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2014 Penfold's Re-Corking Clinics Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide

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If you happen to have some 1999 or older Penfold's Grange, St Henri Shiraz, Bin 707, 407 RWT Shiraz, Magill Estate Shiraz, Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz, Bin 28, Bin 128, Bin 138, Bin 620, Bin 60A, Bin 80A, Bin 820, Bin 90A, Bin 920, Block 42 or Koonunga HIll Shiraz Cabernet cellaring then this maybe of interest.

Registrations are now being accepted for Australian and New Zealand Penfolds re-corking clinics. To register please complete the online form.

2014 Australasian Re-corking Clinic Dates announced.

Auckland 23 - 24 July
Brisbane 5 - 6 August
Sydney 19 - 21 August
Melbourne 2 - 4 September
Perth 17 - 18 September
Adelaide 30 September - 1 October

The Penfolds Re-corking Clinics offer the owners of Penfolds red wines which are 15 years and older the opportunity to have their wines assessed by a winemaker, and if necessary, opened, tasted, topped up and re-capsuled on the spot.

The art of re-corking is a delicate process. If opened, the bottle of wine will be tested by the winemaker and assessed for its quality. If the wine is deemed to be a good example of the style and vintage, it will then be topped up with a recent vintage of the same wine, re-corked, provided with a new Penfolds capsule, and then certified by the winemaker. This process certifies the wine for quality, ensuring attendees leave the Clinic with their re-corked collection in an excellent condition, ready for continued cellaring or to enjoy at leisure.

As well as a wine "health check" the Penfolds Re-corking Clinics allow Penfolds enthusiasts to receive a market appraisal of their wines.

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  • +12

    Can OzB'ers bring in their Rawson's Retreat collections?

  • +1

    If the wine is deemed to be a good example of the style and vintage

    And if it's not?

    • +3

      The bottle is not recertified and the owner gets the sad news that their precious wine should now be used for cooking.

      • -8

        Seems like an excuse for the tester to say "sorry, your Grange is no good any more. But don't worry, leave it with me and take this Dan Murphy 99cent Clean Skin as a consolation prize". I bet a lot of Grange fails on the day.

        • +6

          You have no idea what you're talking about.

        • You have no idea what you are talking about.
          If they don't recertify it, then they don't confiscate it from you. If they do then you can call the police on them for stealing from you.

          You can take it home and drink it all yourself.

  • +1

    it doesn't say how much, is it absolutely free?

    • +1

      Yes, it's free

  • -1

    Penfolds conduct these every couple of years. They have always been free.

    • +2

      is Cperry wrong? why negative vote ?

    • +2

      …But only every couple of years

      Hence not ALWAYS free.
      So, if it's of interest to you, good to know its available shortly.

      • always free whenever held :)

  • will recork decrease the value of the vintage wine?

    • It proves the contents are still in excellent condition, so I'd suggest it would in fact increase it's desirability compared to an untouched bottle with more risk.

    • +2

      It works both ways.

      Some cellars provide guarantees that their cellared wines that you buy will be good and non spoiled, in this case old unopened perfect bottle would most likely be more valuable.

      Where as some places do not offer this guarantee, which means the opened and recertified bottles will be more valuable since they have less risk of getting a dodgy bottle.

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