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As the few readers of this blog would know, I enjoy wine, particularly red wine. I also own shares in Treasury Wine Estate, the main (virtually sole) wine company publicly listed on the ASX. Last week, I went to a winery dinner at a pub in South Melbourne. The convenor of the Bottle Club I …
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I know a fellow who has, as his What’s App profile, a photo of the Bentley he possesses via hire purchase. As I discovered when he boasted to me and some others of his acquaintances (he is difficult to like enough to have real friends), a Bentley is far more expensive than a Ferrari or …
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Apologies in advance if this post reads a bit like a kid in a candy store, but wine is one of my favourite subjects, and it gets exciting to make some new discoveries or rediscoveries. My Treasury Wine Estate dividend was paid on Wednesday – $200. When I read the email notice of the dividend …
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Being Australian means that my default red wine is Shiraz. My preference is for the big, sugary, high in alcohol version of Shiraz that you usually find in North Eastern Victoria, particularly around Rutherglen. I am not too finicky though, and I am fine with most dry reds – for instance, my best friend and …
I never have quite binged on Evelyn Waugh’s novels, which is probably a good thing. I was 15 when I first read Decline and Fall, which I loved, but then was disappointed by his second novel, Vile Bodies. I suppose that 15 year olds do not quite get the irony and the self-deprecating social commentary …
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