Summer Drinking 2009-2010
Even if we hadn't (allegedly) brought the heat-wave with us when we returned from the Ry Cooder concert in Brisbane the end of November was always going to be time to make a few plans about what we're looking at for summer drinking over the 2009-2010 holiday period.
There are a couple of givens in that regard, so it's a matter of how much of each? rather than which ones? After all, there's no way I won't be looking to Rockford Alicante Bouchet and Pfeiffer Gamay as part of a predictable Rose and Riesling theme. Things were complicated slightly when the bar fridge decided to kick the bucket just before we headed off to Ryland, and while we were able to transfer the contents to the main fridge in the interim, that was never going to be a long-term option.
We made our way back home on Thursday night, headed off to Coyotes to solve the no food in the fridge issue, and were out round the electrical retailers on Friday morning. Once we had the replacement unit in situ the need to restock the larder deferred summer drinking considerations, so it wasn't till Monday morning that I sat down to address the issue.
The PO Box was crammed when we checked it on Thursday night, and there was also a need to consider the contents of various wine-related mailings before the order went in.
I'd already received the Spring 2009 order form from Jim Barry Wines before we left, and a free freight offer expiring on 30 November meant two cartons from Jim were always likely to be an ingredient in the mix.
A carton of whites and one of reds was a predictable formula. I figured that four 2009 Watervale Riesling ($15), along with three of the 2008 Lodge Hill Riesling ($18) and the 2008 Silly Mid On Sauvignon Blanc Semillon ($18) and two bottles of older The Florita Riesling (2007 $40 and 2005 $45) looked about right on the white front.
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