Greetings, Looking over the Wine Enthusiast Vintage Chart: Aussie cabs are good to go if 2002 or older and can be quite age-worthy. Chile, Argentina are also ready if 2002 or older, but are not so age worthy. South Africa and New Zealand are ready if 2001 or older. Your Mileage May Vary. :) ----- Forwarded message from "Jim L. Ellingson" <jellings(a)me.umn.edu> ----- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 16:13:49 -0600 From: "Jim L. Ellingson" <jellings(a)me.umn.edu> To: wine(a)thebarn.com Subject: Southern Cabs at Erte User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Greetings, Had some very interesting and mostly good wines at Alma, along with some fantastic food. We're heading to Erte. Wine du jour is Cabernet from anywhere in the southern hemisphere. Whites, sparkling, stickies, ringers always welcome. Erte Restaurant. 329 13 Ave NE, Mpls 55413 612-623-4211 6:30 on Thursday. Six confirmed, 8 or 10 would be my guess. Bob Lori Ruth Janet Nicolai Jim Russ? Roger? Bill? your_name_here?? Cheers, Jim Found a website. They're building a rather detailed vintage chart for Oz and New Zealand. http://www.southernwinejournal.com/vintage/ and you can search the reviews by varietal http://www.southernwinejournal.com/reviews/variety/cabernet_sauvignon/ other sources: http://www.southworldwine.com/news.html http://www.winestate.com.au/magazine/review.asp?issueno=44&review=Caber… Other events. Surdyk's sale is on-going. Kacher wines from 5 until 8 p.m. at Sam's wine shop on Thursday. -- ------------------------------ * * Dr. James Lee Ellingson, Adjunct Professor jellings(a)me.umn.edu * * University of Minnesota, tel: 651/645-0753 fax 651 XXX XXXX * * Great Lakes Brewing News, 1569 Laurel Ave., St. Paul, MN 55104 *