This entry was posted in Box Wines, Cabernet Sauvignon, Red Wines, Wine Reviews and tagged australia, banrock station on November 25, 2011 by Roger.
What’s one advantage of inexpensive wines? Well, if a forklift driver drops a load, you won’t be out a million bucks. That’s exactly what happened in Australia. 462 cases of 2010 Mollydooker Velvet Glove shiraz — worth about $200 for each and every bottle — were smashed while being loaded onto a ship in Adelaide. The bottles fell about 20 feet, which was enough to ensure total destruction.
The lost wine was about a third of the year’s production for that winery. (More.) It’s hard to imagine one forklift load of wine being worth $1 million, but those $200 bottles add up quickly. And, one assumes, it must have been a big forklift to lift 462 cases at once. Or perhaps not big enough.
This entry was posted in Shiraz - Syrah, Wine News and tagged australia, mollydooker on July 22, 2011 by Roger.