Dan Murphy's and Other Wine Deals

[Cruiser Elite]

Had a call from DM today regarding the Secret Shiraz. They said there has been a huge response and deliveries were delayed by up to a week. They wouldn't confirm it was the Wolf Blass - but there is no doubt in my mind.

I bought a doz at 6pm last night and received SMS at 15:02 advising delivery in 1-3 working days - go figure.

 

[jasonking]

How to get the IMCAC 13% off?

 

[Dr Ralph]

I bought a doz at 6pm last night and received SMS at 15:02 advising delivery in 1-3 working days - go figure.

I had a similar SMS + email immediately after placing order on Monday - then phone call today.

 

[robd]

Just need to get the little green icon against this thread, to remind me to LOOK HERE!

 

[Dr Ralph]

How to get the IMCAC 13% off?

Not sure for Cruiser Elite , but I would be thinking gift card purchased with a 5% discount plus a cash back arrangement such as via cashrewards.com.au

I did this and it got me 13% off. The one caveat is the long wait to get any money from cashrewards though.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

How to get the IMCAC 13% off?

5% Wish Cards + 8% Cash Rewards = 13%

 

[blackcat20]

My cash back is 8.5% for wine.

 

[jasonking]

Thanks Dr Ralph and Cruiser Elite for the 13% off tip.

Now have anybody tasted the Wolf Blass Brown Label before? Any opinion?

 

[Dr Ralph]

Now have anybody tasted the Wolf Blass Brown Label before? Any opinion?

This is unlikely as they haven't made it for a number of years.

But at this price I wouldn't be waiting around for it to sell out (again!). It's an outstanding price from a very high quality producer.

 

[Kangol]

Should be but can let you know when it arrives...

The website specifically states:

'Closure Screw Cap'

I'm not concerned either way and in fact would actually prefer cork.

Thanks.

Cashrewards looks pretty good - higher rates than pricepal.
How do you get 8.5% for wine? I'm trying to find something about membership levels like PP (white, gold, diamond, etc) which would suggest a higher rate but there is nothing that I can find. The best I can see is 8% for wine.

 

[blackcat20]

Thanks.

Cashrewards looks pretty good - higher rates than pricepal.
How do you get 8.5% for wine? I'm trying to find something about membership levels like PP (white, gold, diamond, etc) which would suggest a higher rate but there is nothing that I can find. The best I can see is 8% for wine.

Mine is through Smart Discounts as part of salary packaging. The champagne rebate isn't quite so generous.

 

[Princess Fiona]

Received my secret Pinot today. It's 2010 Essenze The Damkeeper (Bendigo region Central Otago). Definitely not the sub $20 one mentioned above. Not tasted yet but will report back

 

[aus_flyer]

Cash Rewards looks good... but I'm a little nervous about handing over bank details.

On another note... my "secret" Taittinger champagne arrived... 2014 FIFA World Cup labelling.

 

[Dr Ralph]

Cash Rewards looks good... but I'm a little nervous about handing over bank details.
.

How do you expect to get your money if you don't do that?

You don't provide your bank account details until you want a withdrawal. I made my first withdrawal last week. Money arrived within 2 days.

 

[burmans]

How do you expect to get your money if you don't do that?

You don't provide your bank account details until you want a withdrawal. I made my first withdrawal last week. Money arrived within 2 days.

I've had absolutely no problem with getting my money back, they are slow but it does come!

 

[JohnM]

Received my secret Pinot today. It's 2010 Essenze The Damkeeper (Bendigo region Central Otago). Definitely not the sub $20 one mentioned above. Not tasted yet but will report back
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Clearly not the 'Flagship', as that does not feature the 'Damkeeper' sub-label. It is evident from a bit of internet rummaging that there are several levels of the EsseNZe.

This is not any sort of criticism, but it may help clarify the apparent contradictions in names and 'levels'. In France I suspect that these would be called 'negociant wines'. In this case it is McWilliams Wines that is the 'producer'. Only (yet another name) the 'Premium', appears on the McWilliams website.

From Wikipedia:

[h=2]Négociant[edit][/h]A négociant is the French term for a wine merchant who assembles the produce of smaller growers and winemakers and sells the result under its own name.[SUP][10][/SUP]
Négociants buy everything from grapes to grape must to wines in various states of completion. In the case of grapes or must, the négociant performs virtually all the winemaking. If it buys already fermented wine in barrels or 'en-vrac'—basically in bulk containers, it may age the wine further, blend in other wines or simply bottle and sell it as is. The result is sold under the name of the négociant, not the name of the original grape or wine producer.
Some négociants have a recognizable house style.
Négociants, who are also called Wine Merchants/Traders, were the dominant force in the wine trade until the last 25 years for various reasons:

• Historically the owners of vineyards and producers of wine had no direct access to buyers.
• It was too expensive for growers to purchase the wine presses and bottling lines necessary to produce a finished wine.
• Owning only a small portion of a particular high-quality single vineyard (lieu-dit) meant that a grower often had insufficient wine from a parcel to vinify on its own. Under French inheritance laws, vineyard holdings were often split until offspring owned no more than a single row of grapes, not enough to fill a barrel. Since prices for a premier cru are typically higher than for wines from a larger area like a village or region, the grower could make more money selling off the production as the premier cru rather than blending it into a less specific appellation.

Many négociants are also vineyard owners in their own right. In Burgundy for instance, négociants as Bouchard Père et Fils and Faiveley are among the largest owners of vineyards.[SUP][10][/SUP] Well-known examples in Burgundy are Maison Louis Jadot, Joseph Drouhin and Vincent Girardin, in Beaujolais Georges Duboeuf and Guigal, Jean-Luc Colombo, Mirabeau in Provence, and Jaboulet in the Rhône.


It's all a bit like Harvey Norman having 'unique' model numbers/colours for its Dyson vacuum cleaners, for example.

 

[jasonking]

Thanks JohnM for the useful comments.
A search on Dan Murphy's for essenze flagship shows the bottle with no display of "The Damkeeper".
However the other descriptions eg from Bendigo sub-regions etc are the same.
Well let us see how Princess Fiona rates the Pinot.

 

[JohnM]

Thanks JohnM for the useful comments.
A search on Dan Murphy's for essenze flagship shows the bottle with no display of "The Damkeeper".
However the other descriptions eg from Bendigo sub-regions etc are the same.
Well let us see how Princess Fiona rates the Pinot.

She rates it B* good - see 'Nice Wines' thread.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Had a call from DM today regarding the Secret Shiraz. They said there has been a huge response and deliveries were delayed by up to a week, as more stock had to be sourced from Victoria. They wouldn't confirm it was the Wolf Blass - but there is no doubt in my mind.

Email overnight advising Secret Shiraz has been shipped - am happy to send you a bott good doctor?

 

[blackcat20]

Email overnight advising Secret Shiraz has been shipped - am happy to send you a bott good doctor?

Mine is still at the 'packed' stage and I know my local store has stock.