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Subscription is via Secure PayPal.
From David M.: "FYI, as a new
member I've really enjoyed your website, very helpful info and already
paid for itself many times over."
(Joined Feb 2011)
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About this site The secret of getting the wine you are after at the right price is Research. The research is to decide what to buy and where to buy it. How you decide what to buy is up to each individual, but where you buy can make a BIG difference to the price. This site is designed to help you buy (mostly red) wines at good prices, not necessarily the absolute best (as there are sometimes super-specials not widely advertised), but prices that on average will save you heaps of money without much effort. Since all the wine (excluding direct winery orders) I buy is not available from any one merchant I do a fair bit of research on a daily/weekly basis via the internet and newspaper or e-mail advertisements from online and traditional wine merchants. I subscribe to The Wine Front and the Halliday Wine Companion web sites and regularly list the best prices for highly rated wines appearing on those sites. The most comprehensive and useful wine search site is Wine-Searcher.com, it covers most Australian wine sites (as well as many other countries) but paid subscription is required to get full results. Wine Robot (www.winerobot.com.au) has had some upgrades and lists a number of new merchants and many more wines (now claims over 15,000) but since it charges merchant fees it still does not cover many of the merchants that appear here frequently because they offer the best buys and appears significantly flawed as a buying resource to me. I'm based in Canberra and despite a plethora of chain outlets and local merchants I buy wine mainly via the internet or mail order direct from wineries. I buy from e-tailers in Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne that offer 'free' freight (i.e. freight-inclusive) prices or have reasonable delivery charges to go with good prices. This site may be
useful to you if you have any overlap in red-wine (or Champagne)
preferences with mine, however the price comparisons between merchants
are not consistent over time or for different brands and types of wine,
so be careful in drawing any general conclusions from the
information listed here. The wines listed will be mostly
restricted to currently available wines from reputable wine merchants.
I have no financial interest in any of these merchants and seek no favours in return for information published here (I do accept occasional sample bottles), also please read the Disclaimer.
Here is an
interesting site, it's been around since 1999 and many of you may
have seen it already, if not take a look as it's a background to
what I'm trying to encourage here in a very specific market segment,
communication amongst consumers in the internet age:
Cluetrain Manifesto
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Disclaimer: T he information on this site is mostly based on publicly available information gleaned from wine-merchant web sites, advertisements, email and paper mailing lists and every effort is made to keep it current and accurate. Any transcription errors or other errors will be promptly fixed on notification with evidence or on notification of correction of errors in published advertisements. Other information is the considered and researched opinion of the publisher and may not always be absolute fact. Errors of fact contained in opinions will be promptly corrected when evidence is supplied. The publisher accepts no liability for any purchasing decisions you make based on the material displayed here. The publisher has no financial arrangement with any of the listed merchants other than as a normal retail purchaser of wine.Privacy: Names and email addresses collected from subscribers will be used only for subscription management on this site and will never be passed to third parties. Any information in emails sent to Red Bigot may be published on this site, although sensitive and commercial-in-confidence information will not be published without permission.
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