March maundering.

[El Gordo]

Thanks for the advice, mate. It's more than I'd usually spend on Australian wine, but I'm tempted to pick up half a dozen Domaine A. My one hesitation is over the two words preceding the price: "first instalment". I need to clarify what that means. It's likely that it doesn't include duty (about £1.25 a bottle) and tax (a more substantial 17.5%). If I drink one bottle a year, that means I'd have one left in 2012. Hmm....

Great picture . The wine on the left, cases 2,3,4 look like Chateau Cissac. It's a great Bordeaux bargain (not often you hear that phrase). I've bought a few cases of the 2005. In fact, I bought a lot of 2005 Bordeaux, full stop. Well, I had to blow my redundancy money on something...

Thanks again. Always good to get recommendations from the locals...