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So I have just seen the order form for these and we are talking $95/bottle across the range... Which puts them, what, 40%+ higher than Basket Press or Charlie Melton's reds... and basically at the top end of the Barossa pricing except for the stupid Chateau Tanunda super-special whatever wines and ...

2016 Azienda Agricola Crasà SRC Etna Rivaggi [url=https://postimg.cc/image/seoayo7af/][img]https://s7.postimg.cc/seoayo7af/IMG_20180504_093440.jpg[/img][/url] A blend of 80% Nerello Mascelese and 20% Grenache. 13.5% ABV. This wine is the epitome of Mt Etna. The combination of the tannic profile and...

I'd really appreciate if Tyson put this in Decanter or Wine Spectator. I'm sure there's a powerful PR game at play and if this is true its a disgrace. As an expat, it's often a lone hand in fine wine drinking circles fighting back on TCA. There's no attitude of accountability, more an acceptance of...

Tyson Stelzer's Australian Sparkling Report arrived today, and he had quite a bit to say about the extent of cork taint, which he reckons is as bad as ever in percentage terms. I've copied and pasted the relevant section below: I am alarmed and dismayed to report that the positive trend that I obser...

for what it's worth, I got 2015 Mouton Rothschild up here for $10 less than the Vanya is being touted at. Ridiculous. Wow, if we are talking egregious pricing, the three retail shops listed in Australia who are selling Mouton Rothschild for $A1500 per bottle (https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/mout...

Another contender for this most dubious of awards... Cullen Vanya Cabernet Sauvignon RRP $540 | OFFER: $479 .99 or $458 in 3 Bleeding heck, that's a spicy meatball! ... JH gave it 99pts while he gave the comparative cheap Diana Madeline ($115 on offer or $103 in 6's) a mere... 98pts. Hmmm. This is ...

Oh no. Basket Press in screw cap. I can taste a "mature" one now- unevolved, dreary, dark fruits, firey red fruits and fresh leather on the palate with a warmth exaggerated by tannin resolution and still primary fruit. In 5 years time there will be a massive return to cork by those less s...

I quite like the reflection personally. Gives it an impressionistic quality

This sounds interesting. I see some of these old Aussie "ports" show up at auction from time to time for pretty good prices but am always hesitant because I can't find any info on their quality. If I see one of these I'll buy it. Cheers

Thanks everyone, Some great suggestions in there. I’ll give them all a crack and see what takes my fancy. Much appreciate

Woodlands Margaret is the obvious one to me. It’s $52 online so slightly above your range but you can probably find it cheaper I’m guessing...elswise their standard Cabernet Merlot blend (if allowed?) is also delicious and sub $40 to boot. Outside this maybe Cape Mentelle...? Perfect! I just looked...

Hi everyone, I’m looking for a good QPR Margaret Rice can I could potential all buy year in year out. My approach to wine is to find producers I like from different regions and stick with them (this doesn’t mean I only buy from those producers, but they may up a disproportionate part of my cellar). ...

Hi guys, my friend has a couple of 2013 Marius simpatico and symphony that he wants to sell off. Where is a good place to do so. Here? Located in Melbourne by the way Keith Did your friend sell these through Langton's? If he did, thank him from me :D . Drinking the 2013 Simpatico now. Outstanding w...

I had a bottle of the 2015 over three nights last week and it was much, much better on night 3 than night 1. The acidity was frankly almost punishing to my palate for the first two nights but by the third night was in better balance. I suspect it would have been even better on night 4 or 5. I think ...

People will read all this and next year they'll request a bigger allocation than they actually want. The risk is that you end up with more than you actually want, which is what happened to me last year. At least in that situation, you can easily offload your excess at auction, most likely at a prof...

The fairest way to do it would have been to proportionally scale back the scarce wines for all the red stripe customers so everyone got at least a bottle or two. Cant see the fairness in Punter A ordering and receiving two dozen and Punter B ordering two bottles and getting nothing. The only proble...

It sounds like they just had stuff all Cabernet this year. It seems to be primarily the Cab and Cab Malbec people are missing out on.

That seems like a very low price per litre compared to Kellermeister's range, perhaps they produce for third parties, or maybe the court used a lowball valuation, like the production cost or something? Trevor Jones used the work for Kellermeister apparently so I guess there might have been some bad ...

I've been a red striper since the 98 vintage ... -- George Krashos Since the 98 vintage (so, I'm assuming, 2000?) crikey, what does one have to do to get a black one? My GP is a relatively new addition to the mailing list (maybe 5 years?) and made it onto the list via a private connection with the ...

I tend to agree Livcol. Bit of a lottery. It appears to me (only really guessing) that they have accepted significant numbers onto their mailing list over the last few years beyond what their production numbers can deal with. And 80% of their list on one category band being the red stripe. Someone'...

I've been on the mailer since the 09 vintage and I'm still a red striper. But I've always received what I've ordered. Is it because I'm in SA and I send the order back within 24-48 hrs? I dunno. Another Wendouree mystery. I've been a red striper since the 98 vintage ... -- George Krashos Since the ...

Rockford won't be moving to SC for Basket Press any time soon. From a recent email to me: "I am sorry to hear of your corked bottle of 2010 Basket Press Shiraz – while thankfully it is a very rare occurrence for us, it’s always a frustrating when this happens. We work closely with our cork sup...

That makes sense and it's good to know they do that, though I doubt I'd ever contact them personally unless I was 100 per cent certain the bottle was corked. The issue for me is with the ones that are just a bit iffy because of the cork. I'd feel bad asking for a replacement for those but would stil...

Yes have had many bottles happily replaced over the years, whites as well. Cheers Craig I've never tried that. Can you just call up and say "hey, that bottle was crap, send me another please?". Is there a window for doing that or could I call up about a 20 year old BP and get a replacement?

Or Jake what Pennies and Petaluma did in years gone by...I have 02 Riesling with both closures and 3 vintages of St Henri with cork and stelvin. Cheers Craig Have you compared them Craig? I think it would be great if they offered both but I guess there would be an added cost that way. Personally Ro...

Colleague of wine again dissapointed with his BP over the weekend. 2002 i think. Mentioned it might have suffered from poor corks of the period. He described it as stripped of fruit. Not undrinkable corked. But just stripped of fruit. Bring on the Rockford screw caps! I think all the whites are und...

Hi Gavin, how can I register my possible interest in the offer?

WAwineguy wrote:Still haven't had my credit card hit and sent back the form 2 weeks ago

I'm in the same boat, sent mine off July 7. Its my first time on the list though so it's not surprising in my case. How long have you been buying?

That sounds outstanding Matt, I wish I'd ordered the Shiraz Malbec now. My first order this year and I just put in for the Cab Malbec, Shiraz Mataro and the straight Malbec. I'm sure I won't be unhappy with those though (if I get them).