

Quite the reverse is true of 'Chateau Chunder', which is an Appalachian controle, specially grown for those keen on regurgitation - a fine wine which really opens up the sluices at both ends. This is not a wine for drinking - this is a wine for laying down and avoiding.Īnother good fighting wine is 'Melbourne Old-and-Yellow', which is particularly heavy, and should be used only for hand-to-hand combat.

This is a bottle with a message in, and the message is BEWARE!. Of the sparkling wines, the most famous is 'Perth Pink'. 'Old Smokey, 1968' has been compared favourably to a Welsh claret, whilst the Australian wino society thouroughly recommends a 1970 'Coq du Rod Laver', which, believe me, has a kick on it like a mule: 8 bottles of this, and you're really finished - at the opening of the Sydney Bridge Club, they were fishing them out of the main sewers every half an hour. 'Chateau Bleu', too, has won many prizes not least for its taste, and its lingering afterburn. 'Black stump Bordeaux' is rightly praised as a peppermint flavoured Burgundy, whilst a good 'Sydney Syrup' can rank with any of the world's best sugary wines. Plate, bring a : Instruction on party or BBQ invitation to bring your own food.

This is a pity, as many fine Australian wines appeal not only to the Australian palette, but also to the cognoscenti of Great Britain. Pommy or Pom The terms Pommy, Pommie and Pom, in Australia, South Africa and New Zealand usually denotes an English person (or. A little ditty from my road of Australasian nostalgia - from a pommy bastards point of view -Ī lot of people in this country pooh-pooh Australian table wines. Origins: Pommy (or pom or pommie) is a primarily Australian (and largely derisive) slang term used to indicate a recent immigrant from Great Britain, or. Whilst Australia prides itself in its multiculturism, with over 80 languages spoken, the predominant language spoken in Australia is basic English.
