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Card charged today. Probably 2/3rd allocation. Asked for 18 including muscat. Hoping to get Malbec and Cab Malb. Been on 11 years. Have a friend who’s been on for same years and same state, SA. He got his order form a week earlier, revived full allocation 24 bottles. Some years I have got and he has...

JamieBahrain wrote:

livcoll wrote:I was just interested to know whether your ideological view on points impacted whether or not you’d chose to publish them for sales.

Craig may act as though he owns the website, but he doesn't.

Gavin does.

Haha fairo. My mistake!

What have I missed here...or pardon the pun you raised the point about points...not me. They're irrelevant. And difference between scribes and points also irrelevant. NS might have started in SA but don't reckon he spends much time here... mainly eastern states or OS (pre-covid). Happy to catch up ...

What have I missed here...or pardon the pun you raised the point about points...not me. They're irrelevant. And difference between scribes and points also irrelevant. NS might have started in SA but don't reckon he spends much time here... mainly eastern states or OS (pre-covid). Happy to catch up ...

With respect, points for Wendouree's are absolutely arbitrary. I wouldn't know anyone who buys the wines based on points, nor would it matter what the points were. Cheers Craig Haha I don’t buy them on points either...in fact I’ll be opening a 2011 Wendouree Malbec this weekend..and not sure you ac...

Seems a tad bit of difference in reviews RE 2018’s Wine Front (MB/GW) suggest good vintage. James Suckling (NS) excellent. WF - 2018 Shiraz 94pts NS - 2018 Shiraz 100pts Only one way to work out who more agree with I guess! With respect, points for Wendouree's are absolutely arbitrary. I wouldn't k...

Seems a tad bit of difference in reviews RE 2018’s
Wine Front (MB/GW) suggest good vintage. James Suckling (NS) excellent.
WF - 2018 Shiraz 94pts
NS - 2018 Shiraz 100pts

Only one way to work out who more agree with I guess!

livcoll wrote:Still waiting. Red stripe Adelaide. Never really had an issue before except 2015 like many. 18 bottles. A mate who has been on list exact same time had cc charged last Tuesday. He sent in after me.

Make of that what you will lol.

Update. Have recently been charged for 18 bottles.

Still waiting. Red stripe Adelaide. Never really had an issue before except 2015 like many. 18 bottles. A mate who has been on list exact same time had cc charged last Tuesday. He sent in after me.

Make of that what you will lol.

Think the 2015 was a stuff up for a few older members. Myself included. Was very frustrating. But had no issues following years since seems fixed. Think it’s part of parcel of buying Wendouree! Well that’s what I told myself..

Pretty sure that the 2010 Aberfeldy was the last to have fruit from the Aberfeldy block. Not sure who does but Tim Adams doesn’t have access to the grapes anymore. A review by Dave Ellis of the Gold Coast Sun that I found on the Tim Adams website refers to the 2013 Aberfeldy being made from fruit g...

Pretty sure that the 2010 Aberfeldy was the last to have fruit from the Aberfeldy block. Not sure who does but Tim Adams doesn’t have access to the grapes anymore.

For anyone tracking. My Card was charged this morning. 3 x each wine. Adelaide based, red crayon since 2009 vintage. Missed out on normal order last vintage but did manage to get a mixed 6 pack of shiraz blends.

I know a lot of people who were pretty put off by what happened last year. Hopefully it is a one off in terms of organisation as that is what i heard from an insider. But going by the lack of enthusiasm and chat on here regarding this years mailer compared to other years it looks like it might have ...

Totally lottery this year.

I know a few people on the mailer.

But an example of the randomness this year. 3 of us all joined same year 7 or so years ago. All send back straight away. All always got orders (except Cab sometimes). All from SA.

This year one got allocation and two of us didn't.

I am from SA. And also return with 48hrs.

Think I just lucked out this year.

Been on the mailer 7 years. Never really misses anything before except occasional straight cab early one. Usually buy 12-18 bottles mixed. But have heard from a few that they have not received anything and its basically run out. Funny given that looking back on letters the allocations were far more ...

Not sure if people have read this but it is an interview with Lita. Interesting read. From 2002.
http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/archivaldocs/oh/OH692_13.pdf

It would be interesting to know how many cases Wendouree actually produce. I have a sneaky suspicion it would be more than most would think. Cheers Ian In theory, based on the area planted, a 'guess' on the yields and extraction rate, I'd say looking between 3000-3500 case max. production (in good ...

ticklenow1 wrote:It would be interesting to know how many cases Wendouree actually produce. I have a sneaky suspicion it would be more than most would think.

Cheers
Ian

Most pieces I have read on it (and there isn't much around) say pridiction averaged 2000 cases. Which isn't a whole lot.

I sent mine back few days after I got it.
Card just got charged today.
Adelaide. Red Crayon.
I find the timing can be random (one of the joys!) even with mates who live in similar areas, send at the same time, been on the list the same length.

Just got home after a long day to the mailer. So that made it better! All the same as last yeah only difference is Shiraz $60.

We had a mates wine day yesterday and i took along a 1994 Wendouree Cab Malb and another mate brought along the 2013 Cab Malb to tatse against each other for interest. He had opened the 2013 the day before. Both were amazing wines and we all commented that there were so many similarities between the...

Gary Walsh gave the Cab/Malb 97+. Stated he thinks it is consistently their best wine. Said 2013 was 'remarkable, rediculously good. He also have the Shiraz Malbcex 95 and the straight Malbec 96.

They are really friendly if u do decide to call. I think they understand and appreciate how important an allocation is to buyers. This year seems to be more variation between timings but the schedule is always idiosyncratic. Last year one of my mates sent his letter a week after me and got his wine ...

I had my card charged today for the full order. 5 year red crayon. I have friends who are from the same city who send off the mailer at the same time and when we get charged always varies. Some are crayon some are signature. Sing nature sometimes later than crayon. But what I seem to notice it that ...

Sorry meant for 'calm'. Not the seasoned mailing list members!

I have been on the list only a short time (my 5th year this year) I have found ordering mixed dozens or a little more has meant I have always got an allocation. You will want to order a variety not just 6 Shiraz and 6 Cab. The only wine I have missed out on when ordering is the straight Cab. But I k...

Thanks for the welcome I have followed these forums in the background for a while but thought I should actually start contributing. Spreading the order has worked well for me so far. I have been on the list for 4 years and received all if not most of my allocation each time. Although I don't just do...

Thanks for passing that on. Always good to hear a bit of information directly from Wendouree. I wouldn't have guessed 1991 would have been the standout year over the last 40. Not sure if anyone else has any insights into why. Interesting as well re the style change being mainly weather dependent. I ...