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My oldman has a couple of bottles of these he wants to sell.
How much would these fetch and where would be the best medium for me to sell them?

How do these rank for the wine connosoirs like yourselves? He refuses to pop them because they're too expensive for any occasion so might as well send them to a good home that'll appreciate it.

they are not worth anything. send them to me and i will dispose of them in the environmentally correct way

Craig(NZ) wrote:they are not worth anything. send them to me and i will dispose of them in the environmentally correct way

haha..... postage to NZ won't be worth while....

thanks guys... waiting on reply from langtons.

gtr80y wrote: He refuses to pop them because they're too expensive for any occasion so might as well send them to a good home that'll appreciate it.

C'mon; it's a $100 wine; that's all he laid out for it (unless ripped off).

Buy a bottle of Billecart Rose Champagne; take it to him and share bottles of equal value.

I opened a 1986 Mt Edelstone for some friends last year; great drinking for $16.95.

It's a reward of the cellar; not a penalty.

Murray wrote:

gtr80y wrote: He refuses to pop them because they're too expensive for any occasion so might as well send them to a good home that'll appreciate it.

C'mon; it's a $100 wine; that's all he laid out for it (unless ripped off).

Buy a bottle of Billecart Rose Champagne; take it to him and share bottles of equal value.

I opened a 1986 Mt Edelstone for some friends last year; great drinking for $16.95.

It's a reward of the cellar; not a penalty.

He's not going to sell it for $100, even if you think that's what it's worth - enjoy your over-priced Billecart Salmon. Muzza, you probably consider Tahbilk 1860s Vines Shiraz to be worth $20 regardless of vintage, given the market worth you offer for the renowned Grange 90, not that I've ever tried the Grange 90 or the Mt Edelstone 86. I have had a bottle of Tahbilk Shiraz 86 though and it too drank very nicely last year - the 2nd and last bottle will be drunk this coming Easter. What was the cost of Tahbilk Shiraz 86 in comparison to the Henscke? $8-9? Have you tried a Henscke 81? I haven't but the couple of bottles of Tahbilk Cab Sauv 81 I drank last year were very nice too with still-good fruit and tannins.

If I could buy the BS Rose for $20-$30, I might try it - $100 forget it. I'd rather pay a fraction of it's cost for good Australian bubbles but I'm not into bubbly wine anyway, so that's a moot point.

PFFFTTT!!!

daz

Daryl Douglas wrote:
He's not going to sell it for $100, even if you think that's what it's worth -

daz

I'm saying don't sell it, drink it.

I didn't say that it what it was worth now, I'm saying it's what the wine the wine cost when purchased back in 1993 or so. As such the hip-pocket loss to drink it is $100.

My 1986 Mt Edelstone originally cost $16.95, so that is what it cost me to open it. Sure I could have sold it for a great deal more, but I opened and got great value from drinking it, and sharing it with wine-loving friends.

And I'm not offering to buy the Grange. I'm saying for father and son to drink it and savour it along with some other great wine. (If you don't think Bille Rose is worth $100, then suggest another wine that would cost $100 for such a night).

The Wine & Food Society here has quite an enviable cellar; and bottles come out of it for dinners. The dinner is charged only the original purchase price of these wine, so the members get to enjoy great aged wine at great value. The accounting value of the wine is the original purchase price.

If you had bought your Tahbilk '86 on release you're be seeing great value from your purchase when you drank it, such is the reward of the cellar. You drank those old wines and enjoyed them, that's what I'm suggesting that the father do here.

Murray wrote:If you had bought your Tahbilk '86 on release you're be seeing great value from your purchase when you drank it, such is the reward of the cellar. You drank those old wines and enjoyed them, that's what I'm suggesting that the father do here.

Murray is right, of course. A week ago I was the beneficiary of a shared 1971 Grange that cost $15.

And in years to come I hope to similarly share my $29 Wendouree 1996 Shiraz with appreciative souls...

cheers,
Graeme

My question is how have these been stored?

Murrays Edlestone, Graemes Wendouree or Dazzes Tahbilk?

I think the BS Rose hasnt been purchased yet but based on previous threads is in storage in Perth without airconditioning.

cheers

otbs wrote:Murrays Edlestone, Graemes Wendouree or Dazzes Tahbilk?

I think the BS Rose hasnt been purchased yet but based on previous threads is in storage in Perth without airconditioning.

cheers

The Tahbilk came from the winery perhaps 6 months ago and has been stored in a wine cooler since then.

daz