I’m annoyed with myself for not understanding the significance of the 2021 vintage reds from South Australia, specifically those from the Adelaidean Mount Lofty Range.
Possible even likely: The 2021 Barossa vintage reds equal the legendary 1996’s View »
You may have noticed the Glug business sits outside the mainstream of wine retail. Glug was designed to be an outsider and is not impacted by much at all.
Can you believe Glug warm climate wines are dismissed by the wine elite? View »
I confess to now and again taking advantage of the gullibility of customers. We all want to drink better wine, yet you know the catch, how to achieve this without spending a heap more or being taken for a ride?
Smart buying means three things View »
Join us at our March 2024 Wine Tasting and Sales Event, to be held on Friday 15th March – 10am to 6pm and Saturday 16th March – 11am to 4pm.
Glug Wine Tasting and Sales Event View »
Overstocks are appearing, so meet the Glug truck which brings our purchases home. Look closely at the eight barrels and you see the stamp, Francois Freres, the most expensive of French barrel makers. This would add $5 to $8 per bottle to our boutique makers prices yet what beautiful wines they made.
Large companies have a cost of goods advantage, yet they lost the drinker and now you pay. View »
You have been taught for 40 years that tasting experts should guide your selections and more recently that it is worthwhile paying for this advice. I ask you to see this as a giant con as with minimal, pleasurable effort, you can teach yourself how to buy by tasting. Your palate is the same as the experts so tune it up.
Experts today repeat the same few tricks to assert authority yet a con remains a con. View »
I’ve talked for years about how we got here, so today let’s ask if imagining the future will assist your buying. Hence, what can you expect, what are the big jobs left, what changes should happen and what may come around the corner?
This letter predicts the future. View »
Our goal is the same; Glug proves high quality wines can be made for fair prices while you seek to buy well. Experts tell us
My 2024 rules for buying well anywhere in the World. View »
The Barossa wine merchant tradition continues as Glug Wines keeps finding small parcels of great wine to offer at bargain prices. This time it is
The Barossa wine merchant tradition View »
Due recognition at last for Barossa rosés with three of them winning trophies at this year’s major wine shows. In Melboune the award winner was Turkey Flat,
Due recognition at last for Barossa Rosés View »
