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That's exactly what I did a few years ago when planning an early retirement which starts at the end of next week, diverted a large part of my wine spend to the purchase of some pretty high end woodworking tools and machinery for use in my next life as a furniture maker. The good bit is that it worke...

They priced me out many years ago after having been an annual buyer for about 15 years, will never go back....as others have said is much better value out there.

I think allowing BYO and doing it well can actually be a real point of difference for restaurants. Whilst still a city dweller would regularly frequent La Luna in Carlton for that very reason. They at the time charged around $25.00 a bottle corkage and treated the wines almost as their own including...

I was at around 1200 bottles 10 odd years ago, went through a very expensive divorce, got out of the corporate rat race, moved to the country and started my own little consulting business and since all that happened have had to dumb down down my lifestyle to suit my financial circumstances. Spend wa...

I got my order in at 9.03 for 6 of everything and then saw an email I'd received 2 minutes earlier from Roger advising all wine had been sold out, just received an email from Roger advising that he could offer 2 Simpatico, 4 Matarius, and 6 End Play which I have gladly accepted...no Symphony unfortu...

I'm not too fussed although do cringe when I overhear people asking for a "Cheeky Chardonnay"....what does that mean ?, maybe comes with a bit of tude....(attitude according to my kids).

And have no problem with Savvy....doesn't deserve to be named correctly IMHO....

So I'm still a keen buyer. Coming out the other side of this mess I'll either dedicate a couple of pay checks to buying a heap of fine wine or I'll proceed to sell my cellar if forced to early retirement. Comfortable with both- as life will have gone in a new direction.[/quote] Nothing wrong with a ...

Yes I have, started fading around 8 years ago partly due to an expensive separation which limited my ability to go large and mostly due to the fact that around the same time I moved from central Melbourne to central Victoria on some acreage and have found a range of other hobbies and interests to fi...

Am reactivating a very old thread as have just purchased a 1947 Para from a local (Central Vic) auctioneer that mostly specialises in clearance sales and this was a bit of an oddment, provinence unknown however there is only about 3cm of ullage so am hoping might be okay....didn't cost a bomb so fel...

I feel it might be time to shut this one down, can see where this could go and think we all need to take a breath or take it offline. How we got to this from a celebration of maybe the most outstanding EPL performance in history is beyond me

Had a QF flight to London booked over Easter to visit my Daughter who moved there earlier this year, fortuntely was able shift to October at no cost.... thanks Qantas !, hopefully the dust has settled by then. My office is right next door to a Costco and as I type can see people streaming out with e...

Hi Kaos, just wondering if you managed to offload, have exactly the same fridge and am looking to sell but dont want to step on your toes as am also located in Central Victoria, am just out of Trentham.

Cheers,

Rudy

Opened one myself over the weekend and concur with the above, has some time to go which is great as still have a few to go. From memory think I paid around $30.00 PB for a dozen at the time which was good value back then, wont start the whole Penfolds VFM debate again however went from buying 3 doze...

Really...math may be not my strong point however am fairly certain that there would be a fair amount of profit coming out of the $1,000,000.00 they will get assuming they actually sell them all at that price. Find it hard to see that production costs would be that much more than any other of their &...

Spent a few days camping last weekend and took along a 2 L cask of Yalumba Chardonnay and one Shriraz Cab which are our go to camping wines, think they were $12.00 each. Would otherwise never consume however my partner and I both like to keep things simple when out in the bush and must admit the red...

Mark Carrington wrote:

winetastic wrote:Limited Edition Penfolds Tribute Range

Penfolds.
Fizz. Unless instructed otherwise.

Penfolds x 2

Fruity Lexia...

Was around 1500 but now half that and looking to reduce further, realised I had something like $60 K sitting there and as am paying off two mortgages thought it better to drink it own over a number of years and keep things a bit more modest.

phillisc wrote:Riesling that cost more than 50 dollars...absurd!!
they are the cheapest wines to make , picked, fermented,put into stainless, filtered, bottled all in the space of a couple of months and on the shelves straight after that.

Cheers Craig

Absolutely agree, even +$30 is a stretch....

I dunno..I think it is smart of them...Just a way to add another label with hopefully a similar formula that sells into the Chinese market... Don't plan on buying any of it myself...but in their shoes it probably isn't a bad bet..might not work out..but if it does it'll pay off nicely... Agree with...

Ah there is hope still for my fellow forumites - music from the 21st century. Eilen would have been superb somewhere like the Theatre Royal. I tried to get a friend of mine who plays in a Zydeco band to get there from Kyneton but the tickets sold out - not dissimilar music styles. We have seen her ...

We saw Eilen Jewel last week at the Leadbelly in Newtown. First lady of the Minor Keys and new Queen of Alt Country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beN3Isqxgyk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbPrKHn59M0 Saw her in Castlemaine the other week at the Theatre Royal, great venue and gig...The Teskey B...

We saw Eilen Jewel last week at the Leadbelly in Newtown. First lady of the Minor Keys and new Queen of Alt Country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beN3Isqxgyk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbPrKHn59M0 Saw her in Castlemaine the other week at the Theatre Royal, great venue and gig...The Teskey B...

I thought RRP was $80, and I've seen it cheaper. I've not seen it at $100. Yep, was around $70.00 pb by the six pack at majors and can still get for around that at the cellar door in a six pack. Is a bit like the 389 for me, used to buy both religiously but gave them both away when they approached ...

Rutherglen region has been mentioned above, sampled and bought some of the Morris Dry and aged Flor Apera a few years ago and really enjoyed.

Typical office compactus units are extremely heavy and most office buildings have zones with extra reinforcing to accommodate the increased loads.

Also need a very level stable surface to allow the units to move easily, certainly not impossible however is really important to install properly.

Madanie7 wrote:

Polymer wrote: it means there is even more risk to do something so stupid..

They have a track record of stupid business decisions...Masters comes to mind.

No sure the decision was bad in itself however was just poorly executed in implementation...as is the case with Langtons

Voted no for all of the aformentioned reasons, was a constant buyer for around 20 years but stopped buying completely in 2010, they can charge whatever they like and I guess there will always be buyers however there is much better value out there.

I hope Gap does read this especially given the supportive nature of the responses which he may not have expected and also to know that he is not alone in of this. Much of what he has written is uncomfortably familier having been through a similar battle over the last 10 years or so although for me t...

Someone (me ) dropped a cigarette butt into a newly opened bottle of 1996 Bin 389 a few years ago just prior to decanting, meant to put it out into the empty bottle beside it...decanted it anyway and wasn't too bad although a tasting note would have noted a hint of ash and tobacco

Scotty vino wrote:As a Carlton supporter my mates remind me of their recent ladder positions.
This is the fourth installment of my 'cellar dweller' CFC collection.
That's me getting a kick up the back side.
thanks lads.....

Think you may be up for a 2017 vintage as well...and say this as a Carlton Supporter...