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Apparently "A ’Chain’ is a historical unit of measurement with ‘10Chains’ being equivalent to 1 acre". 10 Chains in a furlong I believe. An acre is a measure of area. A bit of a geometry fail there. However, it may be forgivable if the wine is up to snuff. I hope I can leave it to one of...

I did too. The only one in that pack that you're paying above RRP for is the Heirloom, and I've already tried that one a few times and I reckon it's worth it (even if it's been seen cheaper). How far forward are you looking to trying that First Growth? I found a Tyson Stelzer review of this...

Never mind the guesswork, the Erin Eyes website literally has the Tony Love "delish" quote on its front page. Steve Wiblin's Erin Eyes Wines - Erin Eyes Wines Clare Valley Case closed if there were any doubt I'd say.

I have tried the Bilmore once. If you generally like Barossa Shiraz and you're looking for something for around $16, I think it would be very hard to be disappointed with it. If I'd tasted it without seeing the Halliday rating, I'd have expected him to give it 94-96 points. I personally...

They also didn't mention a couple of the Mystery Wines, which I assume to be Wolf Blass White Label 2012 (the Robe/Mt Benson Shiraz Cabernet and the straight Cabernet). Best price I've seen either of those for, ($20) if you use that coupon. (Not much in the way of rewards or points though, as...

RRV, your point is a bit lost on me. The VM policy is here: https://vinomofo.com/returns . That's a part of the sale contract; people enter into it in the knowledge that it is. What are you "responsible" for? You're responsible for keeping the wine if you enjoy it. They specifically say...

I tend to agree with AC - I can't see VM passing on the Halliday ratings when they're available. That would only happen if the winery had veto on the marketing copy and genuinely thought that it could remain a mystery. Seems unlikely. Very interesting price list you posted there though. Who...

I don't think the other vintage I tried was rated by Halliday, and 90 points from him (very grudgingly awarded if you read his comments!) don't count for much, so maybe I should reserve judgement on the general standard.

I'd just about pay the extra to avoid having to drink the Chris Ringland, if it's anything like the 2013. The only other time I tried the CR shiraz, of an earlier vintage, I was also very underwhelmed. I guess it has its admirers, and the Dan Murphy's wine panel are consistently among them.

But then look at this item: https://www.cellarmasters.com.au/mixed-cases/wine/regional-shiraz-dozen-SM1604 It clearly says that there are a "dozen" "x12" which makes 144 bottles there! Grossly misleading. (Thank you, thank you, I'm here all week. Remember to tip your waitress.) To be...

The last time they were selling Miss Harry it was vintage 2013. This one is 2012; if it's also Miss Harry, maybe that's what's "new"? I have tried the 2012 Miss Harry twice. The first time I really enjoyed it, but on the second try I was put off by the heat on the finish. (That leaves me in...

FYI, @Rug, this one has just popped up on WineMarket (both the 2011 cabernet and 2011 shiraz) and at a cheaper price than the Fo had it too.

I am pretty sure the "little berry" moniker denotes a different wine from the standard MV. The labelling and RRP are different at least, IIRC. .

It's actually hard to tell because all trace of them disappears from the site. I ordered a mixed case of 12 singles and of those, three are now gone: Houghton Crofters Shiraz Purple Hands Wines Mataro Grenache Shiraz Paxton Quandong Farm Single Vineyard Shiraz A shame about the Purple Hands...

By my calculations, the premium on the mixed case that mavis posted the contents of is 40 cents, or 3.33 cents per bottle. I don't know if it's always so reasonable, but in this particular case I'd say they're doing the right thing. And of course it's in their interest, because you're much...

I ordered a mixed case of my own choosing with RRP $248 for $148 (by using both a referral credit and the CHOOSEWINE coupon code), which makes this about as good as the recent $100-off Cellarmasters offer - except that the range on offer is a lot better. Here's what I got at an average of <...

Just don't be surprised if you see the same case as cheap or cheaper in a week or two. I don't know about this particular one, but most of those other high-pointed mix cases have mysteriously gone up steeply in price ahead of this promotion.

You could, at one point. They had a shiraz on a week or two before the cabernet. It might come back if you keep an eye out. Same vintage, same region, same pricing, so you should easily enough recognise it if it does.

A shiraz mourvedre is bound to be unlike a GSM (especially with GSMs being often 50%+ grenache). Personally I'm not generally a fan of grenache and (based on my limited experience of a couple of vintages of Teusner's Dog Strangler and one or two others) I'm a bit partial to mourvedre even...

Now listed as $83.17 with only 2 cases left; presumably you can apply happybanker on top of that (and maybe or maybe not pricepal as discussed previously).