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Interesting, I got both the 2013 Blackbutt and the 2019 Old Faithful. Different wines but I had a side by side taste test and thought the Old Faithful was a better buy. I'll try a proper decant next time - the Blackbutt didn't taste like an "aged" wine to me.

and I’ll never complain about that!

^^ this. I'm finding that that are a lot of wines in my cellar in the 8-10 year old range, and I've been booming on the offers for $60-80 wines of the same vintage for $20-30 ea...these are all on the quaffer pile now. But I probably have 60 or so $100+ wines that I don't have enough special...

I have only done 2 flights in the past 2 years and I'm not quite lifetime gold, so my lounge membership has lapsed. I'll be heading to Tokyo with family in late June and have one lounge pass on my account. I'm curious to know if they always send an email invitation to purchase one before the...

Dan Murphy we’ll beat anyone ???

Thanks - and still running it as a going concern? If so, it would make sense that the quality its still up there (but not @ $200/btl level that they were chasing previously)

I’m curious who is making it these days…when Colonial Estate first started out 20 years ago they were great wines but I thought financial troubles hit and now it’s just a label rather than an actual winery?

Well if there’s no Doris plums I’m definitely not getting it!

I got mine delivered today and couldn’t resist…definitely not a $90 wine, but I’d be happy if I had paid $15-20 ;-) [Edit: third glass and it's opening up quite a bit. I think this will get better over time]

VM have been selling Nightfall for a while...nice labels but I've yet to buy any.

Same on this one….I had one about 5 years ago and wasn’t impressed, so didn’t drink the rest…2013 vintage so maybe time to try again.

Is the Platinum that good?

https://www.getwinesdirect.com/red-wines/Montara-Chalambar-Grampians-Reserve-Shiraz-2017

well, I missed the 7%, but boomed. It's selling in a few places, the RRP of $90 is obviously optimistic, but at $11 a bottle I won't be expecting much...

one way to do this is to try ordering a large number and keep increasing/decreasing the order size until it says not available.

Would the other packs still be the same as from previous sales?

I believe they were shipped halfway around the world and back before being sold…someone else may be able to confirm. I didn’t buy any magnums because I still have some bottles from the $10/btl deal…these have been drinking very well so far.

It's all much more than it was in the early days of these threads, but what else hasn't gone up in price? I'm finding that most of the wine that I'm happy to drink is now over $20 a bottle, whereas it used to be $10. What's making things tough these days is all the (made for China?) overinflated...

Black label RRP is $130

Seems you are correct....I didn't get an email...but on the home page under the headline "It's our birthday" there is a reference to my birthday...apologies for creating unnecessary excitement! PS - the member level I am at is not supposed to be entitled to a birthday discount so maybe that's...