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Fifth Leg Bad Taste Amnesty - Swap Any Bottle of Wine for a Bottle of Fifth Leg (15th Feb)

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Fifth Leg Bad Taste Amnesty - Swap Any Bottle of Wine for a Bottle of Fifth Leg (15th Feb)
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donga100 on 06/02/2014 - 19:30 fifthleg.com.au (1287 clicks)
Last edited 15/02/2014 - 18:39 by 1 other user

The Bad Taste Amnesty is your chance to rid yourself of any bad wine you have once and for all in exchange for a quality bottle of Fifth Leg, free.

Here's how it works:

  • Search for an unopened wine in your home that’s just plain bad. (If it tastes like acid wash, shagpile or Eurovision, you’re on a winner.)
  • Bring it to any First Choice Liquor store on Saturday February 15th, between 1pm and 5pm.
  • Swap it for any bottle of Fifth Leg white or red wine, free.

This is not a joke!
(Unlike that awful wine you've got lying around at your place.)

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  • Yakuza85 on 06/02/2014 - 19:40

    Is there a limit to how many you can swap?

    • HomeAlone on 06/02/2014 - 19:43
      +1

      From Terms and Conditions on the website

      Offer valid while stocks last. Must be ≥ 18 yo. Limit: 1 swap per person of an unopened and undamaged 750ml bottle of wine at any First Choice Liquor Store between 1:00pm and 5:00pm on day of swap.4

      • donga100 on 06/02/2014 - 19:47
        +15

        So I guess it depends how many First Choice Liquor stores you can visit between 1-5pm.

  • YOTR on 06/02/2014 - 19:48
    +1

    They have done this before. Fifth Leg red is pretty bland. I won't speak for their whites.

  • Revolution42 on 06/02/2014 - 19:55
    +28

    I still have a couple of cases of the 5 cent wine from Gray's months ago. This is awsome

    • rustynail on 07/02/2014 - 09:23
      +1

      Touché! I logged in just to upvote your comment.

  • rompastompa on 06/02/2014 - 19:57

    Hmm.. Still have a few bottles from this:

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/129911

    Thanks OP!

  • Captain Kremmen on 06/02/2014 - 20:33
    +3

    Got given a bottle of alcohol free wine. Wonder if they would accept it?

    • Merlict on 06/02/2014 - 22:36

      I suspect they tip it all out anyway. Way too much trouble to resell.

      • Yakuza85 on 07/02/2014 - 01:01
        +2

        Staff christmas party?

        • dbrent12 on 07/02/2014 - 10:25
          +7

          asked last time they did this and they said they give it to cooking schools

        • Dorka on 07/02/2014 - 14:49
          +8

          Pretty sure they mix up all the stuff we give them, re-bottle it and give it back to us the next year.

        • donga100 on 15/02/2014 - 16:52

          Confirmed for cooking schools today.

        • Copydog on 15/02/2014 - 18:05

          Deleted , duplicate

  • altomic on 06/02/2014 - 20:51
    +4

    it's an upgrade for the some of the super cheap and really terrible booze that has has been sitting in the shed for over 2 years.

    besides- swap the crap for this (a somewhat known brand) and contribute it at a dinner party or housewarming or as a thanks-for-the-small-favour gift.

    I actually didn't mind their wines I got from the last amnesty.

    • donga100 on 06/02/2014 - 21:35
      +4

      It's an upgrade from the $1.35 half dozen I got from Grays Online about a year ago.

  • rawm on 06/02/2014 - 22:28

    https://www.1stchoice.com.au/White%20Wine/devils-lair-fifth-… ($10.99 per 6) and sells for $13.99ea at Dan Murphy's

    • 2024 on 09/02/2014 - 03:47
      +1

      It's not 10.99 for 6, it's 10.99 a bottle when you buy it in a half dozen.

  • DeWalt on 07/02/2014 - 00:30

    If you keep wine in hot parts so that it goes off, now's your chance :). A friend of mine keeps his stash just below the ceiling for "maximum cook" :)

  • daydream on 07/02/2014 - 01:20
    +3

    "unopened wine in your home that’s just plain bad. (If it tastes like acid wash, shagpile…" How do you taste it while keeping it unopened? ;-)

    • iampoor on 07/02/2014 - 06:17
      +2

      By thinking "Hey, this is so cheap that I might as well get a couple. It can't taste THAT bad…."

      After opening one bottle you realise that it tastes so bad that even as a cheapskate you can't bring yourself to drink it…and compromise with yourself by stashing it somewhere and telling yourself you haven't really wasted anything..you will use it for cooking…

  • Utopian on 07/02/2014 - 07:15
    +3

    Can I hand-in a bottle of their plonk.

    5th leg… ergh.

  • oodLes on 07/02/2014 - 08:01

    I got the red last time with this and it was very, very good in my opinion. Great to see they're doing it again. Poor bowlers run, getting bought then traded across the road every year.

  • dbrent12 on 07/02/2014 - 10:24
    +2

    Devil's Lair Fifth Leg Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2013

    is in Halliday's top 100 for 2013.

    http://www.smoothfm.com.au/lifestyle/smooth-wine-club/best-w…

  • jason07 on 07/02/2014 - 17:20
    +1

    Looks like I'm picking up a few $2 clean skins from Dan's on the way home…

    • strangeloops66 on 07/02/2014 - 21:05
      +3

      Save some time and petrol and buy your cheap plonk at First Choice on the Saturday, then immediately swap it for the 5th Leg stuff. Win win.

  • zooter on 08/02/2014 - 07:28

    hmmm…guess I pick up the $3 bottle of wine from Dan Murphy's along with my grocery shopping…These cost around $14 in DM…so pretty good deal I would say

    • zooter on 08/02/2014 - 07:32

      Too bad I'm in port campbell….too bad I wont break even because of the 50 KM drive to first choice

  • daydream on 15/02/2014 - 10:16

    I don't know wine from stale grape juice but take a bottle for others when going over for dinner, etc. I found a couple of bottles I was given (trivia comp prizes) ages ago when clearing a cupboard and I think they are probably the type that don't mature (Lindeman's Cawarra Merlot 2006, Saltram Maker's Table Sauvignon Blanc 2006). Can anyone confirm my swap is a good idea and advise which (if any, given their price point) of the First Leg wines available (below) might have a longer shelf life? Thanks

    Devils Lair Fifth Leg Rose 750mL
    Devils Lair Fifth Leg White Blend 750mL
    Devils Lair Fifth Leg Crisp Chardonnay 750mL
    Devils Lair Fifth Leg Red Blend 750mL
    Devils Lair Fifth Leg Shiraz 750mL

    • YOTR on 15/02/2014 - 12:14

      Cawarra is terrible, swap it for anything.

  • donga100 on 15/02/2014 - 11:34

    The Saltram Maker's Table Sauvignon Blanc 2006 is almost certainly too old to be drinkable now. Usually best to drink within the first 2-4 years after production.

    • daydream on 15/02/2014 - 11:50

      Thanks. Pretty sure it was toxic (vs intoxicating) by now ;-)

  • sleepyowl on 15/02/2014 - 11:48

    It's about time I used those free bin ends wines from a deal ages ago!

  • rawm on 15/02/2014 - 13:13

    Like taking candy from a baby! Grabbed a sav blanc from FCL Broadmeadows VIC just now. Retails at approx $20. Plenty of stock.

  • Lancerx on 15/02/2014 - 14:14

    can i swap my white with red?

  • nubzy on 15/02/2014 - 14:24

    going to swap some dan murphy red cleanskin now

  • kirt on 15/02/2014 - 14:29

    Still have a few bottles of the $0.66 Crawford Farm Chardonnay 2008 from 15 months ago:

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/83193

    I think that's a fair trade :)

  • spg on 15/02/2014 - 14:33

    I forgot about this when I went there today, they suggested I pick up the cheapest bottle they had in store which was $4 (they didn't have stock of the $3 Hidden Gem Semillon Sauvignon Blanc at my local 1st choice) and swap it, so I did.

  • Copydog on 15/02/2014 - 15:24

    Bargains galore -
    With the wife in tow ( not too happy about being dragged out on a got Saturday) claimed 2 btls at cannon hill. While there, I got one of these Sav Blancs at ~ 45% off - https://www.1stchoice.com.au/White%20Wine/matua-marlborough-…
    Then I was eyeing off the special deals for spending $30, which the checkout girl noticed and said I could pick one, even tho had only spent $7 , so got a 6 pack of tooheys extra dry for $10.

    It gets better..
    I popped over to iga across the car park and scored some 79 cent 1.25L lemon coke bottles and a giant pack of fruit ring sweets for 99 cents (save $5).
    All round, a good OZB weekend, half expect to wake up and find it was all a dream.!

  • daydream on 15/02/2014 - 15:56

    Easy! Two friendly young girls at a specially set up table did the swap, gave me their recommendations and offered tastings (Burwood, VIC). Got the Halliday rated Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2013 (that wasn't on their website) and the Shiraz. Cheers!

  • Sage on 15/02/2014 - 16:22

    I wonder if it would be worth getting a bottle from woolworths to swap. (30% off all wine)

  • AbeFroman on 15/02/2014 - 16:30

    Did anyone get a receipt from the First Choice people? Or was it a case of walk in with your plonk, and walk straight past the cashier on your way out with the new bottle?

    • donga100 on 15/02/2014 - 16:32

      Most of the stores were scanning the bottles but the price will come up as $0.00 after they apply the coupon so they didn't give me receipts. Were you hoping to price match at Dan Murphy's?

      • AbeFroman on 15/02/2014 - 16:37

        No, the Fifth Leg girls told me to walk straight out… so I did. Felt a little odd, hence why I checked.

        UPDATE: Called the store, they've had a few other people do the same thing. Receipts are being used for tracking their stock, so they put the purchase through over the phone.

        • donga100 on 15/02/2014 - 16:52

          Yeah, the cashier at one store said I could just walk out but most were scanning the bottles.

    • daydream on 15/02/2014 - 18:03

      At mine the girls at the promotion table put a sticker on the bottle and told me to take it to the cashier. The cashier scanned it through as $0 and gave me the receipt.

  • donga100 on 15/02/2014 - 16:31
    +1

    Mapped out a path of 1st Choice stores between the Eight Mile Plains Sushi Train and my house. Picked up a nice haul! Drank about half a bottle worth of tasting samples along the way too.

    • retiredfeline on 15/02/2014 - 19:18
      +1

      The glee in your retelling of your journey is understandable from the explanation below. :) I hope you weren't driving. :)

  • pennae on 15/02/2014 - 16:39

    Just swapped mine at the Bicton store (WA). Too easy! Plenty of whites, not so many reds.

  • grimace3 on 15/02/2014 - 16:56
    -1

    Search for an unopened wine in your home that’s just plain bad. (If it tastes like acid wash, shagpile or Eurovision, you’re on a winner.)

    How are you meant to know what it tastes like if its unopened? LOL

    • retiredfeline on 15/02/2014 - 17:45
      +1

      You may have bought a dozen cleanskins and regretted it after the first bottle, for example.

      • donga100 on 15/02/2014 - 17:47

        You may have bought 6 dozens of them…

        • grimace3 on 15/02/2014 - 17:50

          And as to why someone would buy 6 dozen of the same wine which they might have never tried before is funny ;)

        • Copydog on 15/02/2014 - 17:56

          Maybe a buy 6 dozen, get 50 fly buy points deal?!

        • donga100 on 15/02/2014 - 18:19

          They weren't all the same. Grays Online had some crazy coupon deals a while back. 6 bottles delivered for around $1, couldn't help myself.

    • [Deactivated] on 15/02/2014 - 18:16
      +1

      You're not very good at imagining a range of possible realistic life scenarios, are you.

  • sagrules on 15/02/2014 - 17:11

    Is it today only?
    I just missed out :-(

    • Copydog on 15/02/2014 - 17:53

      You've got 8 mins if you live in qld.

  • [Deactivated] on 15/02/2014 - 18:39

    Sweet deal, OP. Shame I missed out (but I don't have any spare wines to swap anyway).

    Anyone tried their Fifth Leg bottles from today yet? Curious to hear thoughts on it. Never tried it myself.

    • Copydog on 15/02/2014 - 23:55
      +3

      Yeah mate have just finished the Sav semillon blanc, pretty dam good if if do shay so myself. Probably could have done without the semillon as that ruins a good Sauvignon blanc IMO, give me just a plan SV any day but leave the semillon out of it thank you very much. Love to know the logic behind that addition.

      but it's a wine I would definitely be comfratbale taking to a dinner party with normal friends that like wine but aren't wine snobs,
      It's also one I'd be happy paying around 10-12 for. Especially because you never know if you pay $15 for a btl that's its decent anyway and that bites. Gotta remember that this is just one style I'm commenting on. I also got the chardy which I will hit next weekend and let you know. That's if I remember anything of this evening.

      So yeah I'm probably doing the job for the Fifth leg marketing department, as they have managed to get a random stranger to talk positively about their brand on a national forum, and all for the cost of a bottle of wine. It's a wine I will never forget that's for sure.

      So all up, I would rate this as pretty decent. I'm also lucky because I have high tolerance to alcohol so consuming a bottle of wine doesn't make me ramble on incessantly, like it does to some people.

      • [Deactivated] on 16/02/2014 - 00:15

        I'm also lucky because I have high tolerance to alcohol so consuming a bottle of wine doesn't make > me ramble on incessantly, like it does to some people.

        Give this man more likes!

        Ta for the review, too. I'm rather partial to sauvignon blancs myself. Will give it a whirl one day!

  • sheikyerbouti on 15/02/2014 - 22:00

    Got a couple in Chatswood (empty store), at 3pm we were the first to exhcnage bottles.
    Fifth Leg are ok $13 quaffers. You wouldnt show up to a dinner with one, but theyre good enough for a glass after work.

  • Bullion78 on 17/02/2014 - 10:55
    +1

    you're right. A $13 wine is a little pricey to waste taking to a dinner. A cleany would do just fine, our even Pepsi.

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