Seeking expressions of interest in Southern/Eastern Tasmania wine tour

[TomVexille]

Well I'm no wine connoisseur, but I enjoyed nearly every one of the wineries we visited. The wines generally were very nice and it came to sundry quirks that made the difference. We really enjoyed the wineries that allowed us to taste (for free), and then buy a bottle and order some nibbles and sit back and just enjoy life! There was just one winery we disliked so perhaps I should just mention that one. The wine was nice, but they were a rip-off merchant and I'll tell you why. We booked a table in their restaurant for lunch. Pre lunch, we partook in some wine tasting and a nice Pinot Gris we both liked was actually on special for circa $20. The purchase went something like this:

"Great...we'll have a bottle to enjoy over lunch!"
"Yes, sir, that's $40."
"er, no it's $20??"
"Sorry sir, if you wish to consume it in the restaurant, we have to charge full price."
"Really. OK we'll cancel the lunch, and have the fruit and cheese plate in the garden."
"Certainly Sir, that'll be $30 for the wine and $14 for the platter."
"er, no it's $20??"
"Sorry Sir, if you wish to consume it in the garden, we have a surcharge over the special price."
":shock:....you're joking, right?"
"Oh no sir."
"OK, I'll have the special price, the cheese and fruit plate and two glasses of water, thank you!"
"Certainly Sir, that'll be $20 plus $14 for the cheese and fruit plate."
"Excellent"

The water went on the garden and the wine surreptitiously found its way into the glasses! That place was Josef Chromy Wines and I'll never buy another bottle of theirs simply because I dislike blantant rip offs. (Note....the figures mentioned above is from a poor memory, but will give the idea)

I really enjoyed "Bay of Fires" at Pipers River......but that's possibly because I do like the House of Arras range. Unfortunately, the Arras Grand Vintage was not available for tasting that day.....but I did enjoy their Rosé.........

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That transaction sounds very much like my conversation with Pindarie in the Barossa. Their wines are nice, but I refused to buy any to take home after they charged me extra to have a bottle at lunch. So they lost a fair bit of revenue over $6.

 

[amaroo]

Just a notice to anyone subscribed to this thread.

Probably not going to work for us unfortunately. I'm away on a few trips between now and the new year, and the boss has decided no more trips sans kids this year.

 

[penegal]

Re-expressing my interest.

The experiment looked like a lot of fun.