January sales

Tom Archer · Post by **Tom Archer** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 3:45 am

A quick scan through the special offers reveals a couple of goodies:

Farr are doing Delaforce '00 for £170/dozen (+VAT = £199.75), but it looks like you need to spend a minimum of £300 to get the sale prices... :?

Berrys are doing a dozen Smith Woodhouse '94 for £225 Inc VAT - no strings and delivered free. Well reviewed by Broadbent. This looks like a very good deal - a better price than I would expect at auction.

I bought a dozen this morning - they say they have about ten cases left, so don't leave it too long...

Berrys sale tel is 0870 900 4300

Tom

Philip Harvey · Post by **Philip Harvey** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:29 am

Thanks for the heads up Tom. I bought a case in bond for £168 which as you say equates to £18.75 a bottle all taxes paid. :)

I bought a case of SW94 in halves a couple of years ago and paid £220 in bond which I was pretty pleased with at the time, so today's price is a steal. This is really lovely wine and I would recommend anyone in the UK reading this gives Berrys a call right now. Email me for a TN.

Thanks again Tom.

Philip Harvey · Post by **Philip Harvey** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:54 am

Note also that Berry's are offering Quinta do Noval 20yr Tawny (under their own "William Pickering" label) at £18.95 a bottle including VAT for unsplit orders of six. Again, a very good deal.

Al B. · Post by **Al B.** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:56 am

Its funny, but the deal from Berry's that really caught my eye was the Berry's Own Label LBV - this is a QdN traditional LBV at less that £10 per bottle.

I've found the wine that I can bury in my back garden for 30 years!

Alex

Nevski · Post by **Nevski** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:15 am

It always hurts when someone mention words "free delivery" - in this case it means 70£ (one case's delivery to Finland). One can forget those LBV bargains..

-Antti-

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:18 am

Nevski wrote:It always hurts when someone mention words "free delivery" - in this case it means 70£ (one case's delivery to Finland). One can forget those LBV bargains..

-Antti-

Thats a lot of money in shipping for a case.

Nevski · Post by **Nevski** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:31 am

Thats a lot of money in shipping for a case.

I agree. I just asked about the delivery charges from Berrys and this was the answer.

-Antti-

simon Lisle · Post by **simon Lisle** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:17 pm

I was quoted £30 for shipping a case from Denmark

Al B. · Post by **Al B.** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:52 am

Wouldn't it be cheaper to fly to England from Denmark, collect the wine and put it in the hold of the plane and then fly back?

I wonder what the cheapest flight from Denmark to London would be?

tastingnote · Post by **tastingnote** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:20 am

While I will gladly admit to being the manager of one of the stores, Luvians Bottleshop in Fife, are doing Dow's 1991 for £360 per case of 12 bottles. It will cost £15 to deliver in the UK.

Just for the record, I don't make any commission nor do I own the business, so my posting is only to let port fans know of this offer. If you fancy some (5 cases available), contact me on 01334 654 820.

Peter