Still unpacking the bags and looking for the notes, but here are some quick
impressions

We tried several Pinot Noir
Stefano Lubbiano Primavera 2006
Devil's Corner ?
Ninth Island

a
Pirie South Pinot Gris
house wine from Mures Upper Deck in Hobart

There were more but . . .

Of the reds the Stefano Lubbiano from near Hobart was as the waitress who
recommended it said "Awesome" it was fairly deep with just a slight tannic
finish we had it with duck, a match made in heavan.

The Ninth Island was better than the Devil's Corner (very cheap but the
only option one night in Cradle Mountain Lodge's pub restaurant) but the
ninth was dilute in comparison to the Lubbiano that we enjoyed the night
before. Such is the way of things that the Ninth cost more due to the
attitude of the restaurant.

The whites, including another Chardonnay that I do not have a record of,
were uniformly good, both Chards with body and presenting fresh with good
acidity. I began to feel that one could not go wrong with anything in
Tasmania, then I had the Devil ;-) which was perhaps the exception that
madethe rule.

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On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:40:58 -0500, Joseph Coulter
> wrote:

<snip>

I have been off line for a while joseph, and only just realised I
posted to your OP, then I noticed the OP was 21st of MARCH, not
April... Hope you had a great trip.

hooroo..

swooper

Matt S > wrote in
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> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:40:58 -0500, Joseph Coulter
> > wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> I have been off line for a while joseph, and only just realised I
> posted to your OP, then I noticed the OP was 21st of MARCH, not
> April... Hope you had a great trip.
>
> hooroo..
>
> swooper
>

LOL read your advice with a little irony since I came back last Tuesday.
Actually the road to Devonport as you describe it is a heck of a lot faster
than the way I got there (through Queenstown the environmental disaster
poster child of Tasmania) I didn't getto try the Freycinet what with my
wife's watching my wine budget and drinking only in restaurants but enjoyed
the Tamar wines that we had.

It was FWIW a fantastic trip frist in a while from which we were not close
to ready to return home.My wife got her foot sniffed by a wombat (walked
right up out ofthe bush sniffed her foot and then walked on brushing her as
it went almost like we weren't there.)

--
Joseph Coulter, cruises and vacations
www.josephcoulter.com

877 832 2021
904 631 8863 cell