Dan Murphy's and Other Wine Deals

[prozac]

One of the wine merchants (United) suggests leaving the wine at least 24hrs before opening.

 

[B Man]

Yes no problems with CM. I returned 2 cases of faulty wine earlier in the year due to a capping problem which led to some bottles being oxidised. I was told you can return a faulty wine anytime during the recommended cellaring period. The return period is one month for a wine you don't like.

Good to know, cheers Mr Ed. Hey thanks again for the heads up on the Dandelion hidden label... loving it for around $6 a bottle!

 

[Whining&dining]

Yes no problems with CM. I returned 2 cases of faulty wine earlier in the year due to a capping problem which led to some bottles being oxidised. I was told you can return a faulty wine anytime during the recommended cellaring period. The return period is one month for a wine you don't like.

Must admit I didn't know know the fine print regarding the return period for non-faulty wine only being one month Mr Ed....

Good to know, cheers Mr Ed. Hey thanks again for the heads up on the Dandelion hidden label... loving it for around $6 a bottle!

Ditto! It's very slurpable and whilst not being over-the-top in terms of complexity trumps the Zonte's Chocolate Factory I bought recently, not at all a bad wine but certainly not as amazing as I had been led to believe in reviews etc.

 

[ozshiraz]

One of the wine merchants (United) suggests leaving the wine at least 24hrs before opening.

That's interesting prozac, did the wine merchant say why ?

I agree with leaving wine for a while after delivery btw, personal experience has seen that to be as proven practise.

My guess at temp of bottle is just that, a guess

 

[Big Bad Burley]

Must admit I didn't know know the fine print regarding the return period for non-faulty wine only being one month Mr Ed....


Ditto! It's very slurpable and whilst not being over-the-top in terms of complexity trumps the Zonte's Chocolate Factory I bought recently, not at all a bad wine but certainly not as amazing as I had been led to believe in reviews etc.

What year was the Zonte's Chocolate Factory? The 2013 is a cracker and i bought multiple cases in the last crazy CM sale.

 

[prozac]

That's interesting prozac, did the wine merchant say why ?

I agree with leaving wine for a while after delivery btw, personal experience has seen that to be as proven practise.

My guess at temp of bottle is just that, a guess

I am having trouble finding the recommendation...I am sure it was United Cellars who recommend leaving the wine to rest. Anyway seeing the comments about heat and shipping I am posting the united policy as follows.

Heat Policy On Wine Deliveries

At United Cellars, we do not ship wine when temperatures exceed a recommended safe level for transporting wine. We will keep you informed via email if your delivery will be delayed due to to our heat policy.

Delivery - Heatwave

At United Cellars, we'll never deliver your wines when the temperatures on the delivery journey exceed the limit for safe transport of wine. We'll send you your order as soon as we can, once the weather cools again and notify you via email if your wine delivery is delayed.
We use the Bureau of Meteorology website for up to date climate information, Australia-wide.
We appreciate your understanding and patience during heat waves.

 

[ozshiraz]

Re: Vinomofo Wine Deals

...............Spent more on wine this month than ever before thanks to this site.

I seem to remember another household member here uttering similiar words recently, SWMBO (occasionally )

 

[whatmeworry]

Re: Vinomofo Wine Deals

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[burmans]

That's interesting prozac, did the wine merchant say why ?

Bottle shock

What is bottle shock? | Ask Dr. Vinny | Wine Spectator

 

[tielec]

I don't know if bottle shock is real or not, but I'm dubious to hand-wave away those who report it as a phenomenon, even if it is just a subjective experience, or wrong serving temp.

Similarly, a "cooked wine" may actually be excessive age, cork, poor production techniques, poor wine, contamination, bottle variation, troughs in the drinking window, and any of these in combination (including heat). YMMV, but I try not to obsess about heat too much, unless wines are subject to consistent large daily variations in temperature. Surely most wines have periods during processing, bottling or otherwise where they are subject to brief temperature variation, and I still seem to enjoy them.

It gave me a good giggle when a well known wine seller here in Perth (from La Vigna for those in the know) counselled me that the trip home in a hot car was enough to cook a wine and that I should be bringing cooler bags.

 

[Dr Ralph]

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[visector]

I don't know if bottle shock is real or not, but I'm dubious to hand-wave away those who report it as a phenomenon, even if it is just a subjective experience, or wrong serving temp.

Similarly, a "cooked wine" may actually be excessive age, cork, poor production techniques, poor wine, contamination, bottle variation, troughs in the drinking window, and any of these in combination (including heat). YMMV, but I try not to obsess about heat too much, unless wines are subject to consistent large daily variations in temperature. Surely most wines have periods during processing, bottling or otherwise where they are subject to brief temperature variation, and I still seem to enjoy them.

It gave me a good giggle when a well known wine seller here in Perth (from La Vigna for those in the know) counselled me that the trip home in a hot car was enough to cook a wine and that I should be bringing cooler bags.

I live in NQ and I get bottles delivered all year round, temperatures are generally always pretty hot and next day generally takes a long time to deliver up here. To date I have not had a bad bottle.

 

[prozac]

That's interesting prozac, did the wine merchant say why ?

They mentioned that the wine needed to settle.

 

[Whining&dining]

What year was the Zonte's Chocolate Factory? The 2013 is a cracker and i bought multiple cases in the last crazy CM sale.

Well BBBurley I had to look back through my orders and discovered that it is a 2014, I'm sure there will be loads of folks on this forum who will beg to disagree but it was in the 'OK' but not really amazingly good category and I've gotta say not really all that chocolatey either (waiting for the brickbats to fly on this one!)

 

[WineNot]

Well BBBurley I had to look back through my orders and discovered that it is a 2014, I'm sure there will be loads of folks on this forum who will beg to disagree but it was in the 'OK' but not really amazingly good category and I've gotta say not really all that chocolatey either (waiting for the brickbats to fly on this one!)

I found the same thing to be honest. The 2013 vintage was truly outstanding and the 2014 was not quite as good. That being said, I left half a bottle overnight and came back to it the next day (after midday of course) and found it to be every bit as good as the 2013. I'm not recommending 24 hours decanting, but a good chunk definitely does it some good. The 2015 Baron Von Nemesis from Zonte's was a ripper, for some unknown reason, it is more expensive than the lake doctor and the choc factory now. I'll still buy 2014 Zonte's Choc factory for $12.60 a bottle though and not bat an eyelid!

 

[ozshiraz]

I live in NQ and I get bottles delivered all year round, temperatures are generally always pretty hot and next day generally takes a long time to deliver up here. To date I have not had a bad bottle.

Good info, thanks.

Do you cool Shiraz, (for instance), to 16/18C visector before opening/drinking ?

Ask that because if it's a warm day here we'll cool Shiraz prior to opening.

 

[visector]

Good info, thanks.

Do you cool Shiraz, (for instance), to 16/18C visector before opening/drinking ?

Ask that because if it's a warm day here we'll cool Shiraz prior to opening.

Mate once the wine arrives here it goes straight into one of my wine fridges which sits at 14 degrees the climate up here wouldn't allow for long term cellaring. over the short term (delivery, fridge break down ect) I have had no issues which is what I was referring to.

 

[Steady]

I shared a red with Captain Halliday and johnny_yh2000 at a restaurant in Darwin a few weeks ago and it was way too warm for me as served. I have some of the Taylors temperature stickers so will be interested to see if their recommendations match my tastes

 

[ozshiraz]

Having brewed beer some years back and used 20l fermenting barrels it was the norm to place an adhesive temp. sticker on the barrel exterior to
monitor temp.

I was thinking of the demand for something like that, but removable, for wine bottles.

Not sure if Taylors are multi use.

 

[beefarmer]

Well BBBurley I had to look back through my orders and discovered that it is a 2014, I'm sure there will be loads of folks on this forum who will beg to disagree but it was in the 'OK' but not really amazingly good category and I've gotta say not really all that chocolatey either (waiting for the brickbats to fly on this one!)

Not quite as good as CCR's Cosmo's Factory I bet. Gets a near 10/10 on a lot of reviews.