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Just wait until the new land tax and stamp duties kick in. Every adult Victorian has an extra $20k in govt debt since 2019 and that will double in the next 2 years. The pain is yet to come…

The Blackbutt is all gone :-(

I first wrote in 2020. I got a reply in 2021 saying the wait may be a few years. In July 2023 I got sent an order form and in Sept 2023 I got a letter saying there wasn’t enough for me and maybe there’s a chance next year as 2022 was a bigger vintage.

I’ll concur now. The last glass on the third day was really good.

Interesting, I got both the 2013 Blackbutt and the 2019 Old Faithful. Different wines but I had a side by side taste test and thought the Old Faithful was a better buy. I'll try a proper decant next time - the Blackbutt didn't taste like an "aged" wine to me.

and I’ll never complain about that!

^^ this. I'm finding that that are a lot of wines in my cellar in the 8-10 year old range, and I've been booming on the offers for $60-80 wines of the same vintage for $20-30 ea...these are all on the quaffer pile now. But I probably have 60 or so $100+ wines that I don't have enough special...

I have only done 2 flights in the past 2 years and I'm not quite lifetime gold, so my lounge membership has lapsed. I'll be heading to Tokyo with family in late June and have one lounge pass on my account. I'm curious to know if they always send an email invitation to purchase one before the...

Dan Murphy we’ll beat anyone ???

Thanks - and still running it as a going concern? If so, it would make sense that the quality its still up there (but not @ $200/btl level that they were chasing previously)

I’m curious who is making it these days…when Colonial Estate first started out 20 years ago they were great wines but I thought financial troubles hit and now it’s just a label rather than an actual winery?

Well if there’s no Doris plums I’m definitely not getting it!

I got mine delivered today and couldn’t resist…definitely not a $90 wine, but I’d be happy if I had paid $15-20 ;-) [Edit: third glass and it's opening up quite a bit. I think this will get better over time]

VM have been selling Nightfall for a while...nice labels but I've yet to buy any.

Same on this one….I had one about 5 years ago and wasn’t impressed, so didn’t drink the rest…2013 vintage so maybe time to try again.

Is the Platinum that good?

https://www.getwinesdirect.com/red-wines/Montara-Chalambar-Grampians-Reserve-Shiraz-2017

well, I missed the 7%, but boomed. It's selling in a few places, the RRP of $90 is obviously optimistic, but at $11 a bottle I won't be expecting much...

one way to do this is to try ordering a large number and keep increasing/decreasing the order size until it says not available.

Would the other packs still be the same as from previous sales?