Just wondering if anyone has come across
The Other Bordeaux before, and if so what have they thought? I’m always keen to try new wines (and I’m very slowly branching into some French wines right now), but I don’t have any real insight into value - apart from knowing it’s hard to find a good deal! So if anyone here has any knowledge as to whether this “cutting out the middle man” that they are promoting results in a genuine saving, or is more of a marketing spin, I’d love to hear!
I've spoken to Tom, and he seems like a genuine bloke.
I've gone through the lists, you can buy and he'll hold wine for you til you're ready to ship within a certain time frame.
Most the wines are very reasonably, $20 onwards which is very cheap for French wine.
Weather the wine is good, everyone will have a different opinion & you can go by his judgement plus Google for Vivino, or other reviews if any.
I've found different local stores import different wines, aka Buzz Wines has some Pinots which no one else stocks. I found Winesquare to be generally cheaper than Buzz, on their standard price close to Buzz Wines 30% off sales.
Tom specialises in French wine, so I'd give it a shot. I was going too, but I honestly just forgot! I'll be buying a bunch through him at some stage to try myself
When you Google wines, you can compare what it's being sold in Europe compared to an imported price.
If you switch countries on Vivino, it'll also tell you the AVG price within that country. You will find many Australian wines which are $60, sell for $90-100+ overseas etc.