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This is here approximately the price in €, import costs.I tend to go towards McLaren Vale shiraz. I find the quality is fairly consistent. I go for $AUD30 then special occasions ( like Friday to Sunday ) it’s AUD$35
Our wines are consistently very heavy here, I am buying more French these days . Trying to get used to it. Mrs Monkey and I are in Paris and Milan in October.
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I used to drink a lot of France and am now actually a bit away from it.
My favorite country for red wine at the moment is Italy, followed by Portugal and Spain. I didn't know Australia for red before TSE and I am thrilled. But wine once around the world, I rarely do.
France has rested on their old reputation for far too long in my view. I'm into the young wilds or children of estate owners who go their own way. I don't mean to say that France is bad. It's just a bit boring and expensive for me in comparison.
I have been to France a lot. A tip: do not shy away from wine from the 3 or 5 liter canister at street shops of e.g. cooperatives. They have locally usually a better quality for the money than imported in the bottle. Applies only to France according to my perception.
If you mean Milan in Provence then make a trip to Saint Remy around the corner at the small/petit Alpilles (name comes from the Alps because the smallest and youngest mountain range in Europe has the same vegetation zones as the big Alps but is only 400m high, so petit). The city is gorgeous (Van Gogh Museum, lived there and Nostradamus) and the area is one of the most beautiful I know, around the corner Orange or the Bambouseraie Garden in the west. Saint Remy has an absolute top wine store and the small appellation of the Alpilles is terrific, only 12 winemakers and no export you only get it there. Vaucluse in the north is very nice and has a top price-performance ratio and Bandol south is the best I know from France, Aix is also great, Tavel Rose is the best in the world I think.
So there are good wines from France and if you go there and I'm not wrong I wish you both a lot of fun. A dream place in the world.
If it should be the place then I'm happy to give tips via chat if you want so! I know the area quite well and know the most beautiful places.
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