"Wine Processing Facility"

[Mark Slater]

Cassella Wines, producer of Yellow Tail.

New York Times article.

[mdt]

Cassella Wines, producer of Yellow Tail.

New York Times article.

Interesting from a chemical engineering view, sad from a wine lover's.

[Pool Boy]

Cassella Wines, producer of Yellow Tail.

New York Times article.

Man that is just horrid.

I honestly cannot remember the last time I bought any Australian wine. My tastes shifted about 3-4 years ago at least. Too thick and syrupy for me these days. I am sure there are excellent offerings, but I'm more in to Italy (and even France) these days.

[Waitman]

Reminds me of being trapped in an otherwise idyllic setting on the banks of Steamboat Creek in Oregon. We ran out of wine on the second day and were forced to subsist [on food and water -- WC Fields] on Yellow Tail competitor Penguin Piss brand wine. I feel certain that it came out of the same refinery pictured in the article.

I have related question. It seemed to me that higher-end Aussie plonk went from being a relatively good bargain to being relatively expensive at some point. Is this just my imagination, or is there a reason I started looking at odd bits of France and the occasional South American nation for better quality at a lower prices?