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Monday, August 07, 2006


Quick quiz. Whose house is this? Which country is this? Which region is it? What's the significance of the vineyard pictured? One point for each.

13 Comments:

At 2:21 PM, Anonymous keith prothero said...

Australia perhaps Eden Valley and the Hill of Grace old vines. The house being Stephen Henschke pad.

 
At 3:01 PM, Anonymous Robert McIntosh said...

Erm, I was going to guess Australia too (just from the look of the view and architecture), and possibly also suggest biodynamic winemaking from the look of the vineyard. Alas not been there so would have no clue as to further details.

 
At 3:08 PM, Blogger Jamie said...

Not bad for starters. It is Australia, yes. Not Eden valley though, and not biodynamic.

 
At 3:10 PM, Anonymous Jack Hibberd said...

Brian Croser,
Tier's Chardonnay Vineyard

 
At 3:48 PM, Blogger Jamie said...

Jack, the vines are too old for that. Nice try, though.

 
At 4:37 PM, Anonymous keith Prothero said...

Clare Valley and Wendouree perhaps?

 
At 5:00 PM, Anonymous Robert McIntosh said...

Hmm, well maybe you have decided to move your allotment to Australia, so this is your new shed and these are the fledgling vines you intend to nurture to some level of maturity?

 
At 5:06 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

are they perhaps 140 year-old vines? and 140 year old shack by the looks of it too...

 
At 8:34 PM, Anonymous Martin Jones said...

Clare Valley? Wendoree vineyard?

Martin

 
At 10:15 PM, Blogger Jamie said...

Not Clare, therefore not wendouree. Right state though. Clue: the wine these vines make is fiercely expensive. Probably the most expensive in all Australia.

 
At 10:28 PM, Anonymous Jonathan Tonge said...

The obvious wine is Grange, but how about Clarendon Hills in McLaren Vale to be a little left field, therefore Roman Bratasiuk's house

 
At 11:52 PM, Blogger Paul Tudor said...

These vines are not as thick or as gnarly as those at HOG or Wendouree and the vineyard is much too large to be Tiers.

From the shape of the slope and the apparent age of the vines, it would likely to be in Barossa. That makes it Chris Ringland's house and the vines for Three Rivers.

Paul

 
At 8:57 AM, Blogger Jamie said...

Paul is correct! Well done. Some good guesswork here from all.

 

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