Vinomofo Wine Deals

[AnonymousCoward]

Where can you get it for $22? My local DM has it for $29

It's $22.50, and it's from Vinomofo - hence being posted in the "Vinomofo Wine Deals" thread.

 

[Rocket09]

Where can you get it for $22? My local DM has it for $29

At the Fo! Secret Deal

 

[Rocket09]

VIM has arrived. Bellarmine 2012 Shiraz. Bought the 2010 from Fo a while back, good drop. Not sure what the other is though.

 

[strippett]

[h=1]2012 Devil's Lair Cabernet Sauvignon[/h]

 

[botchee]

I cant work out how anyone would give the Devils Lair 97 points, not my cup of tea or wine for that matter.

 

[Daver6]

I cant work out how anyone would give the Devils Lair 97 points, not my cup of tea or wine for that matter.

Because a wine rating isn't based on whether you or the judge personally likes it or not. It's based on the quality and correctness of the wine.

 

[botchee]

I know what your saying Daver6 but in my mind a 97 point wine must be extremely good. After all are talking about a point system that only goes to 100.
I firmly believe the point scoring system is way over the top, really the scorers should just get rid of the 1st digit ie a 94 point wine is 4 points etc as the amount of wine under 90 points is so miniscule and could be just put in the did not score list, but alas that will open up another can of worms.
If most people scored 70 out of 100 in any type of exam they would generally be happy, cant recall ever seeing a wine that was a 70 pointer.

 

[Dr Ralph]

. It's based on the quality and correctness of the wine.

Are you sure that's the only criteria?

 

[burmans]

If most people scored 70 out of 100 in any type of exam they would generally be happy, cant recall ever seeing a wine that was a 70 pointer.

I think youll find there are 70 pointer wines (I've certainly seen reviews in the 70s) but the general attitude of the main reviewes is only to post reviews of wines that are acceptable. If you actually published reviews of rubbish wines you run the risk of being sued but to what real purpose, no one I know really wants to know of cough wines.

 

[J-P]

It is because they aren't actually scored between 0 and 100. The typical wine reviewer scale is something like a "20 point system" (they usually declare what it is on their websites).

Using James Halliday as an example - he uses a 25 point system (75-100). If you served him a bottle of vinegar mixed with acid it would score 75. DanMurphys use an 80-100 scale, so you will never see a wine get below 80.

 

[Dr Ralph]

If you actually published reviews of rubbish wines you run the risk of being sued.

Whilst I'm not an expert in defamation law, I can tell you that you cannot be sued for publishing an objective opinion.

 

[botchee]

Opened up a can of worms here.
Over 95 points, they are the best of their breed, with great distinction, a certain thrill factor - and sometimes even uniqueness. Thus as pointed out originally I would not personally rate this particular wine with 97 points.

 

[vovo]

My understanding of the reasons for not publishing poor reviews is not to avoid getting sued but rather to remain in the good books of wineries and winemakers. A bad review would likely mean a winery will not send samples from later vintages and thus the reviewers business will take a hit.

In a perfect world the reviewer would purchase their wine samples and the score would be completely objective. Unfortunately that would be expensive and as a result we would get far less tasting notes, which in all honesty is where the real value is.

 

[Rocket09]

The Bellarmine is also quite a few $ more than the 2010 I purchased a few years ago, I'm pretty sure it was $10-11, wonder why this is a lot more.

 

[AnonymousCoward]

Opened up a can of worms here.
Over 95 points, they are the best of their breed, with great distinction, a certain thrill factor - and sometimes even uniqueness. Thus as pointed out originally I would not personally rate this particular wine with 97 points.

Every reviewer uses a different rating scale. Halliday tends to have more generous point values than many other reviewers. Saying that "over 95 is best of breed" is pretty arbitrary.

 

[AnonymousCoward]

The Bellarmine is also quite a few $ more than the 2010 I purchased a few years ago, I'm pretty sure it was $10-11, wonder why this is a lot more.

It's more popular now - hence less need to discount?

 

[davegus]

Any ideas on what the 2005 sparkling black market deal is for $10.80?

 

[FromTheRail]

Any ideas on what the 2005 sparkling black market deal is for $10.80?

http://www.australianfrequentflyer....ine-lovers/vinomofo-wine-deals-53217-367.html

from post #3663 onwards

 

[beefarmer]

Look at the car reviewers in newspapers such as The Sun Herald and you will see generally favourable reviews for everything. You don't want to bite the hand that feeds you those can of worms.

 

[StevietheFishy]

Is this "Bogan" one of the Black Market Specials?