Unused bottles of booze

Laz123

missile wrote: »

Australian and quality are two adjectives not usually associated with wine :rotfl:

Why are you laughing insanely?

I've had some good Aussie wines.

Strider590

You need to do some Googling to find if any is worth anything, my father sold an old bottle of Whiskey a few years ago for £3500. It was something he was given back when he retired (back when employers gave a damn about years of service and "job for life" was still a thing). The bottle was nothing to look at.

He also had some old wine that would have been worth a fortune, but the corks had become damaged though being stored badly.

Warwick_Hunt

chappers wrote: »

And no cork issues either.
Nothing worse than laying wine down to open it and find it corked

I can't imagine you've experience corked wine that often.

Grenage

People who think that wine is poor quality based on its country of origin or bottle seal are ungrounded snobs - and certainly just parroting nonsense they've heard over the years.

OP: Sherry and port are excellent for cooking sauces.

Strider590

Grenage wrote: »

People who think that wine is poor quality based on its country of origin or bottle seal are ungrounded snobs - and certainly just parroting nonsense they've heard over the years.

OP: Sherry and port are excellent for cooking sauces.

Wine snobs pay large sums of money for terrible wine JUST because of it's origin and label. Same as people buy expensive German cars despite being no better, well equipped or more reliable than a Ford or Vauxhall.

Even the so called experts have been fooled in blind taste tests, but these fools make a living from talking nonsense, because there is a social class driven demand for "premium" goods.

vacheron

Laz123 wrote: »

Why are you laughing insanely?

I've had some good Aussie wines.

I'm curious too, I've also had some great Aussie wines and am not a victim of the perceived cork snobbery, however I was not aware of any Aussie wines which would age well over 40 years.

I'm only aware of the some of the most vintage ports with a bottle aging potential of 40 years+, and even the longest aging Bordeaux normally max out at 20-25 years, and despite the technical benefits I can't imagine these being topped with a screw cap. Most likely a synthetic cork at best.

I'm now very interested as to what grape this Aussie wine was made from.

LutonGirl

You could donate them to a local hospice. They can either use them, or raffle them off. My Mum had respite care in a hospice and the patients enjoyed a pre-dinner sherry.

pollypenny

missile wrote: »

Australian and quality are two adjectives not usually associated with wine :rotfl:

A somewhat out of date view. Are you French by any chance?

Hermione_Granger

Strider590 wrote: »

Wine snobs pay large sums of money for terrible wine JUST because of it's origin and label. Same as people buy expensive German cars despite being no better, well equipped or more reliable than a Ford or Vauxhall.

You must be the only poster on here who could possibly take a discussion about wine and manage to twist it to show your hatred for BMW's and Audi's.
Your feelings towards these cars can only be classed an obsession and can't be healthy.

chappers

Warwick_Hunt wrote: »

I can't imagine you've experience corked wine that often.

Not quite sure why you say that, but fortunately not too frequently, but was given a case of Chateau La Nerthe for a wedding present from my sister(she is the real wine expert in our family) we decided to open the first bottle on our 5th anniversary and it was corked as was the rest of the case.