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barnaby33ParticipantI wouldn’t swear to it as its been a couple of months but based on your and several others recommendations I got the merlot. The cab is what was available in costco the other day when I was there. Yeah Temecula wine is not my thing. When I was in college, Maurice Carrie chenin blanc at 3 dollars a bottle was awesome. Now adays I’m sure they charge 20 for the same thing.
Oz has a huge glut of wine. The problem is that in the affordable price range, 10-25 dollars it all tastes very similar. Its hard to make a case for Aussie shiraz when so much of it is highly extracted, overly oaked and high alcohol. I was in Barossa and McLaren Vale in November and had some awesome wine along with a fair amount of mediocre stuff too.
If you really want to try a great Aussie wine without splurging for Grange or Hill of Grace, try Jasper Hill Georgias paddock at about 75 dollars it is world class, as opposed to Grange which is now priced like a first growth Bordeaux. Another cheaper though still very good wine is Penfolds Magill estate, the original Penfolds vineyard. Wendouree (Clare Valley) is also very good, though very hard to find. Old Bridge Cellars is the importer for lots of small production, good quality stuff, but be prepared to pay. Good years for Most Aussie wine are 98/02/05/06.
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barnaby33ParticipantI wouldn’t swear to it as its been a couple of months but based on your and several others recommendations I got the merlot. The cab is what was available in costco the other day when I was there. Yeah Temecula wine is not my thing. When I was in college, Maurice Carrie chenin blanc at 3 dollars a bottle was awesome. Now adays I’m sure they charge 20 for the same thing.
Oz has a huge glut of wine. The problem is that in the affordable price range, 10-25 dollars it all tastes very similar. Its hard to make a case for Aussie shiraz when so much of it is highly extracted, overly oaked and high alcohol. I was in Barossa and McLaren Vale in November and had some awesome wine along with a fair amount of mediocre stuff too.
If you really want to try a great Aussie wine without splurging for Grange or Hill of Grace, try Jasper Hill Georgias paddock at about 75 dollars it is world class, as opposed to Grange which is now priced like a first growth Bordeaux. Another cheaper though still very good wine is Penfolds Magill estate, the original Penfolds vineyard. Wendouree (Clare Valley) is also very good, though very hard to find. Old Bridge Cellars is the importer for lots of small production, good quality stuff, but be prepared to pay. Good years for Most Aussie wine are 98/02/05/06.
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barnaby33ParticipantWhy is this off-topic? Calpers will probably fail. The pay for play system is not new. Calpers is supposed to be an expert and as naked capitalism pointed out, this will just end up being a boon for lawyers.
Joshbarnaby33ParticipantWhy is this off-topic? Calpers will probably fail. The pay for play system is not new. Calpers is supposed to be an expert and as naked capitalism pointed out, this will just end up being a boon for lawyers.
Joshbarnaby33ParticipantWhy is this off-topic? Calpers will probably fail. The pay for play system is not new. Calpers is supposed to be an expert and as naked capitalism pointed out, this will just end up being a boon for lawyers.
Joshbarnaby33ParticipantWhy is this off-topic? Calpers will probably fail. The pay for play system is not new. Calpers is supposed to be an expert and as naked capitalism pointed out, this will just end up being a boon for lawyers.
Joshbarnaby33ParticipantWhy is this off-topic? Calpers will probably fail. The pay for play system is not new. Calpers is supposed to be an expert and as naked capitalism pointed out, this will just end up being a boon for lawyers.
Joshbarnaby33ParticipantI’d rent the place to a friend at a greatly reduced rate while you go through foreclosure. Keep him/her informed of whats happening and chalk it up to experience.
We are long past the point where paying your mortgage on an underwater dinosaur is the right thing to do. Those who suggest you do that are clinging to a deeply flawed ideological framework. One in which our leadership and society have set a reasonably level playing field and rules will be followed.
You are kinda screwed in what you bought and where, so just take the credit hit and move on.
Joshbarnaby33ParticipantI’d rent the place to a friend at a greatly reduced rate while you go through foreclosure. Keep him/her informed of whats happening and chalk it up to experience.
We are long past the point where paying your mortgage on an underwater dinosaur is the right thing to do. Those who suggest you do that are clinging to a deeply flawed ideological framework. One in which our leadership and society have set a reasonably level playing field and rules will be followed.
You are kinda screwed in what you bought and where, so just take the credit hit and move on.
Joshbarnaby33ParticipantI’d rent the place to a friend at a greatly reduced rate while you go through foreclosure. Keep him/her informed of whats happening and chalk it up to experience.
We are long past the point where paying your mortgage on an underwater dinosaur is the right thing to do. Those who suggest you do that are clinging to a deeply flawed ideological framework. One in which our leadership and society have set a reasonably level playing field and rules will be followed.
You are kinda screwed in what you bought and where, so just take the credit hit and move on.
Joshbarnaby33ParticipantI’d rent the place to a friend at a greatly reduced rate while you go through foreclosure. Keep him/her informed of whats happening and chalk it up to experience.
We are long past the point where paying your mortgage on an underwater dinosaur is the right thing to do. Those who suggest you do that are clinging to a deeply flawed ideological framework. One in which our leadership and society have set a reasonably level playing field and rules will be followed.
You are kinda screwed in what you bought and where, so just take the credit hit and move on.
Joshbarnaby33ParticipantI’d rent the place to a friend at a greatly reduced rate while you go through foreclosure. Keep him/her informed of whats happening and chalk it up to experience.
We are long past the point where paying your mortgage on an underwater dinosaur is the right thing to do. Those who suggest you do that are clinging to a deeply flawed ideological framework. One in which our leadership and society have set a reasonably level playing field and rules will be followed.
You are kinda screwed in what you bought and where, so just take the credit hit and move on.
Joshbarnaby33Participantbriansd1, here I thought I was doomed solely because of my bearishness. Now my diet is dooming me too? Crap I’d better not tell my doughnut eating, butter enjoying 88 year old father this. It will certainly kill him. That is if the brain cancer doesn’t get him first.
You sound more alarmist than me, and that is scary. Everything in moderation, even pre-packaged, deep fried, simple carbs, yummmm.
Joshbarnaby33Participantbriansd1, here I thought I was doomed solely because of my bearishness. Now my diet is dooming me too? Crap I’d better not tell my doughnut eating, butter enjoying 88 year old father this. It will certainly kill him. That is if the brain cancer doesn’t get him first.
You sound more alarmist than me, and that is scary. Everything in moderation, even pre-packaged, deep fried, simple carbs, yummmm.
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