And the winner is …
February 19th, 2010 at 4:10 pm by David Farrar
In 2008/2009 we had 517 bottles, so 581 is an impressive 12.4% increase in consumption. I put it down to no election to interfere!
The average guess was 538, and I went for 533. The highest guest was Richard on 551.
Of minor interest is both corks and stelvins increased. Corks went up by 35 and stelvins by 29.
February 19th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
I seem to recall an entry of 600. Why was that not registered? Yep:
“petal (556) Says:
February 11th, 2010 at 12:49 pm
Wow. I’m surprised you’re still upright. With the propensity of screw caps, I think you’re getting close to two bottles a day! I venture you’re nudging 600.
[DPF: The drinking is between around 10 people]“
Vote:February 19th, 2010 at 6:44 pm
Are you drinking French and/or Italian wine? About the only wine I get still using corks is European.
Vote:February 19th, 2010 at 7:01 pm
Depends. If some of his labour party staffer friends come ’round after a press gallery event
Vote:February 19th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
I’m pleased its 10 people DPF.
Otherwise I’d think you were a total lush.
OTOH, my wife, daughter and son-in-law and myself get through 3-4 reds p/w, and 1-2 whites.
Maybe the pot calling the kettle…..ummm………….
Vote:February 19th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
Yes, I was interested in the origin of the corks. There are only maybe half a dozen vineyards in NZ who still value quality enough to use corks. These include Dry River (THE best in NZ, no question), Te Mata (home of Coleraine), and a couple on Waiheke including Stoneyridge, oh, and Benefield & Delamare in Martinborough.
Actually, a rough breakdown by Vineyard would be interesting in a minor way. Unfortunately the photo is too small (at least for my eyes) to make out any details. Good drinking though, good wine is best enjoyed (IMHO) in moderate quantities. If you must drink too much, drink plonk, you won’t know the difference after the first bottle, and it’s cheaper.
Vote:February 19th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
I’d rather speculate on how many bottles of piss Ali Maus drinking
Vote:February 20th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
You will find this year a lot of the industry will begin shifting to the Zork, a very cool aussie invention thats trying to appease the american market that hates screw-tops
Vote:February 20th, 2010 at 3:52 pm
The corks were augmented by a lot of older bottles purchased at auction or cellared for around 10 years. If only wines of less than five years of age were included there would probably have been less than 5% corks. The majority of the wine consumed is Australian (probably 70%) followed by NZ (prob 25%) – with the most common corks/caps being Penfolds, Te Mata, Dorrien Estate, D’Arenberg – and a long long tail of a wide range of other brands.
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