TN: Woop Woop

Hi Rich,

Glad I saw your TN on the Oz Shiraz. Most of the wines I drink are Aussie so my eyes purked up(and I started to drool) when I read about the plummy, fruity and mild tannins mentioned. Actually checked the LCBO wine site and noticed only 3 left in town. Drove off and grabbed them.

It is good stuff. Bordering on jammy (but I like that style) so I think if the rest of the bottle is as good, I might go to another town and grab a few more. Once certain wines are out of stock they are gone for the ear. Not sure if you are in Canada and are familiar with the LCBO but ya gotta buy certain releases sooner than later.

Thanks Rich,

Larry Southern Ontario

Hi Larry,

I'm not in Canada, but grew up in Michigan, so eastern Canada was a stomping ground. Glad you enjoyed the Woop Woop. It surprised me, too.. Now, you know that Austrailia does some great whites.As food wines, they are just great. I think that riesling (from Marlborough, NZ can rival some great Germans. And Lageder Pinot Grigio (Alto Adige), what a great food wine! Goes with eggs, spinach, and potatos. Smokey, deep, a pinot grigio that makes you think twice.

Hope this post makes sense. Am off to another night of wine drinking.

Rich

Did any one here see an Australian movie "Welcome to Woop Woop"? It was the story of these people headed by Rod Taylor who live in a garbage dump and make dog food from kangaroo carcasses. After seeing that movie, I am afraid that I will never get to try Woop Woop, the wine.

This is exactly why you should try some. Are you a baby? Rich R.

I am pretty adventuresome but that movie really got to me. I have been searching the internet tonight to try to find where Woop Woop wine is made and have been unable to. Don't you think the name Woop Woop better suits a can of dog food than a bottle of wine? B

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I know this stuff exist. I have even read Parker's notes. But for the life of me all I have found about it is where it is for sale.

I think it is a joke by the Aussies. Woop Woop is dog food made from garbage. This is to prove they can sell anything to us.

Where is Martin when we need him.

Parker's notes? This is just fun, bouncy wine. Not something to opine over. At 10 USD you drink it, enjoy it , and in a few months, forget about it.

Rich R.

Parker said it was a great buy at $10 and I think the number 89 was involved. I still think Alpo is a better buy.

Put it down to aussie sense of humour. 'woop woop' is a colloquiallism for an unknown or unspecified place.... or a place very far away. If someone has gone missing for dubious reasons, or is travelling to distant places, he can be said to have gone 'woop woop'.

The irony is the use of the term 'Sout East Australia' grapes, as often used on lower cost wines. SE Oz pretty much encompasses the bulk of most Oz wine regions (apologies to our WA friends), so any grapes from outside SE Oz would indeed be from 'woop woop'.(far away) ... but with the generalisation of SE Oz .... they still could come from 'woop woop' (Place unknown or specified).

Hooroo....

Very good Swooper. I think I understand the joke. You are using "Sout" East Australia as geographical rather than the state of South Australia. I am ready to participate in the joke now.

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I saw it at a Cardinal wine store in the US. Maybe I'll go back and grab a bottle -- if it hasn't gone Woop-Whoop in the meantime.

Regards,

Kent Feiler

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When I posted the above, I had forgotten that I still had a bottle. Here's what it says on the back label:

Woop Woop

G'day. In Australia Woop Woop means not nearby, remote even. In sourcing fruit for this well-balanced South Australian Shiraz we went outside our normal territory to blend the best regional attributes into a soft, elegant wine of rich flavors and good palate length. We went to Woop Woop to bring Woop Woop to you. Enjoy enjoy.

Yes, you got the label right. Not being a Shiraz fan myself, would you say this is typical of an Aussie Shiraz forgetting about price?

But did the bottle say where the wine was made Ken? Or maybe this is another one of Bondi's no winery wines.

Hi Rich,

I love Aussie wines. Woop Woop (IMHO) is somewhat representative of the "typical" shiraz. WW has softer tannins than many and also less 'spicey' (making it an easy drinking wine) and contains far less cassias, menthol and or eucalyptus type aromas and more of a in your face first sip fruity impact. . Glad you brought it the groups attention or many of use would have let it pass us by.

Your quote, "This is just fun, bouncy wine. Not something to opine over.At 10 USD you drink it, enjoy it , and in a few months, forget about it." just about says it all.

All the best

Larry Southern Ontario

Hi Bill,

It's a McLaren Vale wine.(if that helps)

All the best,

Larry Southern Ontario

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Here's the rest of the information on the back label:

The above is signed by Ben Riggs, winemaker, then it says

CONTAINS SULFITES PRODUCT OF AUSTRALIA PRODUCED BY WOOP WOOP WINES PTY.LTD ALC. 14.5% BY VOL. 750 ml MAIN ROAD, McLAREN VALE S.A. 5171 P.O. BOX 584, McLAREN VALE S.A. 5171 email: pennyshill.com.au

IMPORTED FROM AUSTRALIA BY EPICUREAN WINES SEATTLE, WA (206) 923-1376

Other than the standard Government warning, that's it.

You nailed it.

Rich R