Recent content by pchammond

Bought a dozen Moppa Springs a couple of years ago. Drank one last year and was quite disappointed. Haven't bought any since Cracked another last night and it was amazing. It was like night and day. Now I'm regretting not buying more!

I opened up a bottle of White Frontignac and a bottle of 2021 Black Shiraz for Christmas lunch. Everybody loved the White Frontignac. Most did not like the Black Shiraz at all! I really enjoyed the Black Shiraz

Black Shiraz and 2019 RR are out now BS is $86. RR is $60 Straight to the wine fridge for me. Didn't have time to taste at the cellar door unfortunately

If you are already going to the Barossa, you may as well pop by. I went there a couple of weeks ago and took a colleague. We were working nearby that day. I picked up a few of the new vintage of Rod & Spur, while she picked up a White Frontignac, an Alicante Bouchet, and a Rod & Spur. They...

Yep that's the one. I've bought from them a few times. Every so often there will be a heavily discounted deal but yeah it's subjective if it's a good deal. Honestly I've been mainly giving it away as gifts or bringing it to people's houses for dinner, since people know the brand and the bottles...

Oh totally. Buying is half the fun. And I'm in a similar situation where I have a few hundred bottles and have just bought a few more. But then if you have many tens of thousands worth of low to mid range wine and are looking to sell it, why not drink it instead? Especially when one is...

Anybody use "Good Wine Times"? It's the McGuigan friends/family discount site and includes all the brands they own including Tempus Two etc. I'm personally not a big fan of them, but there seems to be some good deals sometimes.

Volume wines are never really designed to be resold. It would make absolutely no sense for a larger organisation with a liquor license to resell volume wines when they could probably buy the same wines at wholesale for around the same price anyway, and not have to deal with a member of the...

Just be aware that Helen and Joey are owned by <foreign> companies. It may matter to some. It's a shame because I really enjoy their wines

I was offered a continental brekky for free at the restaurant, but declined it. I don't like the coffee at the Hilton, and I would rather go around the corner to the multitude of coffee shops and eateries. My staple is a coffee and a pastry from the French cafe in the arcade

I was just there and had no upgrade as a Gold member.

Thanks everyone for the help. I either sacrifice my view, or maybe I can be an even better husband and go the double. Previous leg will be from BKK in the 777 with Q suites, but it's in the middle of the night so no views but plenty of window availability

Ah damn. Not sure if we can both get true window seats in the front cabin it seems. I might have to be a good husband and get the forward facing seat

100% sure. When I originally booked, the seat map was for the old seats. Since then, the seat map is for Q suites.

We would rather the window seats, since we will be flying into Milan in the morning and would prefer to look out the windows. We sleep next to each other every day, so sleeping away from each other isn't a bad thing ;)