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Re: Vinomofo secret wine deals Thanks, Whodoesthat. It looks a good call. Plenty of Geoff Hardy wines on the 'fo before now, right price, right location. Bit of a stretch re the 160 years (Thomas Hardy established in the 1880s, but was making wine before that), but can't really hold that...

Re: Vinomofo secret wine deals Today's Black Market Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 is interesting. The first wineries in the Coonawarra are only 120 or so years old, so the winery is presumably elsewhere. They say "the talented winemaking team trekked down south to get a slice of the action." And...

Thanks Hillsgirl - this checks out exactly. Any chance you've tried it yet?

The Butcher's Cart is pretty impressive, though. We tasted the 2013 a few weeks ago and while I would think it has a moderately long future in front of it, it's remarkably approachable already. Fantastic fruit, restrained oak (mostly American, I would think - sweet and vanilla), long finish...

Does anyone have any ideas about the Black Market 2013 Chardy? The K1 by Geoff Hardy looks a possibility but I can't find the CM review or any tasting notes for 2013. Any ideas?

But Halliday rates Star Lane 5 stars, not 5 red stars. Given VM make such a fuss of the 5 red star winery in the banner, I don't think it can be Star Lane. Not that I have a better idea at the moment, though. And it's possible that VM simply made a mistake by putting the 5 red stars in the...

Re: Vinomofo Wine Deals - First Growth 08 Thanks, Wozza, Have just purchased a six pack. No joy with the Frenzy25, but $55 per bottle is just fine. Will open my first bottle in about 10 years from now, if Tyson Stelzer's review is anything to go by. Actually, he's a bit OTT: Wines like...

Re: Vinomofo Wine Deals - Squid Ink Went up to our local BWS this morning, but alas - no First Growth. Not surprising really as it's a relatively small outlet - we're on the Far South Coast of NSW. But they did have some clearance bargains that were pretty attractive, e.g. McWilliams...

Re: Vinomofo Wine Deals - Squid Ink We've only ever had 3 bottles of this wine - Vintage 2000, which was not supposedly one of the "great" years. Had the first one in around 2011 and it was drinking so superbly (and was so ready) that we drank the remaining two over the following 12 months...

Re: Mitolo Cantiniere Strange that it was bottled in Sept 2015, when the website says it was aged for 14 months in new (10%) and aged French oak hogsheads. It's a 2013 vintage - allowing for fermentation and even a late harvest, bottling in September 2014 sounds closer to the mark. The...

That's certainly it - Hewitson Mother Vine - but I can't find it on the site. Did you get an email notification? I turned my daily notifications off when we were traveling recently. I guess the emails must precede the wine being generally available on the site?

I can't see it there. Any chance you could provide a link? I have some but haven't tried it yet (from memory we paid $24.50 per bottle?). Thought I'd give it a couple of years in the dark before bringing one out to try with some of our winey friends. Given the age of the vineyard, the...

FWIW, the bottle is really nicely presented as well! We used to buy Frank Potts occasionally through Cellarmasters in the mid to late 90s, probably around the time they were taken over by Fosters. Pretty sure we paid around $12-$14 then. Just shared 2 cases of the Potts with some friends...

We have the $14 Cabernet Blend and it's Frank Potts. Remarkable value at the price.

Just slurping on some now. Very fruit-forward, subtle oak. Full but soft. Funnily enough, the blurb on the bottle is pretty accurate. Reminds me of some of the Kilikanoons I've had, which is quite a compliment. Tannins are restrained, will improve for some years but won't really need long...