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Daver6 said:
If the cellar conditions were ideal, you never know. Report back. Certainly looks interesting.
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There were a heap more, but I essentially grabbed all the Tawny's (approx 5). There were some whites and some Shiraz Ports too (which I don't like so let them go, mate said he'll sell them at his Lion's Auctions)

All seem to be South Australian wines from what I could tell on the labels. Unfortunately no Grange :p
 
Got an email from CellarOne hocking a few unremarkable deals so I thought I would jump on and see what's up with Accolade Wine lately. A few decent specials on some Bay of Fires stuff, and St Hallet but nothing worth posting here.

Anyway, I saw I had 0 C1 points and I was 'Bronze' tier, and I was wondering what I had to do to get to 'Silver'. Turns out you need 100,000 points at 20 points per dollar; that means you need to spend $5000 to simply get to the second tier of their membership. Spend another $2000 and you can make 'Gold', and then spend another $5000 and you can be 'Platinum' (!)

It's not clear if the C1 points expire, so perhaps it's lifetime spend and you can get 20k by referring a buying member, but no benefits are listed except getting more points per $ spent - which you can cash in for truly marginal cashback rates. If you spent the $12,000 required to reach platinum you would get $300 back.

For context if you spend $5000 at CellarDoor you are immediately top tier status and get given ~$400 of wine for free plus a $35 birthday voucher. At CellarOne you would get $100 back.

I wonder how the C1 loyalty program is going...
 
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AnzacPaul said:
I know this is old news, but I can't get over the ridiculous markup of wine at restaurants and hotels.

Bin 28 is $148 at the restaurant I'm at, and at my hotel Dandelion Vineyards is $184!! You can get it at liquorland for $24!
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That's insane, we've been to some fine diners where the mark up was 3-5x. Usual restaurant mark up is probably 2.5?

Where was this at?
 
AnzacPaul said:
I know this is old news, but I can't get over the ridiculous markup of wine at restaurants and hotels.

Bin 28 is $148 at the restaurant I'm at, and at my hotel Dandelion Vineyards is $184!! You can get it at liquorland for $24!
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Simple solution, don’t support these places.
When choosing restaurant I try to look at the wine list, if marked up too high then move on to next option. Greedy owners will only learn if their revenue suffers.
 
AnzacPaul said:
Hotel was the Langham, and restaurant was somewhere on the Southbank in Melbourne
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BYO? We'll probably be visiting France Soir, Scopri when we visit - plus other joints where I assume the mark up will be reasonable (haven't checked yet) but thinking Public Wine Shop.
 
AnzacPaul said:
I know this is old news, but I can't get over the ridiculous markup of wine at restaurants and hotels.

Bin 28 is $148 at the restaurant I'm at, and at my hotel Dandelion Vineyards is $184!! You can get it at liquorland for $24!
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What vintage was it?
 
boomy said:
Simple solution, don’t support these places.
When choosing restaurant I try to look at the wine list, if marked up too high then move on to next option. Greedy owners will only learn if their revenue suffers.
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Penfolds Bin 389 is $79 at Costco for 2020 vintage at the moment. Would have been a better buy at their Docklands store
 
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AnzacPaul said:
I know this is old news, but I can't get over the ridiculous markup of wine at restaurants and hotels.

Bin 28 is $148 at the restaurant I'm at, and at my hotel Dandelion Vineyards is $184!! You can get it at liquorland for $24!
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One reason why I like the Duke in ADL.
Wine is not much more than cellar door price. Mind you, the Duke is not a "proper" restaurant as it's a pub serving great food.
 
AnzacPaul said:
I know this is old news, but I can't get over the ridiculous markup of wine at restaurants and hotels.

Bin 28 is $148 at the restaurant I'm at, and at my hotel Dandelion Vineyards is $184!! You can get it at liquorland for $24!
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Bin 28 roughly three times RRP, sounds about right 😐
 

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