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Just arrived back from 1st choice liquor. We bought a bottle of "mount pleasant original vineyard Rosehill shiraz 2007" - pretty expensive by my standards at $27. (this one is currently unopened, will report back in a day or so with a review)

Also grabbed a bottle of "Wyndham estate bin 555 shiraz 2008" whilst waiting to pay. $9 for this one, and I'm on my second glass. If I was a wine critic I would probably give it the following review:

Very drinkable. Will get you p*ssed after a bottle.



Anyone else drinking tonight?

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I'm drinking McGuigan Black Label Moscato. I believe it retails for around $12 (I get it for free with my allowance from work :D)

I like it :thumbup:

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Free ?!!! Can't be bad. How do I get one of these "allowances" that you have?

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Them's the sort of perks I like. Got any jobs?;):D

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Well I spend all day shuffling paper and taking phone calls from people wanting money (accounts payable). I think it's worth it :lol:

Only if you like picking grapes? :unsure: :D

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Afraid I have resorted to a cleanskin from Dan Murphy's. 7/8 of the bottle gone and still standing. Is that good or bad?

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Did you get the low alcohol stuff? :ohmy:

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I'll take owt:lol: Will try not to drink the profits:drinkwine:

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Is it any good though? I've had a few cleanskins but only 1 or 2 that were ok.

A friend once gave me a glass of red from a crate that he'd bought on graysonline for $40, a cancelled export to USA he told me. One of the best red wines I've ever tasted, can't remember what it was called though.

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i wouldn't worry about that, no-one else does :lol:

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No, I'm off the alcohol. Completely

Last friday came home from work at 1in the afternoon and because HE couldnt come home and hug me (i was distraught with the work situation, couldnt stop crying) I PURPOSEFULLY drank myself unconscious... With cointreau.

Which is an undignified and dangerous thing to do... Well past that "i'm having a glass to take the edge off of things stage.... Well past acceptable ... Well beyond ok...

So I am alcohol free until I'm better from the stress... Then I can ENJOY a glass of something again.... I come from a family with alcoholic tendencies so wont go down that route...

I'll let you know when I fancy a drink and have a decent glass of wine and dont NEED a drink so get myself faceless....

Sorry not to be able to contribute anything to this conversation in my sober state.

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At least you would have got your daily recommended intake of vitamin c.

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No wine for me either, due to elevated liver enzymes from the drugs I'm on. I don't drink very much anyway, but look forward to my glass of wine on a friday night. And Saturday. (2 glasses a week.)

Mind you, I was too fatigued to drink yesterday anyway and was in bed and asleep by 9.

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Let's have a look at the debris.......

Penfolds Bin 128 Shiraz. Yum
Goundry Shiraz. Yum and good value
Amberly Shiraz. Ok andok value.

PS Ed, how could yepou get smashed on contreau? I shudder to think what my stomach would do if I did that!

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Easy, got large glass, poured it from bottle drank it, refilled, drank it, refilled, drank it, refilled drank it.... Until I couldnt co ordinate the refil bit, then closed my eyes....

Would have been chivas regal, but that was at the back of the shelf and cointreau was at the front... Couldnt be arsed to reach up further... Tnat and I still have 4 litres of cointreau and only one of regal....

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I'm working today and so far I've poured about 100 bottles of red wine down the sink :ohmy: Only doing what I'm told to do ;)

The smell is YUK and it has stained the sink that I bleached earlier:o

Lynn xx

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Lynn, are you sure they told you to pour them down the sink? and not into wine glasses? Do you still have a job ?!!

Ok, the bottle of "mount pleasant original vineyard Rosehill shiraz 2007" is now open. This one's a really dark purple colour. But only 13.5%. If I was a wine buff, I would probably use words such as "blackberry", "peppery" to describe it.

In summary this one's a bit of a disappointment for the price. It's a decent wine but nothing special.

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That's the sign of a good wine,when you can't remember:D

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Hmm on the 555 tonight. Monday night staple - don't want to over do it!

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I'm drinking AND I'm in the middle of a wine course online. :teeth_smile:

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My current favourite wine is d'Arenberg Peppermint Paddoc fortunately I can get it for £12 per bottle which is way less than the cheapest I found in Australia which was around $22 per bottle.

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Have yet to assess a bottle of Jumping Jack 2009 Shiraz from the Barossa. ($20.00) Bought this in Melbourne Street, North Adelaide at Melbourne Street Fine Wine Cellar.

If anyone wants to spend 7 hours going through the choices, this would be the one to visit. IMHO.:)

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Added to the list, thanks ;)

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Oi moderators.... Could you please close this thread...

I fancy a glass of wine... But am still on my self imposed wagon...

And I'm finding it REALLY offensive to hear about all these yummy reds...

I pwrsonally think they are Trolling to try and get a reaction out of me...


I have abottle of Penfolds summit or other in my cupboard, must be a good one as it was given to me as a thank you from one of our surgeons at work..

Its calling my name

Eddie..... Eddie... Eddie.... Come drink me, come have a sniff, roll me round the glass, take a sip...

ARRRRRRRRRRRRGH:frown:

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Give in to it...it won't stop calling you until you do. I give in all the time but then again I have the breaking strain of a kitkat when it comes to red wine.. yuuuuuummmm :wub:

These people on here spending more than $10 per bottle tho are loopy..or maybe I'm just poor :unsure:

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I've been known to stretch to $14 for a bottle of brown brothers but yeah, I'm the same and usually won't go over $10. I even used to slum it and buy 4lt casks for $10 :lol:

Don't have that problem any more though! Cheap wine a-plenty now I work for a wine company :thumbup: :D

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You work for a wine company... You are my NEW BESSIE FRIEND EVER FOR LIFE... Or for at least as long as you work for them...

Mates rates ???????

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Get in the queue, Eddie, in the queue:p

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i have sharp elbows, an umbrella and YEARS of experience of jumble sales in the UK... You think an orderly queue is going to stop me being RIGHT UP THE FRONT????

Now... Lets discuss the details...

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Last Saturday we went 'wine tasting' at a friend's house, exclusively red and some quite expensive bottles from far afield there too.

I can, without doubt, say they all tasted like varying degrees of hangover but did, in fact, get us quite sloshed.

I will be picking up our usual 5 litre cask of cheap white today, it will taste better, have the same effect but will be much easier on the bank balance.

If I pick the wrong place I may even have to pay $19 for it. :ohmy:

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A man after my own heart...:thumbsup:

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I'll have your liver too if that's OK.

No word of a lie, my current drop, the 5 litre Fruity Gordo, was on special at the BWS for $22 for two.

$2.20 a litre, almost as cheap as petrol and it has roughly the same effect when consumed.

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Should we be putting a no naked flame sign on you?

Talking of naked flames......

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I have just looked 'Fruity Gordo' up and discovered:

1) It is recognised slang for cheap-ass wine
2) It has a Facebook page (Should be ****facedbook?)

The drop is surprisingly easy on my constitution, it does the job efficiently without leaving regret, shame or hangover.

Regarding the flames, yes, it does stir up the bowels somewhat but I see this as a slimming aid.

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a chance to get rid of excess shite ?

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Together with posting regularly on BE seems to do the job (as it were).

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SOLD! Gets you sh*tfaced...and it's an aid to a calorie controlled diet :cool:

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As long as you have nothing planned for the first couple of hours after your metabolism wakes up it works really well.

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Yeah, I get mates rates ta :D

They just had a wine sale, so I have now got 60 bottles of assorted white/rose wine in my garage - cost me $30 :thumbsup:
I have a 4 pack of golden gate Fruity Lexia in my garage too. They were $20 for the 4 :D

I can thoroughly recommend working in the wine industry! :lol:

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That's it, my career change has been decided.