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Interesting read , 40% ebitda is ridiculous, especially at the scale of TWE, they can definitely lower prices if that’s the case

I didn’t know you could use it on solo bottles ! Normally it’s 6 packs? Good buy though !

Got 6x 24 black grape society grandmaster central Otago Pinot noir from cd.co with a decent discount at 33pb

I see the platinum label from wolf Blass getting discounted a lot recently , especially on cd.co

The wife is going to be mad at me as I keep buying wine, hopefully it arrives when she’s not here

But luckily got a three pack of Pinot from Nikau farm wines
1 × 2021 Tonimbuk Pinot Noir
1 × 2023 Home Block Pinot
1 × 2024 Home block Pinot Noir

How is the 4 and 8 acre Shiraz from Tyrrell’s? Have had my eye on it Also for better or worse convinced the wife to let me get the 10x 24 grosset polish hill Rieslings. Understand it may not be the best use of points, but I get them free through credit card bonuses and don’t have any flights to upgr...

Yeah I hear you, start with the Rieslings etc first, then into Chardonnays, lighter reds Pinots an Grenache, and then finish with cabs and Shiraz’s. youngest to oldest. I’m glad I was on point with the cheese platter hahaha it seemed like the go ! That sounds like pretty good value on those auction ...

Some good tips here Ian, I noticed some people did a first run on the whites only or rieslings only before going into the reds. I did a first pass of the key wineries I knew and liked but did full flights of each wineries offerings, probably should’ve utilised the spitoon more lol. I was washing out...

Chuck, am interested if you open a Grounded Cru...thinking of getting some myself. Off the old Ingoldby vineyard that Jim started in MV in the 1970s 3 2016 Levantine Hill Samantha's Paddock 1 1981 Wynns BL 3 2019 Travis Earth BV Shiraz Cheers Craig Keen to hear what you think of the Samantha’s padd...

These sand Levantine hill bottles are gargantuan and barely fit in my wine fridge. It’s annoying that the big odd shaped standish/sami odi/levantine hill don’t fit properly together! Funnily enough I can wedge in more bottles with a sorrenberg in between a standard 389 or st Henri style bottle. It’s...

These sand Levantine hill bottles are gargantuan and barely fit in my wine fridge. It’s annoying that the big odd shaped standish/sami odi/levantine hill don’t fit properly together! Funnily enough I can wedge in more bottles with a sorrenberg in between a standard 389 or st Henri style bottle. It’s...

Went to my first wine tasting event, the real reviews top Australian wineries event. Was interesting, although I don’t think I did it properly as all the wines started to taste the same after a while, and after tasting 15 wineries 4-5 wines each I was pretty trollied 😅 The ones that stood out were L...

Had a 2012 seppelts show sparkling Shiraz over the weekend, was a great bottle- quite different. Was sort of savoury, sweet, fruity, creamy. Definitely a wine intended to be shared with people. I got it out of a wildcard cd.co pack which all the wines in it have been ace thus far

Got my letter today advising insufficient stock to offer me an allocation. I’m still enamoured that they take the time to hand write a pleasant response and update. What a nice touch ! They must spend forever writing hundreds of those out ! It is definitely exciting to see the AP Birks letter in you...

Exciting times! I didnt write in this year as my fridge is full and the wife banned me from buying till next year-ish

I also don’t know if I have the 20 years of patience to cellar them also!

Exciting times! I didnt write in this year as my fridge is full and the wife banned me from buying till next year-ish

I also don’t know if I have the 20 years of patience to cellar them also!

Mine logs out if I log in on another device or don’t tick “remember me” when I sign in

As long as the contents are the same it’s a tick from me

Very interesting I hadn’t heard of baby tui before from Sami odi . Ovronnaz looks superb also !

Opened a bottle of 2017 scotchman’s hill Cornelius Syrah from their spray farm vineyard in Geelong on the bellarine coast. Is really nice! Very nice aroma, very smooth, nice acidity that carries the wine. I don’t have all the descriptors and whatnot but a very nice smooth cool climate Syrah, very en...

3x Sami Odi Hoffman dalliwitz

Yeah I was going to say, I actually got the tip from yourself in the torbreck thread that yalumba signature was good value, and got the tip about wynns from you too, so cheers for steering me in the right direction !

Having a 21 yalumba signature tonight. Quite impressed. Nice deep colour with red edges, not opaque. Probably a bit young, but a nice nose and vibrant fruit on the palate, nice and smooth drink with nothing jumping out of order. Seems pretty good !

Guess I’ll start it off for may !

2 x 21 wynns glengyle Cabernet
1 x 18 wolf blass platinum medlands Shiraz

Actually looking back, Callum said the ebenezer and the Hoffman dalliwitz are the two that are likely to need the longest cellaring and decant - this is where I’ve gone wrong. I opened it way too early and didn’t decant it enough. Feel silly now that I sort of wasted the bottle but oh well- a learni...

I got the email and passed. I had the lamella added to my cart and could’ve purchased but the wife is on me about purchases at the moment so held off haha

I’m at capacity at the moment and need to drink more space in my 50 bottle fridge

Hey so I recently opened a bottle of 2023 Agricola ebenezer and initially didn’t think it was that great. I want to say that I think this is more than likely related to my inexperience, but was wanting to pick the brains of some of the aficionados here. On a positive note on the nose, it definitely ...

1x 2012 wolf blass black label cab Shiraz malbec

Good tips Felix !