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by vt
Mon Nov 08, 2010 11:13 am
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: Cellar Dimensions
Replies: 9
Views: 1537

Re: Cellar Dimensions

Thanks for the replies guys...got the engineer working on it now...see if we can get another couple of cm's into the cellar.
by vt
Fri Nov 05, 2010 3:19 pm
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: Cellar Dimensions
Replies: 9
Views: 1537

Cellar Dimensions

Been a while since posting. Planning to add a cellar to my renos. The problem I have is that I am on a hill and excavating has quite a few issues, especially with retaining walls, waterproofing and impacting foundations of neighbours and my fireplaces. Long story short, I have a of room roughly 1500...
by vt
Fri Nov 05, 2010 2:59 pm
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: NWR: An Apology
Replies: 36
Views: 4084

Re: NWR: An Apology

Happy to out myself. I sent a PM to Monghead and told him that the use of the term 'wifey made me uncomfortable and I found it, as I put it to him, "mildly offensive". I sent him a PM because I enjoy his posts and wanted to raise the matter with him privately, not because I am a coward (t...
by vt
Mon Sep 25, 2006 2:33 pm
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: Want to be the star of your own SBS TV documentary?
Replies: 5
Views: 1411

I assure you that we are who we say we are..It is a new series for SBS and I would appreciate your help if you know anybody buying or opening up a new winery/business in SA. Many thanks..... Please assure us with a real email and real company so I can vists your site. I have a erally really good de...
by vt
Thu Aug 10, 2006 12:51 pm
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: NEW TEMPERATURE & HUMIDITY CONTROL TIMBER WINE CABINETS!
Replies: 10
Views: 1591

I might have bought from this mob if I had heard of them from another source. Print or radio or even advertising on Gavin's site here. There has been alot of this lately and I am getting a bit fedup with ill thought viral marketing.

edit: on second thoughts, that would be teaching them something.
by vt
Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:05 am
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: Photo Quizz
Replies: 17
Views: 2599

TORB wrote:How come I can't see the picture? (Tried Firefox and IE)


because your (reverse)color-blind...boom boom :lol:

or possibly you ISP is blocking that particular photo storage site.
by vt
Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:33 pm
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: Prices for old wines
Replies: 19
Views: 3491

I suspect it doesnt pass the Trades Practices Act, but would be used to justify knowcking people back when they bring a bottle of 1971 red wine vinegar to complain.
by vt
Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:23 am
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: Prices for old wines
Replies: 19
Views: 3491

Wouldn't touch ebay wines with a cork screw. Eevn at the reputable auction houses, older wines are a real risk - retailers are of course more expensive, but carry a responsilibilty as to the quality of the wine - which really only helps if you intend to consume the wine in the short term (prior to ...
by vt
Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:49 pm
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: Rosemount Mountain Blue 1995 (Feedback from Rosemount)
Replies: 8
Views: 1549



this is now in context, and since I dont have experience with this wine, I will shut up now.

what I will say though, is that 4 years is a long time between drinks.
by vt
Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:01 pm
Forum: All About Wine
Topic: Rosemount Mountain Blue 1995 (Feedback from Rosemount)
Replies: 8
Views: 1549

Re: Rosemount Mountain Blue 1995 (Feedback from Rosemount)

Given that there isn't a fault that you've pointed to in your email Given that there is always 2 sides to a story, methinks there is also your email that needs to be provided before we can make heads or tails out of this. Care to elaborate what you found was the issue with the wine and what exactly...