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Location: Sydney, Australia


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Philippe reviewed Sollatio Rosso Sicilia 2005. (3/5)
On Jul 6, 2008

My new favourite cheapo wine. Medium to full bodied. Reasonably smooth which makes for easy drinking. A plummy taste combined with an almost port-like taste. For the price its obvious it...

Sollatio Rosso Sicilia 2005

Starting at $11.89 Snoothrank: 3/5
On May 20, 2008

Fantastic wine. A blend of Syrah, Mourvedre and Grenache. Silky smooth with medium tannins. Flavours of blackcurrant, blackberry & toasted notes. Worth buying a case. (note to self - this was...

Philippe posted a new topic in Snooth Talk: Adding wines - difficult!.
On May 17, 2008

I just came to review a 2005 vintage of a wine. Now Snooth has the 2004 & 2003 vintages correctly added to your database. So adding the 2005 vintage should easy , right? Wrong. Firstly, there...

Philippe replied to a topic in Snooth Talk: The Most Confusing thing about Snooth is... ?.
On May 17, 2008

the auto-tagging system. it almost never works, its rarely consistent and its counter-intuitive. Every other web 2.0 site with rounded corners lets you aply your own tags, and search through...

Philippe reviewed Glen Carlou Syrah Paarl 2005. (4/5)
On May 17, 2008

A bold juicy wine. Great flavour - jammy fruits of the forest, mainly red currant and blue berry. Excellent stuff. Not what you call a sophisticated wine, but very drinkable none the less. Only...

Glen Carlou Syrah Paarl 2005

Starting at $26.00 Snoothrank: 3.5/5
On Feb 1, 2008

Excellent value, a fruity (but not sweet) red. Juicy and vibrant strawberry flavours with a hint of mint. Medium bodied. Easy drinking now, it won't keep. 14% alcohol.

Philippe replied to a topic in Snooth Talk: Shopping by Closure.
On Nov 2, 2007

ah yes, this old chestnut, one of the remaining canards of faux oenological snobbery. Just like its brother, France vs New World (which was settled in 1976) the quicker this one is put to rest the...

Philippe reviewed Sollatio Rosso Sicilia 2005. (3/5)
On Jul 6, 2008

My new favourite cheapo wine. Medium to full bodied. Reasonably smooth which makes for easy drinking. A plummy taste combined with an almost port-like taste. For the price its obvious it...

Sollatio Rosso Sicilia 2005

Starting at $11.89 Snoothrank: 3/5
On May 20, 2008

Fantastic wine. A blend of Syrah, Mourvedre and Grenache. Silky smooth with medium tannins. Flavours of blackcurrant, blackberry & toasted notes. Worth buying a case. (note to self - this was...

Philippe reviewed Glen Carlou Syrah Paarl 2005. (4/5)
On May 17, 2008

A bold juicy wine. Great flavour - jammy fruits of the forest, mainly red currant and blue berry. Excellent stuff. Not what you call a sophisticated wine, but very drinkable none the less. Only...

Glen Carlou Syrah Paarl 2005

Starting at $26.00 Snoothrank: 3.5/5
On Feb 1, 2008

Excellent value, a fruity (but not sweet) red. Juicy and vibrant strawberry flavours with a hint of mint. Medium bodied. Easy drinking now, it won't keep. 14% alcohol.

Philippe posted a new topic in Snooth Talk: Adding wines - difficult!.
On May 17, 2008

I just came to review a 2005 vintage of a wine. Now Snooth has the 2004 & 2003 vintages correctly added to your database. So adding the 2005 vintage should easy , right? Wrong. Firstly, there...

Philippe replied to a topic in Snooth Talk: The Most Confusing thing about Snooth is... ?.
On May 17, 2008

the auto-tagging system. it almost never works, its rarely consistent and its counter-intuitive. Every other web 2.0 site with rounded corners lets you aply your own tags, and search through...

Philippe replied to a topic in Snooth Talk: Shopping by Closure.
On Nov 2, 2007

ah yes, this old chestnut, one of the remaining canards of faux oenological snobbery. Just like its brother, France vs New World (which was settled in 1976) the quicker this one is put to rest the...


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