I love your channel. I learn a lot about the Australian wine scene. Not a big fan of natural wine but love knowing about all the grapes that grow there I wouldn’t think about.
Thanks so much Konstantin for the love! Also - funnily enough - the Adelaide Hills has started growing a notable amount of Grüner Veltliner - there is even an eponymous 'Grüner Growers Group' of about 30+ members making some really nice examples of the variety! We've also got a bit of Blaufrankisch, Saint Lauren and Zweigelt thanks to a winery called Hahndorf Hill that brought in the varieties to Australia!
I cant believe that THE Konstantin Baum knows about my proclivity to guess every white as a Chardonnay - thanks again for tasting through what we sent!
Dude - how could he NOT?! You mention it in every bloody episode - that...and the fact everything that isn't Chardonnay is evidently Riesling...big love mate ;)
OMG YES, literally stumbled upon them through a random YT rec. on the starting page and had so much fun with their channel, although I can't get 50% of the wines here in Germany. Literally you two are the only two wine channels I really follow, meaning like every video gets a view.
That gives me the warm & fuzzies! Thank you so much! Maybe one day there'll be a brave importer that'll showcase the 'new' Australia to the adventurous palates of Germany!
Great crossover episode! 🍷 WFTP showing some of our best 👏 If you're travelling to Australia, get out to wine country and visit our wineries. We have some incredible producers that you can't find in bottle shops here, let alone in Europe or the US.
So cool to see our (Auzzie) wines featured on and by my fav wine channels. Konstantine.. chuckled at your attempt at our twanged accent. As always love your work. Phil.
KB! Thanks so much for the kind words! We'll always fly the flag for Australian Wine and just hope this makes the world of wine that little bit bigger, and more fun to be around :) We'll be your wing-men (wine-men?) anytime ;)
Yes! Great collaboration, and video! Konstantin, when will you send a mixed bag of German wines for the boys down under? I know they are huge Riesling heads but could be fun to mix it up with some Trollinger and such, haha!
Callum Powells wines are epic. Great to see him highlighted same with Joshua cooper, son of the cobaw ridge team. The grenaches of 22 are looking incredible. Iconic Shiraz worth checking out too is the Standish wine co.
@@BrenCarter_WFTP big time. I’d send a bottle of dero by phase three to Konstantin also. Genius bottle idea but also a cracking bottle and also a great expression of this new Shiraz that’s coming out barossa that Fraser Mckinnely kinda started.
Love to see Australian wine get more love, the wine here is fantastic and so approachable for people to delve into. Love taking the lens off Europe for a bit, NZ next? :)
I'd never heard of that channel, thanks for recommendation. I'm going to watch and see if they can help me pick out some good wine that I can purchase locally.
Thanks for this taste test. A lot of the wines I see on your channel are harder to get here in Australia, so it's nice to hear your thoughts about ones I can source.
I recently did a couple blind wine tastings and I have to say it raised my respect for your abilities even further than I previously had for you. The whites were relatively easier than the reds for me (I did better than average with the whites but failed miserably with the reds). I love watching your videos. Your knowledge and personality make it a joy every time. Another banger this week!
@@BrenCarter_WFTP yes indeed. I’m a wine rep here in the PNW of the USA. My buddy works for the local wholesaler for Thistle Down and I rep Mollydooker. My buddy loves their wines. We are doing to a trade soon. My best mate loves good Grenache. Getting him a bottle for his baby. Giles is a gifted winemaker for sure. Even his Shiraz was more Syrah like vs classic McClaren Vale Shiraz like Mollydooker.
I've tried Fiano from Millbrook Vineyards in the Hudson River Valley. It was somewhat like the Aussie version but, if I remember correctly, slightly nutty. Good stuff. I'd be most likely to try the Tasmanian Chardonnay, it's grown and made the way I like Chard.
Hello Konstantin, I look forward to your clips on Sunday afternoons CET. They are informative and entertaining. I wonder whether you would consider a more in depth presentation on the wines of Alto-Adige or South Tyrol in English, exploring Bordeaux wines that offer great value for money, and the wines of lesser known French areas like the Languedoc and the Southwest. I would also suggest a segment on what factors you look for determine age worthiness of wines from tasting young wines. Thank you for considering these ideas. Greetings from Switzerland.
Thanks Konstantin for another great video. Great to see Australia featured and some really interesting choices at that. The wines chosen are representative of certain trends in the Australian market. I would love you to do a feature on high end Australian wines or even focusing on one grape - Chardonnay. Right not Australia is making so many superb Chardonnays from different regions. While Australia is still (largely erroneously) known for making rich, buttery Chardonnays, mostly it is making medium bodied Chardonnays. Australia went through a period when it was arguably making too many lean examples, and has since found a happy balance between fresh acidity, good fruit and complexity.
Vermentino is criminally underrated. I think it'd be a fantastic idea for a video to do a tasting of historically underrated varieties and compare them with what's being made now.
Great to see some of our wines on display. I only know of two, the Joshua Cooper and the Dr Edge. I could mention dozens of small , high quality vineyards. But m even here, just getting your hands on a bottle, let alone a case is so difficult. You hinted about returning to Australia and visiting Tasmania. Please do it. Maybe not for worldwide consumption, because everybody wants to see a La Tache.😊😊 Or a Petrus. But Tasmania has some extraordinary wines, especially whites and sparkling. And as an added bonus, some of the best produce in the world. It's a wine and food lovers heaven. Beef, seafood, fruit, berries....
Really fun one! Very interesting things happening in Australian wine, definitely go to Tassie if you get the chance - both wine and food are next level down there! Best sparkling wines in Australia by far.
I love Hunter Valley Semillon, which was new wave Australian wine long before new wave Australian was even a thing! I think it'd be interesting if you would do more new wave videos like this. The trend for lighter, more delicate wines, made with low intervention can be found in places like South America, South Africa and USA as well. Also the winemakers pioneering that trend could really use a boost in attention, because their wines are still pretty hard to source. Cheers!
New wave wine is boring and bland, as a professional winemaker, my wines have trended toward elegant big wines, big and in your face but well rounded and structured. Which have been selling the best.
really love your honesty about having a glimpse of the wines before cause of the courier issue! & always disclosing facts that may influence your judgment.
Recently had the Kalleskie Old Vines Grenache 2005 and the Dr. Edge Tasmania Pinot Noir 2019. Both wines blew me away. Australia often gets overlooked here in North America, and it really is a shame.
Interesting that you point out the positives of early picked grapes. The Oz wine industry got farked sideways when Parker gave 100s to high alcohol beasts like Grange that were from heirloom vineyards. We've had 30 years of bulk produced, late picked & over-extracted & over-oaked copycat Shiraz & Cab Sav driving the market & style of low character, high alcohol & high tannin wines from a corporate industry that buys out historic brands to shift bulk wine. Which contradicted the Oz clean & sunshine driven 1980s-1990s wines that heralded the Renaissance & maturity of Oz wine industry. It's almost impossible to find a commercial table wine under 13% a/v, even those independents that used to produce powerful & elegant 12.5% reds. Bravo to the Garagists & Mavericks!
LOve wines from Australia especially Tasmania. I just read an article where some producers are moving to a more Syrah style (Rhône) vs Shiraz. But there is a lot going on down under. I had a Nebbiolo from a producer not long ago that reminded me more of Valle d’Aosta picotendro than barolo. Great video!
Great video Konstantin. Thank you for showing off some Australian wines. Have you considered making a video showcasing wines from the Balkans into some depth?
There has certainly been a movement in Australia away from what you're calling the "Classic Australian" Cabernet Sauvignon, much the same as Shiraz. This country has been pigeon holed as a place that focuses on 14%+ bold reds for so long, with some Barossa offerings getting to 15%+, that a lot of producers have gone in the complete opposite direction - lots of orange wines, pet nats and so on. I'm glad this video focuses more on that. Great stuff!
I would rather they focus on what they do good and do not try and do things they arent good at. As a professional winemaker make what your good at dont follow trends, make what you want I have been making very high abv wines the last few years. My zinfandel has been over 16% for 5 years.
The difficulty of this is the definition of 'good' - while I have no doubt your wines are good (great, in fact!) - the definition of 'good' in Australia is changing. Particularly as we're a very warm country, who's diet is exceptionally seafood-heavy with asiatic influences - those big, alcoholic wines are simply not relevant or considered 'good' within Australia - so they no longer represent our country, culture & terroir. I can only speak to Australian winemakers - but in effect, they simply can't sell the wine anymore, and are going out of business. @@pilsplease7561
Cool video. I lived in Canberra for a while and the local wine shops strongly featured very small producers making some tremendously interesting stuff. One I particularly loved was Ravensworth wines. They had an amazing, classic cool climate shiraz viognier, but then also some really unsual things, like nebbiolo, sangiovese, barbera etc... all fantastic quality.
That's good news. I always find reduction notes on Australian wines which often go away but only after so much time in contact with air. Hope to taste some of these beauties soon
Can't say I'm not disappointed from the jump having all Eastern States wines represented and nothing from the West. Glad to see Aussie wine get some coverage though. Maybe I need to send some Western Australian wine over for you! I did WSET level 2 just recently and it shocked me to find out that "The Great Southern" wine region doesn't have any representation in any of the WSET courses. The course instructor is studying for her MW and she even said most MW's rarely try wines from that region - and when they do come to Perth they can't get enough of it. Would love to see a part 2!
Out of all these wines I have only had the Vermantino, this is the most interesting wine I have had for a long time. You're not the only person that needs to spend more time in Tasmania, a lot of great things are coming out of there. Great line-up of wines that they selected, which shows our diversity.
Love your channel. Thanks for the Aussie content. One Aussie Shiraz style that is unique is Sparkling Shiraz and there are some awesome examples to try. There are a whole host of them,but Barossan ones like Rockford, etc are unique and great with turkey, duck, pork and other gamey meats.
@@kingjulian1549 Memeories of Merchant Prince & Queen Isabella spring to mind. Reviews of rare Tokays and Muscats are very few and given the interest in the OZ wine scene overeseas surprising.
One of these bottles, the 2022 Koerner pigato, is in our cellar after my wife bought it during a trip to Clare; the Koerner boys make some excellent Italian reds as well.
I drink Australian wines very rarely. To me it just makes no sense when living in Europe, the best wine region and importing wines from the end of the world.
Thank you for your interest in Australian wines, I enjoyed your review.I found the selected wines somewhat obscure having never heard of any of them. I have worked in the wine industry for nine years and these are certainly not typical of readily available Australian wines.
Just came back from a wine trip in Tasmania because I prefer more elegant wine style. Most are very light and med-high acid. Quite a few are low intervention, esp in small wineries. On the other hand, a few increase their appeal by 100% malolactic conversion (but could have gone too far). I thought they were too light for me. On the way back at the airport, i had a mainland aussie wine. Bam, the mainland one was just too bold for my palate after a week of gentle tassie wine. Now tassie wines are still on my radar. They are light and refreshing, not austere. The better ones have structure. The length is short to medium. Whites are more interesting than reds. As vines get older it will only get better. Anything older than 30 is old vine in Tasmania. Their prices are higher than mainland aussie wines because they are not mass produced. Glaetzer-dixon, holm oak, are nice Spring gate makes funky wines Did not have a chance to try Stefano or Tolpuddle.
here in Germany you can get some good aussie wines sometimes cheaper than they are back home! Kierdorf have my favourite pinot producer (Farr - the sangreal is my pick of the bunch), and wein am limit have patrick sullivan and william downie. (from an Aussie somm based in Berlin)
Great colab! PS: I am obsessed with this beautiful glass. Searching the name at their website, a very different glas came up, though. Sure this is how its called?
I started my wine journey 15 yrs ago with australian reds - they were fun and helpful to learn with given the amount of flavor. These days, they are too big for me, though i occasionally enjoy a Command or Block 6.
I'd like to see something on Trollinger, if I spelled corekt😅.. Tasted one with a German friend and we had takeaway crispy duck wi the usual bits and it slipped down like a good 'un.. Like me, Stephan was not rich so I'm guessing these can be affordable. Dredge or Dr. Edge has to be the coolest name EVER. As Oscar Wilde said, "I wish I'd said that".. (unfortunately for the poet, his interlocutor, Lady Halifax I think, came right back at him with "You will, Oscar, you will.." Which is PRICELESS. 😂 Special thanks to all at Wine For The People, I wasn't aware of the channel til now. The point about the presence of eucalyptus in Aussie wine, and the wider subject of terroir is so fascinating. A video on 'One Non-vinous Substance (plant or mineral presumably) As Terroir Influence On 6 Popular Wine Styles (succinct title or WHAT?) is a thing I'd enjoy. Nice one Konstantin! Cheers. 🍷🍷🍷🌟👍
The new wave Aussie wines are quite refreshing and enjoyable & a welcome break from sometimes bulky and overly alcoholic wines from Down Under. I had a few while I lived in Asia and they were much fresher and lighter than the stereotypical Australian wine. Italian cultivars seem to do particularly well with the drier and warmer climate and show quite well. But yes getting these types of wines in Europe is very difficult unless someone from there sends them to you or you go to Australia to buy them.
Typically, no wines from Western Australia, especially Margaret River, which represents a not too insignificant amount of national and international trophies. I'll assume there was some WA stuff but it got broken along the way :)
Eucalyptus in the glass comes from sloppy work in the vineyard. It tastes around 2-3 leaves per Nally bin ( about half a ton) to be detectable. The amount in the air that precipitates onto berries is minor in comparison. When machine harvested the leaves and small branches that often end up falling , being carried on the wind and landing in a vine, end up pulverised and make their way into the must. Somewhere like the blue mountains might be different but in places like the Coonawarra it’s primarily MOG
It's actually really hard to battle - if leaves get lodged in the rachis before veraison, the grapes swell up and essentially hide the leaf - so even hand-harvested grapes get stung by it. @@Ralphgtx280
Wine styles swing like a pendulum. Currently in Australia the Chardonnays have become so lean that you may as well buy a Chablis or even Riesling in their place. Waiting for a redress of trend...
We turned your videos into a drinking game…apropos, don’t you think? We drink every time you say one of these words: lively, fresh, grippy, or bright. We drink twice when you say concentrated. We also guess what you will rate the wine based on your reaction and description. It’s rare that we are off by more than a point or two. I think should feed all of your video transcripts into an AI model and we could ask it to generate tasting notes for imaginary wines 😊
it's great to see you tasting more Aussie wines, but I'm sad they didn't get you anything from the Hunter Valley (unless you've got more videos coming?)
I've seen them, but I'm keen for you to try Hunter Shiraz at some point, it seems like all the Australian Shiraz you guys get overseas comes from places like the Barossa, but I think the Hunter style is much nicer. not to mention they make great chardonnay and other varieties@@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine
Can you recommend 6/9 for all those wine list as follows 1) 2002 CHÂTEau Belair Monage (Saints emilion) 2)2012 CHÂTEau Phelan Segurs St.Estephe 3)1985 CHÂTEau Mouton Baron Philippe de Rothschild (Pauillac) 4)1999 CHÂTEau grand puy Ducasse (Pauillac) 5)1999 CHÂTEau D'issan (Margeaux) 6) 1985 CHÂTEau Giscours (Margeaux) 7)1978 CHÂTEau LA Lagune (Haut Medoc) 8) 1978 CHÂTEau LA Louviere (pessac leognan) 9)2006 CHÂTEau Suduiraut (Sauternes) I 'm going to Paris soon to get this bad boys if you have a chance please !Danke Schoen 😊😊😊
Thankyou Konstantin for having us!😊Was an absolute pleasure!🥂
I love your channel. I learn a lot about the Australian wine scene. Not a big fan of natural wine but love knowing about all the grapes that grow there I wouldn’t think about.
You guys are douchey in a good way plz be happy I said this
Nobody is more happy than me to hear this! Douchey In A Good Way is everything I hope to be :) @@Blappertonianbone
Thank you 🙏
Time to wash your hair!!😀 All three looking very greasy.
Shame about the breakages.
What a coincidence. Recently, I have been watching all of “Wine for the People”s videos . Great energy . Thanks for the collab !
Thanks so much Konstantin for the love!
Also - funnily enough - the Adelaide Hills has started growing a notable amount of Grüner Veltliner - there is even an eponymous 'Grüner Growers Group' of about 30+ members making some really nice examples of the variety! We've also got a bit of Blaufrankisch, Saint Lauren and Zweigelt thanks to a winery called Hahndorf Hill that brought in the varieties to Australia!
Noah I half expected a few Unico wines in there
No self-plugs today! Thought we'd shout out our friends & peers
(We did send some over for Konstantin's enjoyment) @@minka8047
Haha! Who's saying he hasn't got some? @@minka8047
I need to come back to Australia …
Yes you do Konstanin Baum, preferably when Mount Mary do their members release
Two of my favorite wine channels with a crossover? Awesome!
Far too kind! Thank you so much!
this is so huuuuge!
Loove Wine for the people, and so happy to see them get some exposure.
Brendon is (and his wife) also an excellent small batch wine maker. Currently drinking their 2023 Unico Zelo Pollen Gewurztraminer and its fantastic
Oh mate! Far far too kind! Thank you so much for the support!
I cant believe that THE Konstantin Baum knows about my proclivity to guess every white as a Chardonnay - thanks again for tasting through what we sent!
You’re accuracy for getting Chardonnay correct though would have to pretty damn high!!
@@wce_fan haha you can lead an idiot to textural oaked whites but you can't make him identify them!
Dude - how could he NOT?! You mention it in every bloody episode - that...and the fact everything that isn't Chardonnay is evidently Riesling...big love mate ;)
@@BrenCarter_WFTP Haha! Keep up the great work guys, love the channel, and fantastic colab with Konstantin!
Everyone knows… Thank you 🙏
OMG YES, literally stumbled upon them through a random YT rec. on the starting page and had so much fun with their channel, although I can't get 50% of the wines here in Germany. Literally you two are the only two wine channels I really follow, meaning like every video gets a view.
That gives me the warm & fuzzies! Thank you so much! Maybe one day there'll be a brave importer that'll showcase the 'new' Australia to the adventurous palates of Germany!
Great crossover episode! 🍷 WFTP showing some of our best 👏
If you're travelling to Australia, get out to wine country and visit our wineries. We have some incredible producers that you can't find in bottle shops here, let alone in Europe or the US.
We'll always fly the flag mate!
So cool to see our (Auzzie) wines featured on and by my fav wine channels. Konstantine.. chuckled at your attempt at our twanged accent. As always love your work. Phil.
He did pretty good huh?!
@@BrenCarter_WFTP He sure did. To be honest he could completely mangle it and I'd still respect him :)
100%@@phillambert935
KB! Thanks so much for the kind words!
We'll always fly the flag for Australian Wine and just hope this makes the world of wine that little bit bigger, and more fun to be around :)
We'll be your wing-men (wine-men?) anytime ;)
Thank you 🙏
I’m so excited for that cooperation 😂
And sad, that those more niche wine are harder to get in german wine shops.
Thanks for doing this episode. 😊
Super fun tasting. Cool to see a few of these wines on the shelves overseas as well
They're gradually getting out there...just takes a lot to change the international perspective on Aussie wine, so people give them a shot!
Yes! Great collaboration, and video! Konstantin, when will you send a mixed bag of German wines for the boys down under? I know they are huge Riesling heads but could be fun to mix it up with some Trollinger and such, haha!
I'll salute the cool wave from down under with a Vasse Felix Chardonnay.
Thank you for another great showcasing, Konstantin. 🙂
Well done legends! Great to see you on KBs channel
Callum Powells wines are epic. Great to see him highlighted same with Joshua cooper, son of the cobaw ridge team. The grenaches of 22 are looking incredible. Iconic Shiraz worth checking out too is the Standish wine co.
I know right?! Such a quiet achiever too!
@@BrenCarter_WFTP big time. I’d send a bottle of dero by phase three to Konstantin also. Genius bottle idea but also a cracking bottle and also a great expression of this new Shiraz that’s coming out barossa that Fraser Mckinnely kinda started.
Oh that's a new one, even for me!@@williamgillespie6685
Love to see Australian wine get more love, the wine here is fantastic and so approachable for people to delve into. Love taking the lens off Europe for a bit, NZ next? :)
Fantastic episode. I’m an Australia and like to think I know my own country’s wines. But all of these were new to me so bravo
I'd never heard of that channel, thanks for recommendation. I'm going to watch and see if they can help me pick out some good wine that I can purchase locally.
🙏🙏🙏 so glad this happened. The two finest wine CZcams channels join forces. 😚👌
Aw shucks! Thank you!
Thanks for this taste test. A lot of the wines I see on your channel are harder to get here in Australia, so it's nice to hear your thoughts about ones I can source.
Very cool video!! I really love wine for the people and their content.
Please do a reverse tasting and send them a box of nicely picked german wines!!
Hey hey - we're in Germany next week....@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine
I recently did a couple blind wine tastings and I have to say it raised my respect for your abilities even further than I previously had for you. The whites were relatively easier than the reds for me (I did better than average with the whites but failed miserably with the reds). I love watching your videos. Your knowledge and personality make it a joy every time. Another banger this week!
Thistle Down is part of the new wave of wines from Stralya. Their old vine Grenache is just beautiful.
And they're utterly stunning aren't they?!
@@BrenCarter_WFTP yes indeed. I’m a wine rep here in the PNW of the USA. My buddy works for the local wholesaler for Thistle Down and I rep Mollydooker. My buddy loves their wines. We are doing to a trade soon. My best mate loves good Grenache. Getting him a bottle for his baby. Giles is a gifted winemaker for sure. Even his Shiraz was more Syrah like vs classic McClaren Vale Shiraz like Mollydooker.
Oh wow - must be wild repping Mollydooker in the USA - those styles of wines are rapidly changing within Australia right now!@@danielpereyo8206
I've tried Fiano from Millbrook Vineyards in the Hudson River Valley. It was somewhat like the Aussie version but, if I remember correctly, slightly nutty. Good stuff.
I'd be most likely to try the Tasmanian Chardonnay, it's grown and made the way I like Chard.
Hello Konstantin,
I look forward to your clips on Sunday afternoons CET. They are informative and entertaining.
I wonder whether you would consider a more in depth presentation on the wines of Alto-Adige or South Tyrol in English, exploring Bordeaux wines that offer great value for money, and the wines of lesser known French areas like the Languedoc and the Southwest.
I would also suggest a segment on what factors you look for determine age worthiness of wines from tasting young wines.
Thank you for considering these ideas.
Greetings from Switzerland.
Thanks Konstantin for another great video. Great to see Australia featured and some really interesting choices at that. The wines chosen are representative of certain trends in the Australian market. I would love you to do a feature on high end Australian wines or even focusing on one grape - Chardonnay. Right not Australia is making so many superb Chardonnays from different regions. While Australia is still (largely erroneously) known for making rich, buttery Chardonnays, mostly it is making medium bodied Chardonnays. Australia went through a period when it was arguably making too many lean examples, and has since found a happy balance between fresh acidity, good fruit and complexity.
Wine for the People is my other favorite Wine Channel to watch - so cool to see this collaboration!
You're the best! Thanks!
I love collabs like this. I need more wine CZcamsrs to follow
There's a few of us doing some good stuff! No Sediment is a good one too - and of course Dr. Matthew Horkey ;) #birdsofafeather
Miss the land downunder. Had my honeymoon in Margaret River.
That's a great place for a honeymoon, or any kind of holiday.
Vermentino is criminally underrated. I think it'd be a fantastic idea for a video to do a tasting of historically underrated varieties and compare them with what's being made now.
I didnt know of these guys, thankfully the collab got me to fnd them
Awesome colab
Great to see some of our wines on display. I only know of two, the Joshua Cooper and the Dr Edge. I could mention dozens of small , high quality vineyards. But m even here, just getting your hands on a bottle, let alone a case is so difficult.
You hinted about returning to Australia and visiting Tasmania. Please do it. Maybe not for worldwide consumption, because everybody wants to see a La Tache.😊😊 Or a Petrus.
But Tasmania has some extraordinary wines, especially whites and sparkling. And as an added bonus, some of the best produce in the world. It's a wine and food lovers heaven.
Beef, seafood, fruit, berries....
Really fun one! Very interesting things happening in Australian wine, definitely go to Tassie if you get the chance - both wine and food are next level down there! Best sparkling wines in Australia by far.
Worlds colliding ! Love it!
Love those guys from Wine for the People! Would be cool to see you all collaborate again soon!
Never expected my two favorite wine channels to work together!
Boom! That's what we're here for!
Love this. A collab with my two favourite wine channels
Aw thank you so much!
I love Hunter Valley Semillon, which was new wave Australian wine long before new wave Australian was even a thing! I think it'd be interesting if you would do more new wave videos like this. The trend for lighter, more delicate wines, made with low intervention can be found in places like South America, South Africa and USA as well. Also the winemakers pioneering that trend could really use a boost in attention, because their wines are still pretty hard to source. Cheers!
New wave wine is boring and bland, as a professional winemaker, my wines have trended toward elegant big wines, big and in your face but well rounded and structured. Which have been selling the best.
really love your honesty about having a glimpse of the wines before cause of the courier issue! & always disclosing facts that may influence your judgment.
Please come to Tasmania! It’s stunningly beautiful here. Stay in Hobart and have a little community swirl 🍷
More of this!! Love these guys and KB. Ripper content mate
Bloody ripper!
Recently had the Kalleskie Old Vines Grenache 2005 and the Dr. Edge Tasmania Pinot Noir 2019. Both wines blew me away. Australia often gets overlooked here in North America, and it really is a shame.
Interesting that you point out the positives of early picked grapes.
The Oz wine industry got farked sideways when Parker gave 100s to high alcohol beasts like Grange that were from heirloom vineyards.
We've had 30 years of bulk produced, late picked & over-extracted & over-oaked copycat Shiraz & Cab Sav driving the market & style of low character, high alcohol & high tannin wines from a corporate industry that buys out historic brands to shift bulk wine.
Which contradicted the Oz clean & sunshine driven 1980s-1990s wines that heralded the Renaissance & maturity of Oz wine industry.
It's almost impossible to find a commercial table wine under 13% a/v, even those independents that used to produce powerful & elegant 12.5% reds.
Bravo to the Garagists & Mavericks!
This ^ all very true!
yes! I love the Aussie gang!
Cheers!
Another great video! I feel like I am being kept in the wine world loop by watching your content. As always, entertaining and interesting.
YES I AM SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU GUYS WORKING TOGETHER!!!!
Us too! Haha
Fun show. One of my earliest favorite wines was a Hunter River Valley Shiraz. I need to revisit it.
You SHOULD! Check out what Ollie Margan is doing...seriously, Pinot-esque!
@@BrenCarter_WFTP I will!! 🍷
LOve wines from Australia especially Tasmania. I just read an article where some producers are moving to a more Syrah style (Rhône) vs Shiraz. But there is a lot going on down under. I had a Nebbiolo from a producer not long ago that reminded me more of Valle d’Aosta picotendro than barolo. Great video!
Great video Konstantin. Thank you for showing off some Australian wines. Have you considered making a video showcasing wines from the Balkans into some depth?
One day!
was just going through some of their latest vids, nice to see worlds collide
There has certainly been a movement in Australia away from what you're calling the "Classic Australian" Cabernet Sauvignon, much the same as Shiraz. This country has been pigeon holed as a place that focuses on 14%+ bold reds for so long, with some Barossa offerings getting to 15%+, that a lot of producers have gone in the complete opposite direction - lots of orange wines, pet nats and so on. I'm glad this video focuses more on that. Great stuff!
Hey hey! Music to our ears!!!
I would rather they focus on what they do good and do not try and do things they arent good at. As a professional winemaker make what your good at dont follow trends, make what you want I have been making very high abv wines the last few years. My zinfandel has been over 16% for 5 years.
The difficulty of this is the definition of 'good' - while I have no doubt your wines are good (great, in fact!) - the definition of 'good' in Australia is changing. Particularly as we're a very warm country, who's diet is exceptionally seafood-heavy with asiatic influences - those big, alcoholic wines are simply not relevant or considered 'good' within Australia - so they no longer represent our country, culture & terroir. I can only speak to Australian winemakers - but in effect, they simply can't sell the wine anymore, and are going out of business. @@pilsplease7561
Cool video. I lived in Canberra for a while and the local wine shops strongly featured very small producers making some tremendously interesting stuff. One I particularly loved was Ravensworth wines. They had an amazing, classic cool climate shiraz viognier, but then also some really unsual things, like nebbiolo, sangiovese, barbera etc... all fantastic quality.
That's good news. I always find reduction notes on Australian wines which often go away but only after so much time in contact with air. Hope to taste some of these beauties soon
Can't say I'm not disappointed from the jump having all Eastern States wines represented and nothing from the West. Glad to see Aussie wine get some coverage though. Maybe I need to send some Western Australian wine over for you!
I did WSET level 2 just recently and it shocked me to find out that "The Great Southern" wine region doesn't have any representation in any of the WSET courses. The course instructor is studying for her MW and she even said most MW's rarely try wines from that region - and when they do come to Perth they can't get enough of it.
Would love to see a part 2!
Out of all these wines I have only had the Vermantino, this is the most interesting wine I have had for a long time. You're not the only person that needs to spend more time in Tasmania, a lot of great things are coming out of there. Great line-up of wines that they selected, which shows our diversity.
What a coincidence! I was drinking Australian wine when this video came up.
(Also, I'm in Australia...)
It is so curious to see how you guess, but not know which wines are they. But we know from Ozzi's video clip :) GOOD !
Awesome guys and awesome wines. Well worth a follow
Glad we got some Aussies on the channel. Might need to send you from Orange NSW Aust. now. Can organise
Both Orange and Canberra are regions worth looking at
May as well pickup Hilltops as well@@toddavis8151
Love your channel. Thanks for the Aussie content. One Aussie Shiraz style that is unique is Sparkling Shiraz and there are some awesome examples to try. There are a whole host of them,but Barossan ones like Rockford, etc are unique and great with turkey, duck, pork and other gamey meats.
Sparkling shiraz is probably the most underrated wines we have. Incredibly affordable and a pleasure to drink.
@@BlackCat-fr4ue - Agreed. We can add Rutherglen and Barossa fortified wines to that underrated list as well.
@@kingjulian1549 Memeories of Merchant Prince & Queen Isabella spring to mind. Reviews of rare Tokays and Muscats are very few and given the interest in the OZ wine scene overeseas surprising.
Hi Konstantin, ein super Video, well done mate.
Unexpected crossover!
One of these bottles, the 2022 Koerner pigato, is in our cellar after my wife bought it during a trip to Clare; the Koerner boys make some excellent Italian reds as well.
I drink Australian wines very rarely. To me it just makes no sense when living in Europe, the best wine region and importing wines from the end of the world.
epic great to see you trying some ozzy wines!
Thank you for your interest in Australian wines, I enjoyed your review.I found the selected wines somewhat obscure having never heard of any of them. I have worked in the wine industry for nine years and these are certainly not typical of readily available Australian wines.
Great collab!
Just came back from a wine trip in Tasmania because I prefer more elegant wine style. Most are very light and med-high acid. Quite a few are low intervention, esp in small wineries. On the other hand, a few increase their appeal by 100% malolactic conversion (but could have gone too far).
I thought they were too light for me. On the way back at the airport, i had a mainland aussie wine. Bam, the mainland one was just too bold for my palate after a week of gentle tassie wine. Now tassie wines are still on my radar.
They are light and refreshing, not austere. The better ones have structure. The length is short to medium. Whites are more interesting than reds. As vines get older it will only get better. Anything older than 30 is old vine in Tasmania.
Their prices are higher than mainland aussie wines because they are not mass produced.
Glaetzer-dixon, holm oak, are nice
Spring gate makes funky wines
Did not have a chance to try Stefano or Tolpuddle.
Glad to hear Oz wine is heading towards the lighter more delicate styles. I’ve had some awful, soupy Shiraz over the years.
here in Germany you can get some good aussie wines sometimes cheaper than they are back home! Kierdorf have my favourite pinot producer (Farr - the sangreal is my pick of the bunch), and wein am limit have patrick sullivan and william downie. (from an Aussie somm based in Berlin)
Great job gents! Some delicious drops in there! 🍷🤙
Really interesting video and great selection of wines. Thanks!
Love seeing more Australian wine. I’d love to see another episode on the Australian Classics
Australia has some interesting examples of Grüner Veltliner as well, especially from the Adelaide Hills region.
Great colab!
PS: I am obsessed with this beautiful glass. Searching the name at their website, a very different glas came up, though. Sure this is how its called?
I started my wine journey 15 yrs ago with australian reds - they were fun and helpful to learn with given the amount of flavor. These days, they are too big for me, though i occasionally enjoy a Command or Block 6.
I'd like to see something on Trollinger, if I spelled corekt😅.. Tasted one with a German friend and we had takeaway crispy duck wi the usual bits and it slipped down like a good 'un.. Like me, Stephan was not rich so I'm guessing these can be affordable.
Dredge or Dr. Edge has to be the coolest name EVER. As Oscar Wilde said, "I wish I'd said that".. (unfortunately for the poet, his interlocutor, Lady Halifax I think, came right back at him with "You will, Oscar, you will.." Which is PRICELESS. 😂
Special thanks to all at Wine For The People, I wasn't aware of the channel til now. The point about the presence of eucalyptus in Aussie wine, and the wider subject of terroir is so fascinating. A video on 'One Non-vinous Substance (plant or mineral presumably) As Terroir Influence On 6 Popular Wine Styles (succinct title or WHAT?) is a thing I'd enjoy.
Nice one Konstantin! Cheers. 🍷🍷🍷🌟👍
Funkworks Trollinger @noah_WFTP? @HenryDoyle_wftp?
The new wave Aussie wines are quite refreshing and enjoyable & a welcome break from sometimes bulky and overly alcoholic wines from Down Under. I had a few while I lived in Asia and they were much fresher and lighter than the stereotypical Australian wine. Italian cultivars seem to do particularly well with the drier and warmer climate and show quite well. But yes getting these types of wines in Europe is very difficult unless someone from there sends them to you or you go to Australia to buy them.
20 years ago Aussie wines were everywhere, now nothing other than Penfolds and Yellow Tail
Typically, no wines from Western Australia, especially Margaret River, which represents a not too insignificant amount of national and international trophies. I'll assume there was some WA stuff but it got broken along the way :)
Love the vibe of these Aussies, great entertainers. I prefer "dad wines" though 😅
Would love to send you some first creek and Silkman wines. As Halliday just named Liz Silkman the best winemaker in Australia. All expenses on us :)
Eucalyptus in the glass comes from sloppy work in the vineyard. It tastes around 2-3 leaves per Nally bin ( about half a ton) to be detectable. The amount in the air that precipitates onto berries is minor in comparison. When machine harvested the leaves and small branches that often end up falling , being carried on the wind and landing in a vine, end up pulverised and make their way into the must. Somewhere like the blue mountains might be different but in places like the Coonawarra it’s primarily MOG
This is exactly what we get taught, I've actually seen the study where they tested the rate in which leaves impact ferments. It's 💯 spot on.
@@BrenCarter_WFTP yeah I’ve read the awri report and watched one of their seminars on it huge impact but it’s the story the industry sells
It's actually really hard to battle - if leaves get lodged in the rachis before veraison, the grapes swell up and essentially hide the leaf - so even hand-harvested grapes get stung by it. @@Ralphgtx280
"clearly cloudy" 😀
Wine styles swing like a pendulum. Currently in Australia the Chardonnays have become so lean that you may as well buy a Chablis or even Riesling in their place. Waiting for a redress of trend...
I tasted some Portuguese new wave wines and they are completely insane. Black Sheep bar in Lisboa.
Yes more crossover with them please! In real time with zoom maybe! :D
Is exciting watching you missing the jug
We turned your videos into a drinking game…apropos, don’t you think? We drink every time you say one of these words: lively, fresh, grippy, or bright. We drink twice when you say concentrated. We also guess what you will rate the wine based on your reaction and description. It’s rare that we are off by more than a point or two. I think should feed all of your video transcripts into an AI model and we could ask it to generate tasting notes for imaginary wines 😊
Can we play?
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it's great to see you tasting more Aussie wines, but I'm sad they didn't get you anything from the Hunter Valley (unless you've got more videos coming?)
I have featured hunter v semillon in a few episodes
I've seen them, but I'm keen for you to try Hunter Shiraz at some point, it seems like all the Australian Shiraz you guys get overseas comes from places like the Barossa, but I think the Hunter style is much nicer. not to mention they make great chardonnay and other varieties@@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine
What, they didn't send a bottle of Perth Pink? An excellent fighting wine!
BAHAHA woah - niche reference!
No wines from Western Australia ! Arguably the countries best performing wines in the capital city show circuit.
Cool. As always.
Very cool crossover! Guess that price too 😂🎉
Need to get your hands on some Tolpuddle.
Can you recommend 6/9 for all those wine list as follows
1) 2002 CHÂTEau Belair Monage (Saints emilion)
2)2012 CHÂTEau Phelan Segurs St.Estephe
3)1985 CHÂTEau Mouton Baron Philippe de Rothschild (Pauillac)
4)1999 CHÂTEau grand puy Ducasse (Pauillac)
5)1999 CHÂTEau D'issan (Margeaux)
6) 1985 CHÂTEau Giscours (Margeaux)
7)1978 CHÂTEau LA Lagune (Haut Medoc)
8) 1978 CHÂTEau LA Louviere (pessac leognan)
9)2006 CHÂTEau Suduiraut (Sauternes)
I 'm going to Paris soon to get this bad boys if you have a chance please !Danke Schoen 😊😊😊
A very European perspective.