redwine wrote:Got some nice wines from Australia and New Zealand....................
24 x Rhua Whenua Sauvignon Blanc Reserve 2005 Cheers and happy drinking.
Yikes! Don't want to rain on the parade at all, but I can't imagine anyone in NZ that would be interested in these. I guess you're aware that NZ Sav Blanc, to most palates, lacks the keeping qualities of Sancerre. Drink'em young is my rule, and I never cellar kiwi SB. Hope they are good for you. cheers jafa
Hi Jafa Thanks for your tip. I have not yet tried this wine yet, but the Palliser SB which I had recently was not too bad. And under 10 bucks for a bottle, there is not too much risk. Otherwise I use it to cook Fondue.....
redwine wrote:Hi Jafa Thanks for your tip. I have not yet tried this wine yet, but the Palliser SB which I had recently was not too bad. And under 10 bucks for a bottle, there is not too much risk. Otherwise I use it to cook Fondue.....
Cheers Redwine
You may well get away with it - kiwi SB lasts a bit better than many might suppose in my experience (particularly under screwcap). I was astonished to find life in a 2003 waipara SB recently. It wasn't steller stuff, but it certainly wasn't dead either.
The former quantities scared me too ! I only get back to Oz twice a year, so I've had to scale back purchases there. Nowadays, most buys are between 6 and 12 bottles.
Round up of puchases that stetches back into November: 6x 2006 Fleur de Bouard, Lalande de Pomerol. 6x 2008 Villa Maria Reserve Marlborough Riesling, was on clearance at $89/6 pack so grabbed a bargain. WRONG! Opened a bottle a few days later and; Bletch!. . Week later cracked another to confirm. Yep, not wine, but a chemical concoction without noticable reisling character, but plenty of pure crystalline tartaric acid in an otherwise bland solution. Back label reveals made for export to UK, and I'm not surprised they ain't buying. Avoid. 6x 2008 Julicher Martinborough PN. 4x 2007 Wild Earth Otago PN 6x 2008 Ata Rangi PN 12x 2007 Coleraine, finally succomb to the hype.
5 x Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2008 Clonakilla Jack Reidy Shiraz 2008 Dashwood Pinot Noir 2007 D'Arenberg The Wild Pixie 2008 (Shiraz Roussane - unusual mix - worth a try) D'Arenberg The Cenocilicaphobic Cat 2007 (Sagrantino Cincault - will be interesting - the word means fear of an empty glass ) Mountadam Estate Eden Chardonnay 2008 2 x Teusner Astral 'FG" Shiraz 2006 Pol Roger NV
GraemeG wrote:*How is it that a case of wine sent from NZ to Sydney costs A$105, whereas a Margaret River winery will ship you a dozen wines for A$20?
Doesn't that A$105 include import taxes though?
Don't know exactly how it's made up, as I'm not the one on the mail list, but there's no WET involved, I'm pretty certain of that. It'd have GST at most. And trans-Tasman freight, that most expensive little bit of water in the world Why should there be import taxes on anything coming from NZ to Austraklia (& vice versa). If the EU can manage barrier-free trade across 8 languages and most of Western Europe, you'd think two Commonwealth nations in the South Pacific could do it... Graeme
You have to pay the WET so the winery can claim it back. I imagine they discount the price in the expectation of getting the WET equivalent back, plus they get their NZ excise back, then you pay no import duty but freight and GST on top of the (wine+freight). The shipping costs aren't very high if you send a pallet, or a container even better ...
As for Margaret River, the current trade rate for Australia Post from Sydney is $33.31 per dozen, so your winery is probably subsidising the charge.
NB: I import wine from 100 boutique producers in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, NZ and SA. You may think my opinions are biased ;-) As opinions are :-)
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