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Hi UFO and Rooman, don't stress about it! We don't worry about what would happen if the glass wore out. THe screwcap won't wear out, not before the wine does. That's my prediction anyway. The wadding will last for much longer than the 10 years I mentioned earlier. The metal closure companies says t...

The white seal is called a wad (Saranex) and is made up of different types of plastics. Should be fine for wine up to 5 years. For wines which you want to cellar longer, the winery should have used a tin-saran (silver) wadding. These should be fine for up to 10 years. The "rust" is probabl...

I was offered a bottle over the week-end as a present. Tried it last night and I'm really not that impressed. Very hard tannins...and maybe it is the wine making style, but I have heard a lot of people preferring organic wines, but I have yet to find one I like.

I know this is a pretty old post, but it caught my attention, because we live in Griffith and we're both in the wine industry. Wineries with their own bottling faccilities are: Warburn, Beelgara, De Bortoli, Casella and Westend McWilliams are still considering bringing back their bottling faccility ...

I am very much a Moet fan, but for normal everyday drinking, I love Deutz.

Beelgara Estate - various for everyday drinking
Stoneleigh Sauv Blanc
La Motte Shiraz for the cellar
Monichino - various for the cellar
Moet Chandon

You don't have to fork out for Cognac or Armagnac to enjoy good Brandy. Being South African, I am obviously pro KWV, but there are a couple of other very good brands around as well. Vintage in brandy sense is more the age, than the year it was harvested/made. If you get a brandy which says 10 or 15 ...