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Suggestions for an Australian wine dinner

Hello,

I'm seeking advice on a wine dinner that I am putting togther. It is to be an introduction to Australian wine for 3 couples who eat and drink wine together. We have done some research on Australian cusine and have lots of idea's, but would really like to build the food around the wine. ( I have located some Kangaroo and Alligator that I would love to work in if possible)

I'd like to get an overview of regions and styles. I am having probably

5-6 courses (including desert) with a total of 8-12 wines. I need to keep the total wine buget under $240 US. (Please remember that we are tasting these wines, not guzzling them all down, so it is easy to try 2 or 3 per course.)

Any advice as to regions styles, vinyards and vintages would be appreciated.

THANX

CHRIS

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burb
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Hello Chris,

Firstly to my knowledge the only alligators we have here are in zoos. We have crocodiles.

My first suggestion for a desert wine would be De Bortoli Noble One 2002 if you can get your hands on it. It retails here for about $23AU. Its won an awful lot of stuff.

Actually it might help with more info on the menu.

But typical Australian regions you might consider are the Barossa, McLaren Vale, Adelaide Hills, Margaret River, Mornington Peninsula, Yarra Valley, Hunter Valley, Mudgee, Orange, actually there is about

56-ish designated areas, most if not all of which you can pick up some good examples.

But at ~$20US a bottle, you could pick up some real gems.

I guess maybe a little more info might help.

And there is a heap of websites covering this sort of thing. A real gem of a site is

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. Though you may struggle to get some of the wines in the US. This
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has a bit about regions. This has discussion about Aus wines
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has a listing [not all, its a bit outdated] of wineries.

Mat.

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Mat

Chris,

You might want to do a quick Google.Groups search for this very topic in this NG. Some months back there was discussion on exactly what you are seeking. I do not recall the suggestions, or I'd save you the search. One problem is that you might not spur some of the same folk, who commented on that thread, to post to this one, and the suggestions were great.

However, I do not recall anyone ever coming up with a wine pairing for vegamite!

Good luck, and let us all know how the dinner goes, plus furnish some TNs on your wines.

Hunt

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Hunt

Beware the kangaroo, crocodile, & emu, although they are australian animals they are not, repeat not every day aussy meals. They are tough, strong & chewy. Try them yourself before inflicting them on friends. marshall

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marshall

I'm a bit squeemish about eating animals on the coat of arms, so I've never had them.

But I hear from a lot of ppl they are not any of these things when well prepared.

Mat.

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Mat

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Keith

Thanx to all who offered suggestions.

Chris

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burb

Chris, I've been meaning to comment, re: alligator/croc, while I have not had croc, alligator is quite good. I'd opt for a big OZ Chard, like Penfolds' Yatarna, with most preps I've had.

This weekend, we had an ostrich meatloaf (not quite emu), and it called for a Shiraz (not the CA/US Cab that was served). Nice, but needed some "soul" in the recipe.

Hunt

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Hunt

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