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Hi guys, its been a while since I have posted on here and happy fathers day for all the dads tomorrow. I am flying out to HK tomorrow night for business for 4 days, but have prob 2 days of sightseeing and am keen to try and find a bargain or 2. My question is, are there bargains to be had in HK? If ...

Hi guys, thanks for all your responses. For those wondering, the wine was outstanding. Probably one of my greatest wine moments to date. I was getting flavours of coffee, blackberries and pepper. It was intense, and probably had a 30sec finish. The 2nd glass certainly was better than the first. I pr...

Hi guys, hope everyone is well. I'm opening a bottle of 1996 grange tonight which has been planned for a few weeks now. I've got about a dozen under the house but I'm embarrassed to say that this is my first experience ever opening/decanting one. My question is when should I open it. Does the 1996 n...

Solita is Chris ringlands nebbiolo project and is just a pleasure to drink. I've just polished off the 2005s I had, and on NYE started on the 2006s.
They are about the $60 mark from memory.
Def worth a look, happy new year to everyone

COH

Hi krusty, me and the wife visited epernay about 10 yrs ago and had one of the most amazing days ever! We did something similar to you, and caught the train there from Paris just for the day. We walked straight to the Moët and Chandon cellar door and got the English tour. We were not long out of ...

Hi guys, thanks to everyone for some great tips and advice. I'd say half the staff enjoy their wines and the other half are a bit younger and probably would enjoy a trip to the blue tongue brewery instead (not that there is anything wrong with that). Is there a preferred company to drive us around o...

Hi guys, I'm pretty new to this forum, so Im sure this has been done to death, but I am taking my staff to the hunter for their Xmas trip this year. I'm from SA and know the barossa back to front, but being new to Sydney, I have never been up there, and probably lack a bit of knowledge on the best t...

Hi guys, fairly new to this forum and only just saw this topic. I recently bought a dozen of the chalambar from a colleague who is getting rid of his whole cellar. Anyway, I grabbed them for $15/bottle which I thought was the bargain of the century. Unfortunately he didn't have any more. I have only...

For me also, I've been hoping to get on for some years now. I wrote a letter of request in 2010, and still no joy! So if anyone doesn't want all their allocation, please let me know as I would love some
Thanks

Hi Matt, I took my staff to the Barossa from Sydney for our xmas trip/present last year, and had an amazing long weekend. The picks for me were the usual suspects of rockford and charles melton, but we went to artisans for a few hours (wow...we drank some big wines there), and then almost directly a...

thanks guys, I guess its near on impossible to get your hands on one of the puppies. Anyway, if ayone has any insider knowledge or is on these so called invited lists and wants to off load one, give me a yell.
Cheers
coh

Hi guys, I have been reading a lot about this wine lately in various wine magazines and like most of you have heard of its reputation as one of the best wines in the world. My question is, how and where do you buy one? I know langtons have their annual 'en primeur' for Bordeaux. But how do you buy f...

Hi everyone, I thought i would update you all on the dramas and costings of gettig these 2 bottles from Napa to Sydney. This process was unbelievable, not only costly, but just ridiculous in the hoops needed to jump through. Anyway....bear with me 2 bottles M.Etain from Scarecrow winery $125 each, $...

Thanks George...when you have previously ordered from the us, did you buy direct from a winery? If so, how did you arrange delivery here to Australia as I'm yet to find a winery that ships directly here.
Thanks

Thanks Damon, I just checked out the example 2, and they certainly dont miss you with the taxes here.
I just bought 2 bottles of the M.Etain from Scarecrow winery (which I love) and I am now slightly concerned as to the total per bottle price after all these taxes and freight etc.

Hi everyone, first time poster, long time reader. I have been collecting and enjoying wine for 15+ yrs now, but only recently started to enjoy some wines from the Napa Valley in California. I have been lucky enough to get on some pretty awesome mailing lists but didnt realise that the wineries didnt...