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Well wine websites are falling off the web left right and centre but your 'Rock of Gibraltar' Cloudwine is still merrily pottering along. Nothing has changed with the decreased competition, we still are the only wine site with free delivery Australia wide (with no minimum order). We will continue to bring a swag of new wines to the site and look forward to showing off our discoveries with you. Cheers, Cloudwine Team Cloudwine Team (a.k.a Jacinta / Stewart / Chris) |
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This is the sign that greets visitors to the Wild Duck Creek vineyard in Heathcote. Given the success of the Ducks Muck, it's fair to say David Anderson might be able to afford a new one soon. |
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Country and Interstate customers (i.e. non Melbourne metro) can now track orders online. Simply click here and enter your consignment number (no spaces). If you have any queries, fire us off an email at sales@cloudwine.com.au |
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We've added some reviews of wines sold by Cloudwine including Paringa, Crawford River and Barrat. ADW Sheeraz 1999 (Aust. Domaine Wines) $19.50 Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, 89pts ‘The 1999 Sheeraz is a super value. Twenty five dollars rarely buys such an outstanding wine. This opulently-textured, dark ruby/purple coloured wine shows a black/purple color, high alcohol, and loads of black fruit in addition to a full throttle personality with plenty of glycerin, concentration and power. The wine is ripe, intense and opulent. It should drink well over the next 7-8 years. Don’t miss it’ Click Here for more reviews. |
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Many of the wines we sell are highly regarded by many wine critics such as Jeremy Oliver and James Halliday. We have compiled a list of some of our highest rated wines for your perusal. Grosset 1998 Watervale Riesling ($45) rated 97 points by James Halliday and scored 18.5 by Jeremy Oliver. Click Here for more ratings. |
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Cloudwine is
on Wine Robot which is an excellent resource for comparing prices at
internet wine shops before you buy. So before rushing out to Dan
Murphy's (who is definitely not the cheapest although most of us have been
brainwashed into believing so) or your nearest bargain liquor store...
visit Wine Robot |
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Plug a Pub.... |
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Mountain Goat Beer - these guys are young and foolish like us - trying to compete against the might and power of the big guys in the liquor industry - but they're perhaps even more foolish - fancy trying to compete against CUB...in Melbourne. Three years on they're doing all right brewing up a storm in Abbotsford. Check-out their website www.goatbeer.com.au for stockists or if in Melbourne...buy from Cloudwine!
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Sick of the CUB versus Tooheys pub wars in Victoria? Had a gut-full of Sky-TV humming away in the corner and the pokie bells ringing? Then check out the Commercial Club Hotel and get back to traditional pub values. Click to read on... |
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| It's hard for us to get to every pub in Australia - though not for lack of trying. If you have a favourite drinking hole - whether it's in Bill Creek or Brisbane, send us your review (and a pic if you can) and we'll include it in our 'Plug a Pub' section. We're interested in Independent places with a unique story to tell. Send in your own review or suggestion to sales@cloudwine.com.au. | |||||||||
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Care for a glass of Brand?With a
potential wine glut on the horizon in Australia, wine producers are looking at
expanding their markets and pushing their “products” onto the elusive
‘Generation X’ market. We
are now graced with the likes of ”SoHo”, “Wicked Wines” and “etc”,
the producers of which don't even dignify them by calling
them wine, they are known as ‘brands’. Generation
X’s are generally wary of tacky marketing stunts…which makes one
wonder why this whole marketing angle is so successful.
It is hard to believe that Wicked Wines has been the most
successful new-product launch ever for BRL Hardy.
Denys Hornabrrok of BRL Hardy acknowledges that “the younger
generation are savvy, smart consumers”, yet he has helped to establish
a brand which sells itself on taking the “hoo-ha” out of wine.
These ‘saavy, smart’ consumers don’t even know what they’re
drinking. It’s appalling that in an effort to encourage young people to drink wine, these companies are proclaiming that “it’s not important to know where a wine comes from, how it’s made or who makes it” and I quote from Wicked Wines Website: "You'll find that we're not like other 'serious' wine sites
(thank heavens), in fact we're sure you'll love every minute of our
wickedness. We think choosing a wine is a 'compulsion' - it doesn't have
to be a rational process. After all, shouldn't you ask "what do I
feel like?" not "what should I drink?" And another thing.
Why does the fun and enjoyment of wine have to be stuffed up by all that
wine hoo-ha? Do you really need to know that a wine was crushed by
celebate pygmies or grown on a slippery slope of 32.5 degrees? Give us a
break!” No, give
us a break. Learning the history
behind the wine you're drinking is part of the enjoyment of
wine. For many young wine drinkers knowing that you are drinking
something hand-pruned, hand-picked and
hand-made (the result of someone's passion for their craft) IS enjoyment.
Hey - it's ok for wine to be an educational as well as 'fun', although
it's debatable whether consuming mass-produced
lolly water fits either of these criteria. I
just hope that young people being introduced to wine through these
“brands” aren’t forever tainted and do realise that there is a
lot more substance to this whole ‘wine thing’ Perhaps to motivate more young people to expand their drinking horizons, we do need to break down the barriers and show them that the industry isn’t totally full of wine snobs and wankers. Exhibitions like Wine Australia are, generally speaking, a great start. Although in number a minority, we still encountered a few burnt-out marketing hacks from the 80's who think intimidating potential future customers is an effective sales pitch (sorry...I digress) In my humble opinion, the best way to learn is to visit the wine regions and chat to the wine makers who I’ve found more often than not are happy to explain a thing or two to the wine novice. Nothing like getting the good oil on wine from the source. |
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