 13:23
Hey Rodney - so the Dan Murphy's $2 stuff is definitely imported is it?
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Follow Up By: Member - Rodney R (VIC) - Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 15:12
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 15:12
Costs more for a bottle of so called natural water
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Follow Up By: Jimbo - Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 16:50
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 16:50
The $2 Red Ned from Spud's is labelled "South East Australia".
I trust Spud wouldn't tell porkies?
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Reply By: Member - Rodney R (VIC) - Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 12:49
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 12:49
Do you know if they were touched up with frost or not.
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 13:01
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 13:01
Dont know, havent worked there for 12 mths now, but wanna go and stock up on some wine, maybe this weekend is a good excuse ;)
Fantastic bunch of people up there.. better than the Great Western People I hadda deal with :(
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Reply By: Member - Rodney R (VIC) - Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 13:20
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 13:20
Come up to Swan
Hill , on the mighty Murry there is some good people and fishing
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 13:54
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 13:54
actually never been up that way...
Our club has an event we call the "western wine weekend" but Im tryin to find someone to run it!! nobody wants to drive the bus...
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Follow Up By: Mad Dog - Vic - Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 16:26
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 16:26
I have HT ticket and can take or leave the booze.
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Follow Up By: Mad Dog - Vic - Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 16:27
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 16:27
but once I start I can't stop :)
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Reply By: PatrolBen - Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 19:38
Friday, Oct 06, 2006 at 19:38
Perfect for'last-night-up-on-the-beach' pi$$up LOL
Packing up the next mornings gonna be a bitch!
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