Dan Murphy's and Other Wine Deals

[michaelm]

So you're okay if a member on here misses out on a deal because you have a 1 in 276 chance of a referral?

Just to be clear - what's the difference between the people here and the people on other websites? If someone is getting a deal, someone is getting a deal. What makes people on this website any more entitled to that deal than other people? Is the point of a limited deal not that it is indeed, limited, and that its first in best dressed? why should deals be hoarded for you, or any other particular person, rather than not just the first people who are interested and wish to take advantage of it?

 

[redmaxo]

Just to be clear - what's the difference between the people here and the people on other websites? If someone is getting a deal, someone is getting a deal. What makes people on this website any more entitled to that deal than other people? Is the point of a limited deal not that it is indeed, limited, and that its first in best dressed? why should deals be hoarded for you, or any other particular person, rather than not just the first people who are interested and wish to take advantage of it?

 

[Junior royal]

I understand what you mean. Nevertheless, this is the only place where some members put a lot of individual effort like decoding secret offers, etc. This is adding a lot of value to me and surely others.
I don't see this on Ozbargain, etc. Hence, I would much prefer to keep this info a bit more private in this forum and don't see a need for me to share any information here unnecessarily.

 

[redbigot]

Nevertheless, this is the only place where some members put a lot of individual effort like decoding secret offers, etc.

Not the only place...

 

[Junior royal]

Not the only place...

Ok, can you share the other sites pls? Thanks

 

[redbigot]

Ok, can you share the other sites pls? Thanks

Not allowed to and not free to access like this one.

 

[sagittariusdrake]

Did you see this AFF article?

"In a few months, Virgin Australia will change its frequent flyer program to award status credits based on the cost of your ticket, rather than the distance you fly and the type of fare you book.

In this opinion piece, I explore the pros & cons of Qantas going down the same path… and explain why I think they probably shouldn’t."

 

[year of the roo]

Ok, can you share the other sites pls? Thanks

Google the username that you quoted. See if anything pops up.

 

[CERT]

Google the username that you quoted. See if anything pops up.

A lot of Discord groups up and going for all sorts of things. Usually invite only

 

[Bill Bosworth]

I understand what you mean. Nevertheless, this is the only place where some members put a lot of individual effort like decoding secret offers, etc. This is adding a lot of value to me and surely others.
I don't see this on Ozbargain, etc. Hence, I would much prefer to keep this info a bit more private in this forum and don't see a need for me to share any information here unnecessarily.

Yeah I would be sad if ppl felt reticent to post a good deal here on account of things being instantly sent elsewhere and drained. Those who've been here for a while have benefited from the willingness to share amongst us and it would be a shame if the goose got killed and there were no more golden eggs for us.

 

[olympicwiz]

Yeah I would be sad if ppl felt reticent to post a good deal here on account of things being instantly sent elsewhere and drained. Those who've been here for a while have benefited from the willingness to share amongst us and it would be a shame if the goose got killed and there were no more golden eggs for us.

Just bear in mind that you don't even have to register on AFF to be able to read the posts.

 

[butters_1313]

I can see both sides. But my view is that I post deals for a community of fellow wine lovers, who have also provided me with many more great deals over the years. It is a reciprocal community. Ozbargain isn't like that at all (at least not for wine). Further, I would feel a little peeved if someone was reading posts that I had made here, and then going and putting them up on Ozbargain (or elsewhere for that matter) for personal gain of some kind. I know I don't 'own' the IP in the deal or anything but I do put in a bit of time looking for wine deals (and I know others put in even more time and effort), and if someone is posting discovered deals elsewhere for personal gain, I don't think that is cool.

Having said that, the Cellar One deal was quite possibly discovered independently of this forum. Or possibly posted by someone who isn't even an AFF member (as noted by olympicwiz).

I don't think there is really a solution to the issue as long as we are a public forum...

 

[year of the roo]

Is there merit (or even the physical possibility) to have this particularly thread visible only by members? It obviously wouldn't be a silver bullet and I understand why AFF wouldn't want the rest of the board to be like that.

 

[qaz]

Prince Wine Store - 20% off still wine, 10% off sparkling - my picks:

 

[year of the roo]

The Katnook is back for $99 at Cellar One.

Buy a case of that and a case of something like the Leasingham Cab, Petaluma S+V or Reynella basket pressed and get a free case of Grant Burge Berryfield shiraz.

 

[olympicwiz]

The Katnook is back for $99 at Cellar One.

Buy a case of that and a case of something like the Leasingham Cab, Petaluma S+V or Reynella basket pressed and get a free case of Grant Burge Berryfield shiraz.

So it wasn't a price error after all. Feed the ducks while they are quacking .

 

[Cruiser Elite]

https://www.amazon.com.au/St-Hugo-Vetus-Cabernet-Sauvignon/dp/B0CNVD4H25

Just bought one of these to try, $58 and seems to retail at $220

Packaging - WOW

 

[accompanimince]

Packaging - WOW

Yeah got mine this morning and the gift box is pretty over the top.

 

[misohoney]

Cellardoor.co is offering Wolf blass platinum Shiraz 2021 for $70 in a 6 pack via phone. Worth ringing up if you're interested

 

[olympicwiz]

Cellardoor.co is offering Wolf blass platinum Shiraz 2021 for $70 in a 6 pack via phone. Worth ringing up if you're interested

doing some research and tempted. But having just bought 2018 for $60 is putting the brakes on. It is a great vintage tho...

Need to cellar it for at least 4-5 years to get the best out of it.

Huon Hooke The Real Review - 97 points
Very dense, concentrated, glass-staining purple-red colour; the bouquet likewise luxuriously dense and concentrated, with luscious
blackberry and spice flavours. A whopping wine with tremendous intensity, concentration and drive, and mercifully not top-heavy with coconutty oak. I suspect French oak has been used-very different from the Grey Label Shiraz. Toasted nuts, cocoa powder, chocolate/mocha and fruitcake. A massively proportioned and generously flavoured wine with amazingly fine, soft tannins. A ripping wine-all it needs is time.

TWF Cambell Mattinson 96+ points
Posted on 02 May 2023.
This is from the (single) Medlands Vineyard at Dorrien in the Barossa Valley
Put this up against Grange and it would fundamentally give it a run for it money, pound for pound, style for style. This Platinum goes into 100% French oak of course, whereas Grange goes into American, but all the same there's a mound of fruit, a mound of oak, a wealth of tannin and an emphatic statement being made. In any case this is a fabulous warm-climate wine, thick with fruit, well balanced, churned with tannin, smoky, blackberried, infused with saltbush and layered with various woodsy spices. This wine is all about richness and structure but it has no shortage of length. It will live for decades. (drink 2028-2048)

JH Dave Brookes 97 points
The fruit here is sourced from the Medlands vineyard in Dorrien, in the central Barossa Valley proper. It's a wonderful release from a strong vintage. Harmonious, pure and showing great length of flavour and grace.Pristine aromas of satsuma plum, blackberry, black cherry and blueberry fruits are underlined by hints of fine spice, cedar, licorice, dark chocolate violets, roasting meats and earth. The aromas transpose over onto the palate neatly, seemingly gaining detail and delineation. Silky and elegant is the fruit flow with layers of the finest of tannins, everything poised beautifully before the wine trails off pure and long with the smoothest of dark fruits and gentle oak spice. A cracking release for Wolf Blass.

Winepilot - Ken Garett 96 points
First thoughts are, as good as this is, it would be a waste to open it any time in the next four to five years. This is a wine which desperately needs time and if you want something for now, grab the Grey Label McLaren Vale – you’ll save a heap and drink better. But if you want a wine for the long haul, this is the one. Anyone putting this in their cellar and returning to it in a decade will be thrilled. From the famous Medlands Vineyard in the Dorrien sub-region of the Barossa, this provides stunning Shiraz. The wine is fermented to dryness on skins before pressing and racking to a mix of 80% seasoned and 20% new French oak for an 18 month spell. The colour is opaque maroon and the nose is still very much closed, but gives the impression it is bursting at the seams to come forth and reveal all – it just needs time. There is oodles of flavour, blackberries, coffee grinds, vanillin oak, dark chocolate, soy, beef stock and licorice. The wine has focus and direction, with immense underlying power. Good intensity for the full length, silky tannins and a very long finish. The score will undoubtedly rise in the coming years, as this is a ten to twenty year proposition.