Sept - What have you been buying

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6 x 2004 Penfolds Bin 389 Big chain store flogging them for under $50 in any 6. Can't find anyone (including auctions) that can sell them at that price.

2 x 2008 Adelina Grenache
2 x 2008 Adelina Cabernet Sauvignon
8 x 2008 Adelina Shiraz
Wine maker at Adelina (Colin) said they are by far the best wines he has made from the Adelina Vinyard so I can't wait for the order to arrive in early October.

Now bankrupt until January 2010!

[cuttlefish]

6 x 2004 Penfolds Bin 389 Big chain store flogging them for under $50 in any 6. Can't find anyone (including auctions) that can sell them at that price.

2 x 2008 Adelina Grenache
2 x 2008 Adelina Cabernet Sauvignon
8 x 2008 Adelina Shiraz
Wine maker at Adelina (Colin) said they are by far the best wines he has made from the Adelina Vinyard so I can't wait for the order to arrive in early October.

Now bankrupt until January 2010!

Hurumph ! Where's my mailer ? or even an email !?
Jeez, do they want my business or not ??

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6 x 2004 Penfolds Bin 389 Big chain store flogging them for under $50 in any 6. Can't find anyone (including auctions) that can sell them at that price.

2 x 2008 Adelina Grenache
2 x 2008 Adelina Cabernet Sauvignon
8 x 2008 Adelina Shiraz
Wine maker at Adelina (Colin) said they are by far the best wines he has made from the Adelina Vinyard so I can't wait for the order to arrive in early October.

Now bankrupt until January 2010!

Hurumph ! Where's my mailer ? or even an email !?
Jeez, do they want my business or not ??

Who's that? Adelina or Big chainstore??
If it's Adelina PM me with your email and I'll forward the order form to you.

[AndrewCowley]

6 x 2004 Penfolds Bin 389 Big chain store flogging them for under $50 in any 6. Can't find anyone (including auctions) that can sell them at that price.

Same here. Except the 'big chain shore' I got mine from had them at $45 p/b. Am very happy to have some of this to keep.

[Benno]

4 x Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2008
2 x Clonakilla Viognier 2008
1 x Port Phillip Estate Chardonnay 2007
1 x Teusner Avatar (GMS) 2005

[Michael McNally]

6 x 2004 Penfolds Bin 389 Big chain store flogging them for under $50 in any 6. Can't find anyone (including auctions) that can sell them at that price.

Same here. Except the 'big chain shore' I got mine from had them at $45 p/b. Am very happy to have some of this to keep.

That's what price they should be........

[monghead]

I too will succumb to the Clonakilla mailer

- 2x SV
- 2x Hilltops
- 2x O'Riada
- 2x Riesling
- 2x Nouveau Viognier

And also,
- 2 more 2004 Grange
- In fact with the Grange, at the till, the total for the mixed dozen came to $570 odd. I looked at the scanner, and they had charged me for 2x 707s instead. So instead of $490, I could have walked away with the Grange at $140 each. However, I felt compelled to correct them... so $1270 odd instead...

Cheers,

Monghead.

[seddo]

4 x Turkey Flat shiraz 07


cheers
Seddo

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- 2 more 2004 Grange
- In fact with the Grange, at the till, the total for the mixed dozen came to $570 odd. I looked at the scanner, and they had charged me for 2x 707s instead. So instead of $490, I could have walked away with the Grange at $140 each. However, I felt compelled to correct them... so $1270 odd instead...

I can think of a few people that would have left, come back and bought a couple of cases...
Good on you for being honest.

[monghead]

Add to that the

1996 Quintet (langtons)

Wowchamamma, was bidding on a '96 George de Vogue Bonnes Mares > $500 ... pockets far deeper than mine.

Monghead.

[George Krashos]

Just some quick ones to coincide with a recent weekend in the Barossa:

Turkey Flat Shiraz 2007 (double magnum - it's for the nearly 2-year old)
Rockford Pressings SVS 2001

-- George Krashos

[Boyeah]

Haven't buy wine for a while, last night end up bought:
Clonkilla Hill top Shz 07x6
" " Oriada Shz 07x3
Veuve Yellow NV x3
Shaw & Smith Shz 07x6
Ulithrne FRX Frugios 05x3
Wirra Wirra Mrs Wigley Moscato 09 500mlx6
Chateau L'oville Poyferre' 94 X12
Cheers
Boyeah

[AndrewCowley]

1996 Quintet (langtons)

How much?

[monghead]

1996 Quintet (langtons)

How much?

$155 including buyer's premium. Probably too much, but got caught up in the action...

Cheers,

Monghead.

[Craig(NZ)]

6 x 2004 Penfolds Bin 389 Big chain store flogging them for under $50 in any 6. Can't find anyone (including auctions) that can sell them at that price

Pak n Save in Auckland $24.95 NZ. Geez you guys get ripped off

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6 x 2004 Penfolds Bin 389 Big chain store flogging them for under $50 in any 6. Can't find anyone (including auctions) that can sell them at that price

Pak n Save in Auckland $24.95 NZ. Geez you guys get ripped off

We are getting ripped off. That's like $1.50 Au!

Seriously though: How much would it cost to send a six pack to Brisbane?

[TiggerK]

Pak n Save are a large discount supermarket, so they wouldn't ship. Craig might start a shipping to Aus business at those prices!

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Pak n Save are a large discount supermarket, so they wouldn't ship. Craig might start a shipping to Aus business at those prices!

Yes that's what I was getting at.

[Wayno]

Coonawarra work trip come good
Balnaves Shiraz 06
Wynns The Gables 06
Majella NV Sparkling Shiraz
Majella Cabernet 99

[daz]

Another case of Tahbilk cleanskin dry white 2008, summer's here already.

[Eurocentric]

Craig (NZ) I tried that Church Rd Reserve Syrah 07 at the Tri Nations on Friday night. Smelled absolutely disgusting. Really foul brett. Hope it was just a faulty bottle.

My only recent purchase and likely last purchase for a while was a case of Vissoux Beaujolais 08. Love Beaujolais ... perfect summer red.

[seddo]

2 x JC Centenary Hill 04
5 x Barwang 06 Cabernet

cheers
Seddo

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I've been bad.
I wasn't going to buy any more until 2010, but got the Greenock Creek list and purchased a case:
2 Grenache
4 Cab sav
6 Alices.
If the wife finds out she'll want to buy shoes...
Now how to hide them from the wife??

[Loztralia]

Quick Hunter day trip on Saturday yielded:

1x 2006 Meerea Park Alexander Munro Shiraz
2x 2007 Meerea Park The Aunts Shiraz
2x 2007 Tyrrell's Stevens Shiraz
1x 2008 Tulloch Verdelho
1x 2007 Tulloch Private Bin Pokolbin Shiraz
1x 2005 Audrey Wilkinson Lake Reserve Shiraz
3x 2008 Audrey Wilkinson Pioneer Rose

With the Sonoma trip and the Clonakilla mailing list as well it's turning into an expensive month. Then this morning I see the Winefront note on the new Jack Mann (one of my favourites) and it looks like my poor wallet is going to take another battering quite soon...

[Craig(NZ)]

Craig (NZ) I tried that Church Rd Reserve Syrah 07 at the Tri Nations on Friday night. Smelled absolutely disgusting. Really foul brett. Hope it was just a faulty bottle.

really ?? hmm im the reverse.....one thing i put as a minus for this wine was it was a little 'clinical' and 'formulatic'. i may be barking up the wrong tree totally here but big companies in nz seem very ready to do all that is required to get a 'clean wine' whether sterile filtering or dumping buckets of whatever bug killer into the brew. the more boutique wineries seem to risk it a bit and hang it out there with light/no fining or filtering. (and no i don't really know what im talking about with these techo aspects im supposing)

If there is any brett in the crr 07 i feel sorry for the poor soul that has such sensitivity. Brett is the new VA and debating it bores me (though reading the debates entertain me)

To me, and many others (including MW's who im guessing are well trained), it is a brilliant wine, great price, and i certainly am not singing that praise solo.

[Bick]

Church Rd Reserve Syrah 07... Smelled absolutely disgusting. Really foul brett.

Agree witrh Craig. Seems highly unlikely to me. Wineries either have a brett problem or they don't (and CR don't), its rarely a factor in bottle variation. Perhaps there was something dodgy or bretty in the glass before you tasted the CR reserve.

[Craig(NZ)]

Agree witrh Craig. Seems highly unlikely to me. Wineries either have a brett problem or they don't (and CR don't), its rarely a factor in bottle variation. Perhaps there was something dodgy or bretty in the glass before you tasted the CR reserve.

im trying it again blind on wed. i didnt detect anything dodgy in it at all in any of the last half doz or so times ive tasted/ drunk it. perhaps it was caused by an austrlian wine of ill repute tasted beforehand

[monghead]

If the wife finds out she'll want to buy shoes...
Now how to hide them from the wife??

Hmmm,

(1) deliver to work, and take to storage facility discretely, or one by one to home cellar over a few weeks.
(2) deliver them to a friend, and trust that they will get it to you safely (I'll be that token friend... )
(3) get a nice pair of shoes, send them to Greenock Creek, and get them to wrap it up with the wine order prior to delivery... something for everyone... and i bet you the next wine order will be swmbo scrutiny free...

Good Luck,

Monghead.

[Christo]

If the wife finds out she'll want to buy shoes...
Now how to hide them from the wife??

(1) deliver to work, and take to storage facility discretely, or one by one to home cellar over a few weeks.

Or just deliver to ur wine storage facility where they'll hold until you pack away or pick up the wine, like they do for me at kennards.

On the buying front, eyeing lots, but limited funds. however i did manage to hide a purchase on a separate card (from my better half)of a btl of 06 DRC La tache. Happy i got some but ouchy ouch on the price!
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If the wife finds out she'll want to buy shoes...
Now how to hide them from the wife??

(1) deliver to work, and take to storage facility discretely, or one by one to home cellar over a few weeks.

Or just deliver to ur wine storage facility where they'll hold until you pack away or pick up the wine, like they do for me at kennards.

On the buying front, eyeing lots, but limited funds. however i did manage to hide a purchase on a separate card (from my better half)of a btl of 06 DRC La tache. Happy i got some but ouchy ouch on the price!
c

I too have space at Kennards and have opted for that option. Just waiting notification of delivery. Hope they don't ring the wife!