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Yeah i might start using a combination of the two strategies. Bid early, bid my “max” and then if i get a case of losers regret i can bid my MAX max at the last minute. :) There were some 04’s in that massive vendor lot Polymer. Was tempted to try them too but ended up going with what i knew. But yo...

Langtons did confirm the problem was internal and the site issue will definitey make me rethink how i bid. But regardless of when i decide to bid, the possibility of being outbid in the last minute remains. That risk is always there. And the notion that my max bid of $100 will win simply because it ...

Thanks Mike. The boxes are going straight in then!

Yeah your right. Capacity will suffer. I just hate the idea of having everything out of boxes, especially if its years away from seeing the light of day. But that may not be a very rational thought. We’re likely to move within the year too. So i like stuff already packed in boxes. So besides the pra...

A quick question for those that have experience with wine fridges. Ive decided to move the wines i have into a pair of Kitchener peltier type wine fridges. So the question i have is.... do i need to remove them from their boxes and place them all in as individual bottles? Or is the cardboard fine to...

What was the price of the most recent vintage of BP?

There's always another bottle...It'll come up again.. Particularly with that wine As the old saying goes, all roads lead,..... Hence there is always a lot of those big reds coming up Hopefully you buy and enjoy then before you head down that road! Which old saying is that Bob? All roads lead to.......

You’re a compassionate lot.... :wink: Not quite the intended theme of the thread but i acknowledge the points made. As ozzie, bob and polymer state, of course there are advantages to bidding towards the close of an auction. But yes, obviously theres one very risky disadvantage, that i experienced th...

Hi Con. Im sure theres a variety of reasons not to use Langtons. I didn't really have a choice. Though the choice ended up being made for me. Ha!

Ok, so this is just a bit of a rant/sob. Something i need to do to get it off my chest. With a bit of luck itll help me heal and I can move on. In my original thread i mention a 2005 Alices shiraz from Greenock Creek wines. A wine i absolutey loved. Ever since then ive been searching Langtons for so...

I hope your wrong too. Of the couple ive tried, one had that slight edge. The other didnt. Still enjoyed both though and couldn't refuse the recent special on them at $25.

2010 Wynns Black Label Cab Sav Gee this is good. Loaded with blackberry pastilles there is such a drinkability about this wine right now, I was very surprised. Tannins have settled down and the fruit has really come out on top. Wonderful balance, well handled oak with a pencil type notes, eucalyptu...

Im fairly sure that not the entire bottle is seen here. Heres some more notable mentions. I only had a few misses with all the bottles from Langtons. A Kalleske Greenock had some fault. And a 3 bottle lot of 96 Command shiraz were complete port having probably spent their lives next to the stove in ...

Thanks Sam & Mahmoud. Yeah its been fun sampling these wines, especially enjoyable sharing them.

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Those glasses are probably over filled?

Cheers for that. I do use photobucket but its started adding a dirty great watermark to every photo. No thank you. So, i honestly cant remember why i chose the wines i did. But I was keen to taste some aged “iconic” Aussie reds, being as im in the peak big Aussie reds age bracket. Maybe i just signe...

Or not. Seems all decent image hosting programs go the same way. Any suggestions?

I appreciate the fanfare guys. Please though, don’t make a fuss... :wink: What did i discover? A few things.... First of all, i discovered that much of the replies in this thread were delivered with a certain accuracy that initially i may have been sceptical of (thanks again Tiggerk, polymer, duncan...

Im back.

Spent the last few years researching.

rens wrote:About the equivilant of a mortgage payment on that place in Toorak.

Well thats a bit depressing.

Craig - Oh dear..... I didn't realise people were suggesting wines that somebody on a minimum of $250,000 might only afford!?!?

Well, after reading more replies (thanks again) it seems I might have to take an inevitable pallet change into account. Or hedge my bets at the very least. Im quite surprised that most (I understand not all as rens stated) wine drinkers seem to follow such a defined path in terms of taste preference...

Thank you, mike, bob, polymer and tigger. So far theres a broad suggestion covering region, some specific makers to enquire about and likely taste as well as possibly a slightly different approach to consider compared with what i had planned (thanks tigger......i think ). I really appreciate the adv...

Not sure if I've even described the wines i like accurately Mike but the few I've listed are definitely the style of wines I enjoy.

"Alcoholic types" ?

Hi all. Just signed up, hoping to benefit from the many, many...... many bottles of collective wine buying knowledge found on this site. Im 36 and hope to bypass the extensive trial and error of buying bottle after bottle until I finally settle on that stock few that I know I can rely on enjoying. A...