On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:03:08 +0200, Ralph Holz
wrote:
>Hi Alan,
>
>>>Begging to differ. Australian wine has become a competitor and (almost) reached
>>>European level, certainly, but it is not "better". Whether quality is equal to
>>>other regions - I don't intend to venture there. Aussie wine is certainly different.
>>
>> A wine snob? Yeah, I know you're trolling, but I'll bite on
>> this one.
>
>Not trolling at all (that's actually quite offensive), I expected more from you
>than that.
>
>I was simply expressing my opinion. I told you I'm not going to go into that
>discussion, not being a conoisseur myself and yes, knowing, that there is not so
>much point to it.
>
>Still, I won't accept a general statement of Australian wines being superior to
>the rest. Which is what you tried in your original post ("cheaper and better
>here"). I'll accept that you were not trying to be precise.
>
>Ralph
You obviously missed the "From Singapore duty free or other
suppliers:" relating to "cheaper and better here".
And if you don't consider "Australian wine has become a
competitor and (almost) reached European level" a
patronising troll, I do. If you bother to do a little
research into the subject, you'll find that the (almost)
disappeared several decades ago.
However, I'll leave it there.
Cheers, Alan, Australia |