Vinomofo Wine Deals

[vovo]

For anyone who likes the Ashbrook Margaret River Chardonnay (I do - a lot) it is available at $15/bottle from wineiq (bought last year by Langtons). My contact is Bob Dixon - email [email protected] (0415616272)
I've been drinking a friend's for years but finally bought my own when I got it at this price - usually mid-high 20s. Lovely fruit and good oak treatment - not bludgeoned at all. If you email Bob say the guy who bought a heap last year recommended him.

Thanks Violin, however I can't find the site for wine IQ. Is the only way to grab this to email your contact?

 

[Daver6]

I'd be interested to hear tasting notes. $50 for a JH 94 pointer doesn't seem like real good value to me ?????????????????? So was it over priced and $17 for VM wine at JH 94 points still not one of their better deals. Or am I too spoilt for choice. I have far too much wine at home so can afford to be a little picky.

Where you are going totally wrong is by simply equating Halliday's points with dollar value of wine.

 

[Rocket09]

Where you are going totally wrong is by simply equating Halliday's points with dollar value of wine.

Agreed. Hookey rated it at 4.5 stars, valued it at $40 for Aus Cabernet in 2011. Many, many wines worth more than $50 don't win awards, not get rated as highly and I think at $17 it will be a bargain....esp in 5-10 years when I will most likely be drinking it.

I am lucky as I am at my PC most of the time for my profession, so I get most of the VIM emails withing half an hour. I purchased a sixer of the Shiraz and now the Cabernet, I did notice people buying 3 and 4 cases in the pop up feed. I guess many others thought at $17 it was a steal. Since getting put on the VIM I have purchased around half of what has been offered.

 

[Sedimental]

For anyone who likes the Ashbrook Margaret River Chardonnay (I do - a lot) it is available at $15/bottle from wineiq (bought last year by Langtons). My contact is Bob Dixon - email [email protected] (0415616272)
I've been drinking a friend's for years but finally bought my own when I got it at this price - usually mid-high 20s. Lovely fruit and good oak treatment - not bludgeoned at all. If you email Bob say the guy who bought a heap last year recommended him.

What vintage Violin?

 

[beefarmer]

Wink and it's gone!
Go on toilet break and it's gone!

Buy dont think, think it's too late.

Looks like VIMers possess deep deep pockets.

PS: Didn't Violin (the one who purchase 12 cases of Cabernet Merlot) gave us advance hints yesterday.

Just makes me want to go back in time and think WHO said these famous words -If you can't be/have the one you want, love the one you're with.

 

[jasonking]

Just makes me want to go back in time and think WHO said these famous words -If you can't be/have the one you want, love the one you're with.

It's Stephen Stills "Love the One You're with".
He is the part of the Crosby Stills Nash and Young.

>> And if you can't be with the one you love, honey
Love the one you're with.....

>>>>

What's that got to do "Wink and it's gone" ...
​

 

[JessicaTam]

It's Stephen Stills "Love the One You're with".
He is the part of the Crosby Stills Nash and Young.

>> And if you can't be with the one you love, honey
Love the one you're with.....

>>>>

What's that got to do "Wink and it's gone" ...
​

Might have something to do with missing out on the the wine he wanted, so having to drink the wine he had.

 

[beefarmer]

It's a Blue Gold winner at the 2014 Syd Int Wine Comp.
>> the top quarter of that Category's Finalists are awarded TOP 1OO status, the next quarter Blue-Gold status, and the third quarter Highly Commended Awards.

Judges' Comments
Xenia Irwin MW
Intense inky black. Very leafy, cool, spicy nose. Lead pencil and cigar box notes. Big intense fruit and a little touch of greeness. Plenty of ripe of berry characteristics follow with a huge grippy tannin structure. Young yet long. A great wine still in its youth.


Meg Brodtmann MW
Deep plum in colour. Aniseed, blackberry and blackcurrant aromas with some leafy Cabernet character. An elegant palate with crunchy tannins and black fruits. It was very young and it was an okay match with the food.


Brent Marris
A very leafy cane like nose. Perfumed. Good texture but quite tannic. The venison dish tones the greenness down and makes the wine brighter.


Ken Dobler
A dark inky red colour. Dusty aromas with black cherry and cigar box on the nose. The palate showing rich primary fruit, but still a line of furry fine ripe tannin.


Rob Geddes MW
Blackcurrant, leather and oak. Very soft fruit. Has some juiciness. Medium long blackcurrant flavours.


Stephen Fang
Dark red in colour. Cassis, blackcurrant and dark fruit on the nose. A bit woody on the palate.

after careful perusal of the information supplied by my learned colleagues, i can only deduce that one of the judges above is colour blind...............however, after a full day of tasting at sydney, perhaps we could simply say, blind.

 

[Abha93]

Alas JasonKing I had been anticipating the 2011 Reserve Shiraz - having bought the 2012. Wasn't expecting the cabernet. I'm thinking I need to have these forwarded from my computer as texts or something as it seems we'll be missing out if not glued to the screen.

Can't your phone do email?

 

[penegal]

Wink and it's gone!
Go on toilet break and it's gone!

Buy dont think, think it's too late.

Looks like VIMers possess deep deep pockets.

That or getting stuck at work... er... working (for once)

 

[burmans]

Where you are going totally wrong is by simply equating Halliday's points with dollar value of wine.

Its interesting how we interpret things. I read this this as saying a JH 94 pointer is not really that good (i.e. worth less on most peoples scale) and hence not worth $50.

While I personally agree with the view that reviewers scores are not anything like a perfect way of defining a wines value, very few people I know have the chance to taste every wine available, and personally I have no interest in tasting the cough ones. So reviewers scores are a starting point for me for what I then investigate further, at $50 unless someone has had something good to say about it there is little likelihood of me "chancing" it without tasting. At $17 I may well do so.

 

[Daver6]

Its interesting how we interpret things. I read this this as saying a JH 94 pointer is not really that good (i.e. worth less on most peoples scale) and hence not worth $50.

While I personally agree with the view that reviewers scores are not anything like a perfect way of defining a wines value, very few people I know have the chance to taste every wine available, and personally I have no interest in tasting the cough ones. So reviewers scores are a starting point for me for what I then investigate further, at $50 unless someone has had something good to say about it there is little likelihood of me "chancing" it without tasting. At $17 I may well do so.

That's a fair point you raise. However, I would give more weight to the reviewers tasting notes than the score they give. The score tells you nothing about the wine and whether you might like it or not. If you have seen the reviews on wines you like, you get to know a particular critic's terminology and how it related to the wines you like and dislike. Doing this, you are much more likely to be able to buy a wine without having tried it and know you will or won't like it.

I totally understanding not wanting to spend money on a wine just to try it on the off chance you might like it. Just don't ignore a wine because it has a poor review from one person.

Finally, I think JH (and a few others) gives ridiculous scores, but that's a whole different can of worms (or bottle of grapes).

 

[burmans]

Just don't ignore a wine because it has a poor review from one person.

Finally, I think JH (and a few others) gives ridiculous scores, but that's a whole different can of worms (or bottle of grapes).

Hard to disagree on the ridiculous scores bit, and I certainly weight some reviewers views over others, mainly as over time I've come to a conclusion on some that if they like it I probably will too (and some like JH I have a much lower correlation with). Thats just about sharing (or not) similar tastes. Thats one of the reason I'm prepared to pay for subscription to RedBigot, there are a few people who post there who seem to have VERY similar tastes!

Also agree on the tasting notes, if you like big reds only then no point buying something at the other end of the scale just because a reviewer rates it highly (except maybe as an occassional change-up to verify your tastes havent altered). Some do have such an entertaining way with words too!

 

[Violin]

Sedimental - it is/was the 2012. Should have included it, sorry.

 

[Sedimental]

Thanks Violin, I'm quite fond of their chard and sem.

 

[Llama01]

Facebook Flash sale for those not on facebook. Facebook Flash Sale - Vinomofo

 

[tgh]

pretty flat sale so far……In fact I can't recall any decent deals on these flash(y) sales.. all a bit come in spinner methinks

 

[jasonking]

pretty flat sale so far……In fact I can't recall any decent deals on these flash(y) sales.. all a bit come in spinner methinks

Basically it's just free shipping on previous offers that's not sold out.

 

[Dr Ralph]

Facebook sale:

Lindemans 'Pyrus' Cabernet Blend 2012 @ $34 a bottle. A whole $1 less than it has been offered at previously!

 

[Abha93]

Unless they regurgitate some Amelias, I'm rating this a fail.