Dan Murphy's and Other Wine Deals

Vintage Cellars have an in-store offer of 6 bottles of the St Hallett Faith Shiraz with a bonus bottle of the Blackwell for $100. If you use Cellar One's price for a case of the Faith ($77), it brings the Blackwell down to $23.
 
Rug said:
Fair call. No two consumers have exactly fhe same taste buds.
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If you look at the three 5 star reviews on the wine I got stung on, all three reviewers have the same taste... in fact looking at the writing style and formatting, I would bet they are written by the same person. I should have picked it up on it when I was buying but that 95 point Sam Kim review sealed the deal!

 
Just picked up another 6-pack of the Wynns black label cabernet, this time from BoozeBud. Price came down at $21.5/btl after cashback.
 
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Has anyone tried the Barossa Wine Company Stockyard Shiraz? LiquorLand have a 2 for $50 offer, before cashback.
 
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I too disregard Sam Kim reviews. In fact, I actively avoid wines/wineries that only have Sam Kim reviews.
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"typical reviewer for hire" - he's one of very few who require a payment to review a wine, I'm not sure how that makes him "typical" or having "zero integrity". His admittedly formulaic reviews often have more useful information about the wine than many recent Halliday reviews.

If you look at the scores of wines he reviews compared to other (more "reputable"?) reviewers, there is often not much difference in the scores, some higher, some the same, some lower, admittedly probably more higher than the other two.

It's interesting to consider the evolution of scoring, the old 20 point system allocated points our of 3 for colour, 7 for nose, 10 for palate, with the hundred point system the number is just plucked out of the air by the reviewer, based on experience and how they feel about the wine on the day.

Objective wine review? Objective: "not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts." I'd suggest a review on DM is almost certainly not objective and since there is no fixed objective definition of quality in a particular style of wine and all that matters to me is my subjective opinion of a wine, I just look for and follow reviewers that I tend to agree with.

The "objective definition" is possibly arguable for old world styles that have a long history of consistent style, but in Australia you just have to look at the changing styles of Cabernets, Shiraz and Chardonnay over even the last 20 years, certainly 40 years as various styles come in and out of favour in the same region due to the support of influential reviewers, the Show system and consumer demand.

There are many other reviewers around in Oz that seem to write mostly glowing reviews, for some (IMO) quite ordinary wines, but at least the score they allocate matches more the quality of the wine than the complimentary words. But I think that's just as bad an approach as the Sam Kim formula.
 
Stormin Norman said:
Same. It’s gotten to the stage now where I laugh and deduct 5 points
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Some people have been saying that or similar about Halliday reviews for some years now.

Do you laugh and deduct after trying the wine, or just not try?

I think you could name any recognised reviewer in Australia and there would be examples of wines rated highly that I didn't much like and vice versa. But with experience you can agree that their score may be valid for the wine and it's regional style, just that you don't like it - objective vs subjective.
 
redbigot said:
Some people have been saying that or similar about Halliday reviews for some years now.

Do you laugh and deduct after trying the wine, or just not try?

I think you could name any recognised reviewer in Australia and there would be examples of wines rated highly that I didn't much like and vice versa. But with experience you can agree that their score may be valid for the wine and it's regional style, just that you don't like it - objective vs subjective.
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i think the rating system is used often to shift subpar or average wine. it seems at times that 95 is the new 90. I can’t remember the last time I saw a sub 90 rating given. Sure, there are plenty of reviewers out there that are possibly guilty of over rating, however, if consumers feel reviewers are gilding the lily, then they will change their purchasing patterns.
 
DLR said:
Also at First Choice - Wolf Blass Heritage Release Shiraz Cab Magnum $20 (was $80) plenty of stock online and in stores. Not sure where this fits within their range but at $10/750mL I will give it a go
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As mentioned upthread, I bought 3 bottles....opened one last night for Xmas dinner...it was pretty good actually for a $20 1.5L bottle of wine. Should I buy 6 more? Problem is at 1.5 L need some help to finish the wine. :)
 
Cellar one Boxing Day sale $10 further off each case until Sunday midnight.

St Hallett Blackwell Shiraz 2018 (cork) on sale on Cellar One $27/b ($162/case) further $10 off, brings per bottle price down to $25.33.

$20 welcome cellar dollars will bring down to $22/bottle

Not too bad if you’re still chasing Blackwell

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kpc said:
As mentioned upthread, I bought 3 bottles....opened one last night for Xmas dinner...it was pretty good actually for a $20 1.5L bottle of wine. Should I buy 6 more? Problem is at 1.5 L need some help to finish the wine. :)
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Vinoelle said:
Cellar one Boxing Day sale $10 further off each case until Sunday midnight.

St Hallett Blackwell Shiraz 2018 (cork) on sale on Cellar One $27/b ($162/case) further $10 off, brings per bottle price down to $25.33.

$20 welcome cellar dollars will bring down to $22/bottle

Not too bad if you’re still chasing Blackwell

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I saw a banner ad for Bay of Fires but pinot all sold out, was that previous vintage?
 

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