….and he said, after work on saturday the gods of cork shall shine upon thee – 1992 Wynns Ovens Valley ‘Burgundy’ Shiraz

not sure who said that, or when… or if indeed it ever happened at all.

1992 Wynns Ovens Valley Burgundy Shiraz

back on topic – a customer came up into work about 6 months ago, with a glass of wine to try – testing out our palates, not telling us what it was until we had a guess. my colleague guessed old coonawarra cabernet, 80s, i put my money on 90s victorian shiraz and subsequently won the chocolates. i recalled a gloriously balanced, delightfully spicy old red, that whilst showing it’s years, was a joy to drink. it was infact my first experience with a mature victorian wine. after six months of reminding the customer how wonderful i thought this wine was, i was given a bottle about a month ago. i pondered for several weeks, what to cook and how to drink it – finally this week, i asked the customer in question, what should i do with it? he responded, don’t worry about food, just find a nice friend, open, drink, relax, observe. which is exactly what i’ve done tonight – going from my punctuation, possibly relaxed a little too much!