It’s suprising how good a red wine can be even in the hot tropical evenings of downtown Saigon. After walking what it seemed like a whole lap of District 1 of Ho Chi Min City and finally finding the restaurant well known it seems to travellers and locals alike, we were able to sit at a table and reflect on our day. Markets and motorbike-taxi rides are  just part of the life of Saigon and to finish the day with great seafood, a few Tiger beers was great.

So, for after dinner, why try the locally made wine, Vang Dalat…

Vang Dalat

As good as any French vin de pays, Dalat is flavoursome and bold enough to make the wine orderable whenever found on a winelist anywhere in the Viet nation.

オーストラリアで旅行とするなら、一番いいレストランのワインリストに探すために、このリンクをチェックしてください。

The winning wine lists were spread around the country with NSW victories including:

Best International Hotel Restaurant List – Glass Brasserie

Best Food & Wine Matching – Bilson’s

Victoria’s winners were Bistro Vue for Best Cafe/Brasserie List, RACV Members Dining Room – Best Club List, Royal Mail Hotel in Dunkeld – Best Country Restaurant List and La Petanque in Main Ridge – Best Regional List

South Australian restaurant Fino from Willunga was awarded Best Small List

Western Australia claimed two categories, Best Wine Bar List for Must Winebar and Best Pub Restaurant List for Settlers Tavern in the Margaret River

State winners were Rockpool Bar & Grill NSW, The Ginger Room ACT, Cru Bar & Cellar QLD, Vue De Monde VIC, Appellation SA, Must Winebar WA and Terrace Restaurant TAS.

2008 national winner, Taxi Dining joined Aria, Forty One, Asiana, Circa, the Prince, Syracuse, Walters Wine Bar in the Hall of Fame together with three time winners Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, Healesville Hotel and Friends.

http://winecompanion.com.au/article/304/Australia%E2%80%99s%20wine%20list%20of%20the%20year%20awards

オーストラリアの中で、ワインが多いし、セレクションが良いの場所みたいです。全部行きたいですね！

じゃ、明日は「海の日」ですが。天気用法は８０パ雨。ざーざーフルかなぁ。

私は明日「シネマの日」と呼びます。どうしようかな？雨降れば、地下鉄で中州たいようシネマまでいって、映画をみて、後で近いリバーレインでランチたべながら、白ワイン飲むつもりです。後は、どうかな？リバーレインの一階のFacesで夕方ゆっくりでそとの雨を見ながら、夏のビール飲むほうがいいんじゃない？

Enjoy your ‘Cinema-no-hi’!

cheers

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I forget where I picked up this little Languedoc wine, but it turned out to be a nice buy. Lovely rich berry nose and a smooth silky flavour, not uncommon in some new world wines. Very drinkable and would buy again.

Le Clos Goutines "Marie Delice" 2006

このワインは、どこで買ったか覚えてませんけれど、買ってよかった。バリベリーな香りし、スムーズな味で美味しかった。また見つけたら、ぜひ買います。

Recently back from Australia where I had the chance to visit a lovely little winery in the Adelaide Hills. The Lane is the realisation of a lifelong dream of winemaker John Edwards. All grapes are sourced from the winery’s own vineyards. Their slogan being “Grown in our backyard – Every berry.”

Lunch in the casual, yet stylish bistro was superb followed by wine tasting and tour of the modern winery with John’s wife Helen and Ben Tolstoshev. A great experience I recommend to do if you visit The Lane.

I just had to take some of The Lane’s wine back to Japan with me.

A couple of winery’s flagships:

Viognier 2007  (my favourite of the whites I tasted)

19th Meeting Cabernet Sauvignon 2003  (a lovely drop of Cab Sav with an old world feel)

Still cellared waiting for the right night to have a little Adelaide Hills class.

オーストラリアの旅行のが決めた！２週間アデレードとメルボーンに遊びに行きます。

もちろん、レストランとワイナリーで美味しいワイン飲むのが楽しみにしてます！何のおみやげもって帰るかなぁ？

Elderton Winesは南オーストラリア州のワイナリー。

フレッシュアンドフルーティーな白ワイン。甘過ぎではない、いい匂い。今夏にもっともっと飲みたいんです。

９０/１００

Nice winery!

For some reason a few wines have been building up in my refrigerator.  It seems with the summer heat every time I walk past a bottle shop I walk in and out with a bottle of white. Now I have a dilema… what to drink first?

最近冷蔵庫にワインが集まられるよ。今夏暑いから、ワインの店を通る時に店に入って、ワインを持ち帰りそう。さ、今ちょっと困ってる。最初どっち開けて飲みましょうか？

Capel Vale 2005 Chardonnay Semillon (Western Australia)

Jackson Estate 1999 Sauvignon Blanc (Marlborough, NZ)

Evasion 2007 Gaillac (Cove de Tecou)

Elderton 2006 Sauvignon Blanc Verdelho (South Australia)

飲んでことありますか？

今日暑いですね。でも、今晩バルコニーでゆっくりでカクテルを飲みました。

アメリカノはこの暑い夜似合うと思います。

アメリカノ　-   Americano

Campari　（カンパリ）,  Sweet Vermouth　（甘口のヴェルモット）, Soda　（ソーダ水）

はい、そうです。ワイン以外の飲み物をのみますよ！酒かっぱと呼ばれて大丈夫かなぁ？

Cheers

There’s something totally unreal about waking up on the beach. Especially when this view meets your eyes.