Saturday, October 31, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Booze News :: It's Friday! What's Hot?!
Hah! I should have kept my mouth shut last week. All that talk of "fantastic weather" and "aren't you jealous?" must have jinxed it, because by the time Sunday came around (when I was planning to hit the beach) it was raining and we were back to winter temperatures again. That'll teach me!
At the end of every week we ask the same question :: It's Friday! What's Hot?!
:: THE PELICAN'S LANDING COMPETITION WINNER IS HOT!
Alex was the winner of our Pelican's Landing Maritime Wines competition last week. Congratulations Alex! Your prize is on its way and we look forward to reading your reviews on the site when you have had the chance to sample your Pelicans.
:: TOAST TO THE COAST IS HOT!
Please don't forget that the Toast To The Coast wine and food festival is on in Geelong this weekend, so if you're in the area, make sure you drop in to sample some great wine. Turn up early, pace yourself and make a day of it!
:: OUR ADVERTISERS ARE HOT!
We love our advertisers because they're the ones helping to keep BoozeMonkey afloat till we win the lotto. So please show them some love and click on the banners dotted around the site when one catches your eye:
New Zealand Wine Online
Pelican's Landing Maritime Wines
Toast To The Coast
Wine Maps
Jamabro
Caught Redhanded
The Essential Wine-Tasting Guide
:: RSS FEEDS ARE HOT
If you want to be kept up with all the latest news from BoozeMonkey, we have set up two RSS feeds for you to subscribe to: one for Blogs, and the other for Wine Reviews. That means YOUR blogs and YOUR wine reviews will enter the feed too, so get writing!
BoozeMonkey Wine Review RSS Feed
BoozeMonkey Blog RSS Feed
:: THE FRIDAY CHUCKLE
This week we've got a blonde joke, but in the interests of fairness, please feel free to change "blonde" to any particular nationality or stereotype which takes your fancy: fat people, thin people, mothers-in-law, rednecks... let's discriminate fairly, okay?
Three blondes were out for a walk when one of them stopped and called the others over.
"Look!" she said excitedly, "DEER tracks..."
The second blonde looked at the tracks and said, "No, those are MOOSE tracks!"
But the third blonde disagreed: "You're both wrong, those are ELK tracks!"
The three women were still arguing when the train hit them.
Okay, that's all from me. Enjoy the Halloween weekend, and please leave your comments here, even if you just want to verbally abuse me for the hideous joke... I'm a big boy, I can take it.
And while you're at it, why not leave your own Friday Chuckle? What's the funniest joke you've heard all week?
Cheers!
Matt
http://www.BoozeMonkey.com
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER!
BoozeMonkey Wine Review RSS Feed
BoozeMonkey Blog RSS Feed
At the end of every week we ask the same question :: It's Friday! What's Hot?!
:: THE PELICAN'S LANDING COMPETITION WINNER IS HOT!
Alex was the winner of our Pelican's Landing Maritime Wines competition last week. Congratulations Alex! Your prize is on its way and we look forward to reading your reviews on the site when you have had the chance to sample your Pelicans.
:: TOAST TO THE COAST IS HOT!
Please don't forget that the Toast To The Coast wine and food festival is on in Geelong this weekend, so if you're in the area, make sure you drop in to sample some great wine. Turn up early, pace yourself and make a day of it!
:: OUR ADVERTISERS ARE HOT!
We love our advertisers because they're the ones helping to keep BoozeMonkey afloat till we win the lotto. So please show them some love and click on the banners dotted around the site when one catches your eye:
New Zealand Wine Online
Pelican's Landing Maritime Wines
Toast To The Coast
Wine Maps
Jamabro
Caught Redhanded
The Essential Wine-Tasting Guide
:: RSS FEEDS ARE HOT
If you want to be kept up with all the latest news from BoozeMonkey, we have set up two RSS feeds for you to subscribe to: one for Blogs, and the other for Wine Reviews. That means YOUR blogs and YOUR wine reviews will enter the feed too, so get writing!
BoozeMonkey Wine Review RSS Feed
BoozeMonkey Blog RSS Feed
:: THE FRIDAY CHUCKLE
This week we've got a blonde joke, but in the interests of fairness, please feel free to change "blonde" to any particular nationality or stereotype which takes your fancy: fat people, thin people, mothers-in-law, rednecks... let's discriminate fairly, okay?
Three blondes were out for a walk when one of them stopped and called the others over.
"Look!" she said excitedly, "DEER tracks..."
The second blonde looked at the tracks and said, "No, those are MOOSE tracks!"
But the third blonde disagreed: "You're both wrong, those are ELK tracks!"
The three women were still arguing when the train hit them.
Okay, that's all from me. Enjoy the Halloween weekend, and please leave your comments here, even if you just want to verbally abuse me for the hideous joke... I'm a big boy, I can take it.
And while you're at it, why not leave your own Friday Chuckle? What's the funniest joke you've heard all week?
Cheers!
Matt
http://www.BoozeMonkey.com
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER!
BoozeMonkey Wine Review RSS Feed BoozeMonkey Blog RSS Feed
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Taminick Durif 2006 wine review : a dark-alley mugger of a wine. Pair with spit roast grizzly bear http://ping.fm/gpFyV
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Henry's Drive "The Trial of John Montford" Cabernet Sauvignon 2006: these guys don't know how to make bad wine. http://ping.fm/XZGsN
Sunday, October 25, 2009
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Saturday, October 24, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
I don't want to risk upsetting our European, Canadian and American friends, but I can't help gloating a bit as your clocks go forward and the nights draw in and get colder... we've had temperatures in the 30s this week and it's still only spring. Gotta love Oz!
At the end of every week we ask the same question :: It's Friday! What's Hot?!
:: THE PELICAN'S LANDING COMPETITION IS HOT!
Last chance to grab a fistful of Pelicans... the Pelican's Landing Maritime Wines competition closes at midnight on Sunday.
CLICK HERE TO ENTER and win their full range of wines by answering just three easy questions.
:: BLUE TONGUES ARE HOT!
I mention blue tongues from time to time, and whenever I do I always get asked what they are by our non-Aussie members.
So here's a photograph of a couple of babies nestling in a cardboard tube. Aren't they beautiful? I love 'em!
:: THE FRIDAY CHUCKLE
We got lots of comments about the Panda video we posted last week, so today we have a new one for you. This is Nat, a Sydney student who has turned herself into something of a phenomenon on YouTube, and it's easy to see why.
Today she's a large dancing monkey :: I think I'm in love...
My only gripe is that apparently she doesn't drink. What, not even Moscato? Sorry Nat, it would never work between us...
Going back to gloating again, I think we'll head off to the beach this weekend: Palm Beach (about an hour out of Sydney) is a beautiful spot and is never crowded. What are your plans for the weekend? Maybe we'll see you there?
Leave your comments here... no, seriously, leave a comment. One day somebody will if I bang on about it long enough. Maybe.
Cheers!
Matt
http://www.BoozeMonkey.com
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER!
At the end of every week we ask the same question :: It's Friday! What's Hot?!
:: THE PELICAN'S LANDING COMPETITION IS HOT!
Last chance to grab a fistful of Pelicans... the Pelican's Landing Maritime Wines competition closes at midnight on Sunday.
CLICK HERE TO ENTER and win their full range of wines by answering just three easy questions.
:: BLUE TONGUES ARE HOT!
I mention blue tongues from time to time, and whenever I do I always get asked what they are by our non-Aussie members.
So here's a photograph of a couple of babies nestling in a cardboard tube. Aren't they beautiful? I love 'em!
:: THE FRIDAY CHUCKLE
We got lots of comments about the Panda video we posted last week, so today we have a new one for you. This is Nat, a Sydney student who has turned herself into something of a phenomenon on YouTube, and it's easy to see why.
Today she's a large dancing monkey :: I think I'm in love...
My only gripe is that apparently she doesn't drink. What, not even Moscato? Sorry Nat, it would never work between us...
Going back to gloating again, I think we'll head off to the beach this weekend: Palm Beach (about an hour out of Sydney) is a beautiful spot and is never crowded. What are your plans for the weekend? Maybe we'll see you there?
Leave your comments here... no, seriously, leave a comment. One day somebody will if I bang on about it long enough. Maybe.
Cheers!
Matt
http://www.BoozeMonkey.com
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER!
Monday, October 19, 2009
Okay, NOW it's starting to feel like spring is here! Bright, sunny mornings, cockatoos squawking in the trees, lizards scuttling into the undergrowth and perched on every wall... seriously, who would want to live anywhere else?!
IT'S THE BOOZEMONKEY WEEKLY UPDATE :: WHAT'S THE BOOZE NEWS?
:: PELICAN'S LANDING MARITIME WINES COMPETITION
This week's competition is sponsored by Pelican's Landing Maritime Wines. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS of how to win a bottle of each of the four different varieites they produce.
:: BOOZEMONKEY VIDEO COMPETITION WINNER
Well, it was a slow start, but our video competition was a success in the end. We enjoyed watching your entries (well, MOST of them...). And our winner is...
:: BOOZEMONKEY WINE REVIEWS
Our wine reviewers have been busy recently, with over 25 new wines reviewed in the past week alone. Get in on the action: reviewing your favourite wine is really easy and your review will sit up there alongside the pros. CLICK HERE TO GET STARTED!
:: FOLLOW US ON TWITTER!
If you use Twitter, please don't forget that you can LINK YOUR BOOZEMONKEY PROFILE TO YOUR TWITTER ACCOUNT. Your friends will appear on your BoozeMonkey profile and you can follow the whole twitting world from the comfort of your BoozeMonkey armchair.
That's all from me for today. Have a great week and enjoy the sunshine.
Cheers!
Matt
Australian Wine on BoozeMonkey
PS -- please feel free to leave your comments here.
PPS -- FOLLOW US ON TWITTER!
IT'S THE BOOZEMONKEY WEEKLY UPDATE :: WHAT'S THE BOOZE NEWS?
:: PELICAN'S LANDING MARITIME WINES COMPETITION
This week's competition is sponsored by Pelican's Landing Maritime Wines. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS of how to win a bottle of each of the four different varieites they produce.
:: BOOZEMONKEY VIDEO COMPETITION WINNER
Well, it was a slow start, but our video competition was a success in the end. We enjoyed watching your entries (well, MOST of them...). And our winner is...
:: BOOZEMONKEY WINE REVIEWS
Our wine reviewers have been busy recently, with over 25 new wines reviewed in the past week alone. Get in on the action: reviewing your favourite wine is really easy and your review will sit up there alongside the pros. CLICK HERE TO GET STARTED!
:: FOLLOW US ON TWITTER!
If you use Twitter, please don't forget that you can LINK YOUR BOOZEMONKEY PROFILE TO YOUR TWITTER ACCOUNT. Your friends will appear on your BoozeMonkey profile and you can follow the whole twitting world from the comfort of your BoozeMonkey armchair.
That's all from me for today. Have a great week and enjoy the sunshine.
Cheers!
Matt
Australian Wine on BoozeMonkey
PS -- please feel free to leave your comments here.
PPS -- FOLLOW US ON TWITTER!
Thursday, October 15, 2009
The end of another week: I don't know about you but I NEED this weekend. Why is it some weeks just start out busy and never stop?
It's Friday! What's Hot?!
:: THE BOOZEMONKEY VIDEO COMPETITION IS HOT!
It seems that our Monkey brethren are a little camera shy... as of Friday afternoon we have had NO entries for our video competition. Zip. Zilch. Nada. None. Shall I lower the bar for you? Make it a bit easier? How about this... a video wine review? Open a bottle of wine, switch the camera on, taste it and tell us what you think. It couldn't be easier. We've got a signed copy of Matt Skinner's "The Juice 2009" for the winner.
>>> CLICK HERE FOR FULL DETAILS <<< .
:: A THIRD GALAFREY GENERATION IS HOT!
Without a doubt, my favourite news of the week is that top Mt Barker winery Galafrey is due to see the arrival of a third generation of winemakers this summer. Ian Tyrer founded the winery with wife Linda in 1977, their daughter Kim came into the business in 2003 and now Kim has a pud in the oven. Congratulations Kim! I'm already drawing up a winelist to celebrate.
:: THE FRIDAY CHUCKLE
Today's Friday Chuckle isn't a joke, it's a video. You may have seen this one before, but if not, it's a screamer: Panda Sneeze.
I hope you all have a great weekend, and wherever you are, I hope the sun is shining on you.
Cheers!
Matt
PS -- please feel free to leave any comments here.
It's Friday! What's Hot?!
:: THE BOOZEMONKEY VIDEO COMPETITION IS HOT!
It seems that our Monkey brethren are a little camera shy... as of Friday afternoon we have had NO entries for our video competition. Zip. Zilch. Nada. None. Shall I lower the bar for you? Make it a bit easier? How about this... a video wine review? Open a bottle of wine, switch the camera on, taste it and tell us what you think. It couldn't be easier. We've got a signed copy of Matt Skinner's "The Juice 2009" for the winner.
>>> CLICK HERE FOR FULL DETAILS <<< .
:: A THIRD GALAFREY GENERATION IS HOT!
Without a doubt, my favourite news of the week is that top Mt Barker winery Galafrey is due to see the arrival of a third generation of winemakers this summer. Ian Tyrer founded the winery with wife Linda in 1977, their daughter Kim came into the business in 2003 and now Kim has a pud in the oven. Congratulations Kim! I'm already drawing up a winelist to celebrate.
:: THE FRIDAY CHUCKLE
Today's Friday Chuckle isn't a joke, it's a video. You may have seen this one before, but if not, it's a screamer: Panda Sneeze.
I hope you all have a great weekend, and wherever you are, I hope the sun is shining on you.
Cheers!
Matt
PS -- please feel free to leave any comments here.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Well, this is a big day in the Monkey family calendar: our son became a teenager today. Happy Birthday, Myles! If that's not cause for celebration, I don't know what is. It's amazing to think that it's 13 years ago to the day since that mad dash to the hospital in our old beat-up Ford... red lights and road signs didn't exist that day, and I think we were pretty close to breaking the sound barrier as I rounded the last corner. 1996... the time has really flown by. And he didn't cry when popped out and opened his eyes for the first time: he just scowled and looked a bit confused. And that's pretty much the way it's been ever since.
So we'll be breaking out the bubbly this evening, celebrating with a nice dinner and rounding it off with a good bottle of fortified: a Caught Redhanded if we could lay our hands on a bottle, but that stuff is rare as hen's teeth so we'll have to find a substitute... any good suggestions? Please leave them here.
:: TOAST TO THE COAST COMPETITION
Our competition this week is sponsored by Toast To The Coast, Geelong's Wine and Food Festival which takes place over the Melbourne Cup Long Weekend at the end of this month. We have 10 double tickets to give away and winning couldn't be easier: CLICK HERE TO ENTER!
:: VW MAPS COMPETITION WINNERS
Congratulations to our VW MAPS Competition winners: Phil, Jules, Alex, Margie and KangaRue. We had an extra winner too -- Cleo scored herself a prize for suggesting that the next map should cover "the state of inebriation, because many people have been lost there."
:: COOBARA WINE WINNER
Congratulations also to our Coobara Wine competition winner, Kate Writer from Rutherford. Not only did Kate come up with the correct answer (a blue wren), but she impressed the judges by doing her homework and pointing out that there are many different types of Blue Wrens and that the label features the Superb Blue Wren. She also mentioned that the first Coobara Cab/Merlot release in 2004 featured the Diamond Tail Finch. Excellent work, Kate. And well won. We hope you enjoy your prize.
:: SOPHIA SPAM MESSAGE
Thanks to everyone who reported the message they received at the weekend from "SOPHIA": as you rightly pointed out, it was a spam message and you were right to just ignore it. We do our best to make sure you receive as few of these messages as possible (and more often than not, we manage to identify the spammer accounts within half an hour of being set up and delete them) but inevitably some of them will get through from time to time. Because the spammers are persistent.
Unsolicited messages are irritating, but please be aware that they are not a threat to you. If you are interested in finding out more, there is plenty of information on the internet about these kinds of spam messages if you care to search for it, but as a basic rule whether it is "I am a lonely, pretty girl looking for love" or "you have won $10 zillion in the Zimbabwe national lottery", it's a scam from a gang working out of the Ivory Coast.
We know you're not the type to be taken in by this sort of thing of course, but you would be amazed how many people fall for it every day. So if you get an offer which sounds too good to be true, just delete it, pour yourself another glass of Shiraz and thank your lucky stars you have more sense than the average Joe.
:: BEER ON BOOZEMONKEY
We love wine of course, but we love variety too, and Roscoe pointed out recently that life wouldn't be the same without good beer. So we set up a new area on the forum for BEER ON BOOZEMONKEY. If you love suds, check it out! And if you have any suggestions for other things you would like to see ANYWHERE on the site, just let us know -- BoozeMonkey is YOUR website, and you can help us by telling us how you want to see it develop.
:: WINE QUESTIONS
Just a quick reminder that our winemakers are keen to answer your wine questions and all you need to do is ask... CLICK HERE and check out our experts.
That's all for today folks. I have a birthday dinner to prepare so I'm taking the rest of the afternoon off and working up a storm in the kitchen.
Have a great week.
Cheers!
Matt
http://www.BoozeMonkey.com
PS -- please feel free to leave any comments here.
So we'll be breaking out the bubbly this evening, celebrating with a nice dinner and rounding it off with a good bottle of fortified: a Caught Redhanded if we could lay our hands on a bottle, but that stuff is rare as hen's teeth so we'll have to find a substitute... any good suggestions? Please leave them here.
:: TOAST TO THE COAST COMPETITION
Our competition this week is sponsored by Toast To The Coast, Geelong's Wine and Food Festival which takes place over the Melbourne Cup Long Weekend at the end of this month. We have 10 double tickets to give away and winning couldn't be easier: CLICK HERE TO ENTER!
:: VW MAPS COMPETITION WINNERS
Congratulations to our VW MAPS Competition winners: Phil, Jules, Alex, Margie and KangaRue. We had an extra winner too -- Cleo scored herself a prize for suggesting that the next map should cover "the state of inebriation, because many people have been lost there."
:: COOBARA WINE WINNER
Congratulations also to our Coobara Wine competition winner, Kate Writer from Rutherford. Not only did Kate come up with the correct answer (a blue wren), but she impressed the judges by doing her homework and pointing out that there are many different types of Blue Wrens and that the label features the Superb Blue Wren. She also mentioned that the first Coobara Cab/Merlot release in 2004 featured the Diamond Tail Finch. Excellent work, Kate. And well won. We hope you enjoy your prize.
:: SOPHIA SPAM MESSAGE
Thanks to everyone who reported the message they received at the weekend from "SOPHIA": as you rightly pointed out, it was a spam message and you were right to just ignore it. We do our best to make sure you receive as few of these messages as possible (and more often than not, we manage to identify the spammer accounts within half an hour of being set up and delete them) but inevitably some of them will get through from time to time. Because the spammers are persistent.
Unsolicited messages are irritating, but please be aware that they are not a threat to you. If you are interested in finding out more, there is plenty of information on the internet about these kinds of spam messages if you care to search for it, but as a basic rule whether it is "I am a lonely, pretty girl looking for love" or "you have won $10 zillion in the Zimbabwe national lottery", it's a scam from a gang working out of the Ivory Coast.
We know you're not the type to be taken in by this sort of thing of course, but you would be amazed how many people fall for it every day. So if you get an offer which sounds too good to be true, just delete it, pour yourself another glass of Shiraz and thank your lucky stars you have more sense than the average Joe.
:: BEER ON BOOZEMONKEY
We love wine of course, but we love variety too, and Roscoe pointed out recently that life wouldn't be the same without good beer. So we set up a new area on the forum for BEER ON BOOZEMONKEY. If you love suds, check it out! And if you have any suggestions for other things you would like to see ANYWHERE on the site, just let us know -- BoozeMonkey is YOUR website, and you can help us by telling us how you want to see it develop.
:: WINE QUESTIONS
Just a quick reminder that our winemakers are keen to answer your wine questions and all you need to do is ask... CLICK HERE and check out our experts.
That's all for today folks. I have a birthday dinner to prepare so I'm taking the rest of the afternoon off and working up a storm in the kitchen.
Have a great week.
Cheers!
Matt
http://www.BoozeMonkey.com
PS -- please feel free to leave any comments here.
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