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  1. Drew-Sta

    Wine thread

    They were a 57m business in Rev carrying 48m in inventory (so about 18-24m worth of stock). Insanity.
  2. Drew-Sta

    Wine thread

    Got something out of it, which I wasn't expecting. Online retailers got fat and stupid during COVID. Coming out of COVID and they're like Latrell Mitchell after a long off-season; you can see the potential but they need to shred.
  3. Drew-Sta

    Wine thread

    Just got made redundant out of Naked Wines. They're in free fall. About 60-80 people worldwide gone. /ffs
  4. Drew-Sta

    Wine thread

    @Bazal & @horrie hastings - one of the best articles on the issues right now. Can Thor save Australian Wine? Jeremy Oliver Australian wine writer, author and presenter 15 articles Follow January 10, 2024 Open Immersive Reader As we enter 2024, with an Australian wine industry struggling...
  5. Drew-Sta

    Wine thread

    Outrageous value. Great buy.
  6. Drew-Sta

    Wine thread

    They had to lower the wine grades to keep it in the price range. Quality of the semillon dropped, as a consequence. Welcome to commercial wine in 2024; where $14 used to see you start to grab some real bargains but now its all C grade mass produced wine. Heytesbury are better than most and...
  7. Drew-Sta

    Wine thread

    Some of CSIRO's best work.
  8. Drew-Sta

    Wine thread

    Reminds me a lot of when Evans & Tate Classic used to dip into the $7 and $8 in the 2012-2014 period. It absolutely destroys the brands credibility for quality.
  9. Drew-Sta

    Wine thread

    Was on a gondola end last week at $9.95. Stupid pricing really.
  10. Drew-Sta

    Wine thread

    Wynns Shiraz at $9.95 @ Dans is a travesty.
  11. Drew-Sta

    Wine thread

    Chalmers Nero is superb too.
  12. Drew-Sta

    Wine thread

    I'd like to see us make more complex nero too. It grows great in the Riverland but its a bit simple. The stuff in different climates is what we need ala Gundagai. There's a few in Heathcote I've tried which are excellent.
  13. Drew-Sta

    Wine thread

    Again, well written and can't argue with this at all. I'll check out the rosso and I'll check out the Y&P stuff. I've heard about them.
  14. Drew-Sta

    Wine thread

    Glad you're enjoying it. I rate it the variety a lot. Jim Barry's offering is quite good IMHO. They're testing to see how it ages (with the aim that they have various tiers of offering and the upper tier is considered a direct riesling alternative, whereby you cellar specific wines and drink...
  15. Drew-Sta

    Wine thread

    Closest to me is Sutherland or Heathcote. Sutherland have two LL's because they're silly. Neither had them but I might have had a 'boy look' and missed them.
  16. Drew-Sta

    Wine thread

    Well written. Very accurate. There's a role and a place for old fashioned wine. I'm not averse to it. But when the majority of the market is driven by it, you begin to get very tired very quickly with it. I love f**king massive shiraz at occasions like Christmas. Cracking a Grange or...
  17. Drew-Sta

    Wine thread

    Massive value. I didn't find any at my LL. A shame.
  18. Drew-Sta

    Wine thread

    My man. Gets it in one.
  19. Drew-Sta

    Wine thread

    Its a bit of a cross between vermentino and riesling. Jim Barry imported vines to Australia years back and sell the only known Australian grown fruit for $35 I think. Sam showed me the plantings and its fascinating. They're using it to hedge for when Clare will be too hot to grow riesling and...
  20. Drew-Sta

    Wine thread

    I'd argue its blatant foolishness and ignorance. The fact all the Riverland is primarily planted with Shiraz, Cabernet, Merlot, Chardonnay and Sauv Blanc instead of Nero, Assyrtiko, Monte, Temp etc shows how dumb we are. Shiraz in the Barossa aside (as its now a 'style' thing), why people...
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