Any duty free gurus out there?

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MG
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Any duty free gurus out there?

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I have to go to Bahrain for work next weekend and will be stopping in Dubai and Singapore along the way. Can anyone who knows those airports better than I do tell me whether any of them are likely to offer good value on duty free wines?
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Jamie should be able to help you when he next logs on. At least I hope so with a name like Jamie Bahrain and working for an airline.
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I just love the way they store so many of those wines under bright lights for God knows how long! :roll:
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MG wrote:I have to go to Bahrain for work next weekend and will be stopping in Dubai and Singapore along the way. Can anyone who knows those airports better than I do tell me whether any of them are likely to offer good value on duty free wines?


I've been to and through Singapore airport and had a look.

I found no wine bargains, but yes, Jamie is the experienced one in this.
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Hi there,

Been through Singapore many a time and spent too much time looking at wine there and never bought a drop. I did miss a good bargain on a 2000 Mouton Rothschild but that is the only time I have seen anything worth buying.

Now Helsinki is a different matter for some reason and Beijing is great for well priced aged Scotch and Cognac! Beijing also has really cheap Chinese Brandy 17 Yuan a bottle but taste is in line with the price!!!

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Oh well Craig take comfort in the fact that Mouton is the worst of the 00 First Growths, still good wine - but the oak handling isnt so classy. Retail over here its $2k which is just laughable.

Agree with TORB re lights. I did buy a Eileen Hardy Shiraz Sydney airport a year ago, but it had only just been released and EH has a great 'easy fade' label, so its really simple to determine whether its been looked after by the colour of the label background.
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Post by JamieBahrain »

MG

The bargain buys are champagne- Dom for as low as 130AUD in Bahrain. Dubai & Singapore.

Table wines are less of a bargain; if at all.
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TORB wrote:I just love the way they store so many of those wines under bright lights for God knows how long! :roll:


I love it even more when I find a 'specialist' wine store that does the same thing.

And thanks, JamieBahrain – I'll keep an eye out for the bubbles
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I could've bought the 00 Mouton for about $400 AUD, but we did the tour winery thing whilst in Frnace 2 years ago and could've bought the same wine for about $340 AUD in a Supermarche. Money well kept though, as I was able to buy back vintages of Pichon for much less.

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