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发表于 2016-5-17 19:57
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猫儿不笨 发表于 2016-5-17 19:49
这酒是Chris Ringland 酿的。2004年的卖到300刀。
这2010 年的现在卖50，不久前special时27刀时进了些， ...
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What to get a wine lover with a sense of humor for Christmas? How about a bottle of wine that screams ‘FU’?
This Fu Barossa Valley Shiraz 2010 is reduced from a an original price of $300 all the way down to a still pricey $37. I wonder if that has anything to do with the name?
Seriously, I don’t know if the R Wines team behind this wine really thought the name through, or if it was a message to people willing to spend 300 bucks on a bottle of wine? There are only a few close friends who I’d feel comfortable giving a bottle emblazoned F.U. to. They’d have a good laugh and maybe they’d even take the wine in the bottle seriously.
Is it really a $300 wine?
Well, that’s up to you to decide. Back in the day FU’s wines did sell at that sort of price. You can still pick up a bottle of the 2004 on CellarIt for $265! That vintage was rated 99/100 by Jay Miller in Wine Advocate according to the listing on Wine Library, which is full of other reviews and snippets too.
However, what we have here is the 2010 vintage. I’m not sure what the story is here, but it does seem that R Wines may have hit a bit of trouble and disappeared as a brand, with Get Wines Direct (GWD) clearing out the stock.
R Wines was founded in 2005 by partners Dan Philips and Chris Ringland. There’s no mention of the project on Chris Ringland‘s site, so I assume that the R Wines project has finished. It seems that Dan Philips’ American venture “Greatful Palate” went bust, possibly taking this venture with it?
Whether these last wines were anything like the earlier ones is anybody’s guess, unless you decide to taste one – and I haven’t had that pleasure yet.
What prices to use?? It’s difficult to decide what the Real Price is when only one place sells the wine. GWD have sold this for $50 a bottle, so I’ve used that as the Real Price, though it doesn’t really mean much. At then end of the day the question is…is this worth #36?
Would I buy it – yes. I’m intrigued to know whether this is a $300 wine selling for $36, fair value at $36, or a venture that never should have happened. I’m guessing by the critical praise that the wines used to be good, but whether that quality lasted through the hard times to 2010 can only be told by opening a bottle.
I’ve given the offer 3 Stars based on intrigue, the hope that the wine is great and the likelihood that stocks will dwindle and disappear. If it were an earlier vintage, then I would have been tempted to go an extra ½ star and I might change my mind entirely when I finally get to taste a glass.
You can grab a bottle or two at this price in a mixed case. GWD has a range of wines with similar stories, plus some good value quaffers that you can pop in the box too.
If you’ve got a wine loving mate who’d like to try a ‘$300 wine’ while you politely say ‘FU’ to them, then this could make a great gift too. :) |
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双职工家庭的福音之八只看时间不看火 清蒸鱼 (2005-5-6) binbingogo 
，又要花钱了
发表于 2016-5-17 19:38
