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Justin Bieber’s Oversized Sunglasses Could Be The Next Big Thing In Men’s Eyewear
Justin Bieber’s Oversized Sunglasses Could Be The Next Big Thing In Men’s Eyewear

It’s been a while since we’ve featured celebrities of any calibre here at DMARGE, what with that pandemic going on, causing everyone to stay firmly tucked up inside their homes. But if one guy was going to break free from the walls of his lavish home, it was going to be one Mr Justin Bieber.The Canadian singer appears to have taken a more philosophical approach to life of late if his Instagram feed is anything to go by. With several posts devoted to the Black Lives Matter cause currently raging in the US, Bieber has also shared numerous images of himself in various contemplative states in the great outdoors.

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While he hasn’t tagged the locations, we imagine he’s found himself not too far from his home in Beverly Hills, California, and it seems Justin can’t even do ‘retrospective’ without spawning some sort of new fashion trend, and his latest is all to do with eyewear.One particular post caught our eye, as it shows Justin staring down the camera with an oversized pair of sunglasses on his face. Think John Lennon’s famed tinted frames, but on steroids.We know all too well that sunglasses are an essential accessory for any sharp-dressed man, but they have traditionally come in a range of ‘safe’ frame styles: Clubmaster, Wayfarer and Aviator are all mainstays, but recent trends for chunkier and even round frames have started to make waves.

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We just haven’t seen a rounded pair as large as Justin’s before, at least, not in such a publicised space. It shouldn’t come as too much of a shock, however, as we’ve previously noted how the husband-to-Hailey is the master of oversized style.While he may not have been on to a winner with his incessant wearing of Crocs, we have to say we’re fans of his sun stoppers, and we reckon if they don’t hit the high-streets by the end of this year, they’ll certainly become a huge deal (no pun intended) in 2021.

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“Paralysis By Analysis”: The Big Mistake Property Buyers Make In Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs
“Paralysis By Analysis”: The Big Mistake Property Buyers Make In Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs

Buying a house in Sydney can feel like a futile exercise. Either that or one in financial humiliation and emotional-masochism.

With skyscraper prices (that, in the best areas, don’t even fall during a crisis) greasy realtors, competitive overseas buyers, switched on local buyers and Annoying Activewear Neighbours who treat every inspection as a chance to stickybeak, it can all feel a bit much.

Either you make a premature purchase and spend the rest of your life in debt, or you waste countless weekends, months of patience and years of looking, only to come out without buying anything.

No wonder so many people are now looking at Wollongong and Newcastle.

If you’re keen to find that happy medium though, and maybe even score a water-adjacent Sydney property of your own, then we’d recommend taking a (digital) pew and listening to the insights of an expert.

Enter: leading Eastern Suburbs real estate agent Gavin Rubinstein.

DMARGE recently had an exclusive chat with Gavin to understand the biggest mistakes Eastern Suburbs property buyers are making right now.

 

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One big regret Gavin sees all too often is: “Waiting for the market to fall, (nobody can pick the bottom of the market) and missing out – only to find themselves still looking 12-24 months later.”

“Something many buyers could have done sooner is engage a reputable buyer’s agent to help them through the buying process,” Gavin adds.

“Beware of ‘paralysis by analysis’ – one must be practical when buying real estate, but with the homes I sell, being family homes, most of which are unique there is an emotional factor that needs to be accounted for.”

The solution? According to Gavin, “If it feels right, ticks 8 out of your ten boxes, is within budget and seems fair priced based on similar properties that have traded, don’t waste time with moving forward because with supply issues in the East it’s questionable when another opportunity of the same calibre will come up again.”

Gavin then told us that smart buyers in Sydney, over the next three to five years, should: “get into the market as soon as possible” as well as “look for opportunities where there is a spike in new listings.”

“The boost in supply means more options for buyers and this puts downward pressure on prices.”

Edward Brown, director at Australia’s leading real estate provider Belle Property makes the same point. In fact, as he told us a few months back, one of the most common mistakes Australians make in a falling market is allowing themselves to be overly influenced by non-expert (and sometimes expert) opinions.

“Do your research, look at realestate.com.au, look at Domain, see what’s been selling that’s similar, get a bit of a feel for what things are worth and take that into your value – every real estate agent, buyer, broker, all have an opinion – it’s whether or not it has any relevance.”

“Family members are always going to say – don’t pay more than such an such – but what we always see is people having regrets that they should or would have paid more for a property, had they had their time around again.”

“The opinion was said to them that they shouldn’t pay any more, that they should walk away – but one of the biggest mistakes people tend to make is they ask too many opinions of everyone and then pass up good opportunities.”

 

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Sub $100 Return Flights To Byron Bay Have Sydneysiders In A Spin
Sub $100 Return Flights To Byron Bay Have Sydneysiders In A Spin

Qantas and Jetstar have added 300 more domestic return flights per week. This comes as travel restrictions ease and Aussie travellers’ feet twitch with heightened energy.

The biggest increase in flights will be routes to and from Canberra. The Melbourne to Sydney corridor will also pick up, with Qantas flights jumping from five per week (as of right now) to 47 per week (by the end of June).

There will also be flights to regional areas like Broome, Rockhampton and – crucially, for Sydneysiders looking for the perfect NSW winter getaway – Sydney to Byron Bay (Ballina).


Not only that but they are cheap as chips. In fact, depending on which dates you book, you can get there return for as little as $94 with Jetstar (it’s more like $350 return with Qantas).

The Pass awaits…

Naturally, this has sent Sydneysiders into a spin…

… Not to mention giving them a chance to throw shade at the Queensland government.

Though Jetstar has long flown this route, Qantas will now be joining the party too; though the launch of this Qantas’ Sydney to Byron route was meant to be earlier this year, it was postponed due to The Pandemic.


Now though, as gallivanting rules ease across the country, Qantas and Jetstar are increasing capacity, and welcome changes like this are able to take effect.

“The additional services will see capacity increase from 5 per cent of pre-Coronavirus levels, to 15 per cent by the end of June,” the airline said. This equates to more than 300 more return flights per week.

“Additional flights will likely operate during July depending on travel demand and further relaxation of state borders,” Qantas added, “with the ability to increase to up to 40 per cent of the Group’s pre-crisis domestic capacity by the end of July.”

Crystal clear (cold) waters await, as does, we’d imagine, a distinct lack of tourists.

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The US Tourism Industry’s Next Big Challenge, According To Industry Experts
The US Tourism Industry’s Next Big Challenge, According To Industry Experts

This year we’ve seen fires, floods, disease and protest. And it’s only June. So: while the meme lords joke an alien invasion would round off 2020 nicely, there’s (some) truth behind the quips; July to December is certain to see more upheaval, even if it’s not extraterrestrial so much as economic.That’s according to the experts, anyway, with everyone from National Geographic to Quartz making the case that America’s tourism industry is in for a ride bumpier than a Grand Canyon donkey trip.Why America though? After all, as commercial flights dropped to the lowest levels in 26 years, the travel industry world-over screeched to an emergency halt. Correct as that is, things have changed, with America’s case-load of The Virus ramping up (latest stats sit at 1.89 million confirmed cases) as China’s, Australia’s and various European countries’ dwindle.Of course, there may be more outbreaks. But for the time being, Europe is cautiously restarting its tourism industry, with Greece inviting select countries’ tourists to come for a quarantine free visit, Sicily offering to pay for half visitors’ flight and Iceland finding ways to make the airport testing experience less offputting.Not to mention the re-opening of this Tuscan celebrity hotel.In America, however, the situation is more precarious. As National Geographic reported in April, “The U.S. Travel Association projects a loss of 4.6 million jobs through May, a figure likely to increase. U.S. weekly jobless claims skyrocketed to a stunning 6.6 million, doubling in a week and by far the biggest spike in half a century. Tourism decline is a driving reason for job losses in states including Nevada, where Las Vegas casinos and jumbo hotels have gone dark.”And that was before the unlawful police killing of George Floyd sparked protests and riots all across the country.Now, when tourists survey the globe, America is – in the near term, at least – likely to have dropped a few spots on people’s bucket lists. And it’s not just that tourists are concerned about social unrest; given the uncertain situation around travel insurance, visiting the US is now quite a financial (as well as health) risk.

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The upshot? A surge in domestic travel, or trips to more ~chill~ locations where the virus is next to nada. This sounds great – and for many tourists, it is – but for America’s economy and tourism industry it spells trouble.As Quartz wrote recently, “a huge boom in domestic travel won’t affect every country evenly.” Quartz then cited a “thought exercise” from Bernstein analyst Richard Clarke, which looks at which nations stand to benefit, or suffer, “if international travel demand was redirected domestically.”The idea is that countries like Canada, China the UK and Germany, whose wealthy globetrotting citizens will now holiday more domestically, could end up (economically) better off than countries like Turkey, the US and Spain, which typically receive more international tourism than they put out.Though the graph is purely speculative, it paints a dire picture for the US…

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Only time (and flight bookings) will tell.

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Woman’s ‘Undercover’ Experiment Sparks Modern Dating Miracle
Woman’s ‘Undercover’ Experiment Sparks Modern Dating Miracle

There are several stereotypes surrounding dating apps, the most common of which is that guys are on there for one thing, and one thing only. Either that or to send the notorious dick pic.We’re not going to argue this sort of behaviour doesn’t happen, because women are indeed susceptible to trends such as ghosting and ‘candy corning’, but it might not represent the full picture within the world of dating apps.Guys, after all, are allowed to have ~feelings~ too. But while there may not necessarily be a female equivalent of sending a picture of their junk – usually because a guy hopes to receive such images – it doesn’t mean to say all women are absolute saints when it comes to virtual dating.

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To put the theory that women aren’t the only victims of ‘bad boy’ behaviour to the test, Facebook user Alexander Grace – video via LadBible – asked his female friend, Sada, to pose as him on Tinder for a week, so she could be exposed to a more realistic side to dating apps for guys.Their hypothesis was that the ‘fake’ Alex would get a ton of matches based on his appearance, along with a made-up, but still true, bio. Rather than go for the far-too-common “Love to travel, meet new people, have a good time” bio, she decided to go down the more romantic route.

This woman went undercover as a man on Tinder and she wasn’t expecting the response she got… Posted by LADbible on Monday, 1 June 2020

“Hi, my name is Alex. Looking for a nice lady to develop a meaningful relationship with and enjoy the pleasures of life.” Maybe not quite the modern-day Casanova, but simple and honest can win most races.After just three days, Sada began to notice guys don’t have it easy. She said a conversation with one girl who matched with ‘Alex’, was “pure pain, pure agony.”By day 5 Sada was practically ready to throw in the towel as she noticed the number of matches dropped dramatically.

“If I compare the experience that a woman has on a dating app and that a man has on a dating app, it’s much different, and it’s weird I struggle so much.”

When she regrouped with Alex at the end of the week, Sada deemed the experiment a failure. “I had lots of expectations on what would go on and what would happen, but it was the complete opposite.”Not only did Sada rarely get a reply after one or two messages, she added she “Struggled”,

“I had to lead the conversation. Some of them put zero effort in.”

Speaking of her own experiences on dating apps, Sada said guys act in the complete opposite way. “They just don’t stop replying.”

“They don’t ‘ghost’, and it’s weird that women do it so often.”

This may be a bit of a generalisation from Sada, as we’ve seen not all guys are happy to keep chatting.Alex added it’s the sort of behaviour average guys have to be subjected to on a daily basis and that it “eats away at your self-esteem.”

“She was answering with two or three words in each message. And I was like, why? Stop this. Stop!” We’ve all been there, right lads?

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He asked Sada if she thought other women should conduct their own Tinder experiment to see what guys actually experience on dating apps. Of course, this could have ethical implications due to ‘catfish’ behaviour.Nevertheless, Alex’s experiment could well spark a miracle within the world of dating, and perhaps force people to rethink their behaviour when flirting behind a virtual barrier. If you’re keen, keep talking. If you’re not, don’t bother matching. It couldn’t be simpler.

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This Man’s Epic Transformation Proves Giving Up Alcohol Could Change Your Life
This Man’s Epic Transformation Proves Giving Up Alcohol Could Change Your Life

It might not feel it, but summer is just around the corner. That means frigid Negronis, fruity pale ale and freshly iced jugs of Sangria lurk around the corner of the next Friday night for the foreseeable future. For our mates on the other side of the pacific, that means Irish coffee and stomach warming whisky to keep winter at bay. The only problem is that the six pack you’ve been working on for the last 6 months is soon to become a keg—and your dreams of landing any girl other than Emilia Clarke (who says her ‘ideal’ man has a ‘dad bod’) will be shot.

So what’s a man to do? Well, if one Reddit user’s impressive transformation is anything to go by; say no to the Negronis, axe the pale ales and pour the Sangria down your best mate’s pants. After giving up alcohol for one year, this man went from looking like Bigfoot’s little brother to Ryan Reynolds’ approachable cousin. He slimmed down, lost a few pounds around the chops, gained the confidence to shave off his beard, and got healthier skin. All thanks to not drinking, “The better part of a handle of whiskey or vodka a day.”

“I’d wake up and drink a pint before work, nurse a pint all day at work (pour off a handle into a pint flask), get home and attempt to finalize the handle. Rinse and repeat every day for about a year. Prior to that was drinking about a fifth a day for several years, it ramped up living alone in the mountains. When you can walk down the road drunk as hell drinking off a handle of whiskey and the worse thing that can happen is nobody stops to give you a ride, alcoholism can really spiral.”

“Back in the city now and can’t even really fathom how much I was drinking there for a time.”

Some users sympathised with his plight:

  • “It’s crazy how fat your face gets when you drink alot.”
  • “I do like a good IPA, and the man titty struggle is real.”
  • “For years mom always wanted me to gain some weight. After a year off from hockey after an ACL surgery, depression, and beer becoming my best friend. I had a pretty nice gut and some man titties.”

While others had their own stories: “I took the summer off of drinking and the only thing about my diet that changed was that I stopped drinking. I was consuming about 1500-2000+ extra calories a day on average in booze alone but I still ate garbage (or rich, delicious foods with lots of butter) and lost about 25lbs by strictly cutting out the booze. But it looks like I lost 50lbs because of the bloating. If anything, I eat considerably more now than I did when I was drinking and I continue to lose weight every week. I recently just fit into pants that fit me when I was 26 (turning 35 in November).”


And others were more interested in his fashion sense:

  • “Went from looking like a crazy homeless guy to what I imagine a tech employee in San Francisco looks like.”
  • “Tbh he looks like he could be in tech there in both pictures now that you mention it.”
  • “Work in tech, can confirm. Both would be suitable appearances at a Tech company.”

Whatever his job, everyone agreed that it didn’t really matter, as long as he wasn’t an Uber driver. The conversation then turned to Sober October, a challenge currently being posed by celebrity podcasters and professional athletes alike: “Sober October. Perfect time to start. Listen to the latest joe Rogan podcast got inspiration.”

 

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So, #soberoctober is a “thing” now, and I’ve been really looking forward to it. I don’t know how long the phrase has been around, but if it was a “thing” before I was unaware of it until we decided to do it last year. I’m pretty sure we coincidentally decided to do it on October, but I really enjoyed it. The 15 hot yoga sessions were more of a challenge than the sobriety, but I think I learned a lot from both of them. This year we’re doing a fitness challenge with stakes we haven’t quite worked out yet, but I’m really looking forward to it just as an opportunity to push myself and concentrate on really getting in great shape. If you’re high and or drunk while you’re reading this and you really want in, don’t get all caught up in the fact that you missed a day, just hop on in!

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Many people are getting on board, most of them in a bid to benefit their health. Most of them…

“I’m doing Sober October too. After that, it’s Bender November muthaf*@%!!!”

Whether or not you’re keen to try it in order to make a serious lifestyle change, or simply to make next month’s indulgences feel even better, it’s definitely worth a try.

RELATED: Beer After Exercise – The Truth About How It Impacts Your Health 

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BMW Unveils Most Controversial Design Change In Decades
BMW Unveils Most Controversial Design Change In Decades

We hope you’re sitting down for this one.

Regardless of whether you’re a car enthusiast or BMW fan, we can all agree that car design is essentially art. It’s subjective. What works for one person may not be to someone else’s liking. And we think BMW’s latest 4 Series is going to divide opinion like no other BMW in recent memory.

Although we imagine that divide will be more 90/10 than 50/50.

Looking more lungs, than kidneys.

The Munich-based manufacturer is famed for its ‘kidney’ style front grilles that vary in size depending on the model they’re attached to. The X Series SUVs, for example, have larger front ends than the highly popular 3 Series sedan, but the latest 4 Series blows them all out the water with its huge front end that appears to have exchanged its kidneys for a set of lungs. We just can’t stop looking at. It’s almost hypnotizing.


BMW teased us with a potential design change for the 4 Series when it unveiled the Concept 4 at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2019. But how often do production cars end up looking like their concept vision? We hoped BMW was just experimenting with new ideas following the departure of its long-running and iconic designer – for good and bad reasons – Chris Bangle, in 2009.

However, with current BMW’s being designed by Adrian van Hooydonk, a man equally responsible for the ‘thicc’ rear end of the 2001 7 Series, it appears he’s now giving larger front ends their 15 minutes. According to CNET, BMW has already said that larger than life grille won’t become a staple of the brand going forward, but rather a feature reserved exclusively for the 4 Series.

The design has unexpectedly divided opinion, both within the BMW fanbase and the wider car-loving community. While there numerous examples of comments loving the design choice,

“Very different and bold. 100%”; “So so beautiful”, and “Unpopular opinion but I really like this.”

However, with big changes come bigger responses.


“Cannot unsee Bugs Bunny”; “Uglier than a Fiat Multipla”; “If Hitler’s moustache had a cousin”, and our favourite:

“Due in Australia in October, can we please keep the borders closed?”

So, onto the car itself. This new 2021 4 Series will arrive in October this year and according to Autoweek, is bigger than the current model in every way, being longer, wider, taller but also manages a lower drag coefficient to help it cut through the air like a knife. So why those water-retaining kidneys? BMW says they’re to “provide adequate cooling for the more powerful engines.”

A safe haven from the outside looks.

Those engines include a 2.0-litre I4 producing 255bhp and a 3.0-litre mild-hybrid I6 producing 382bhp. Each engine will be fitted to two models, the 430i and 430i xDrive and M440i and M440i xDrive, respectively. BMW has revealed on its official Instagram page that Convertible and Gran Coupé variants will join this Coupé, but details are remaining tightly sealed for now.

Inside you’re treated to lashings of leather and tons of tech, including a 5.1-inch instrument cluster display as standard (upgradeable to a 12.3-inch screen) and 8.8-inch centre touchscreen (upgradeable to 10.2-inches).

BMW will also give you Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for free. That’s right. Free. No more paying for a feature standard in most other vehicles, no questions asked.

At least you’ll be cradled in luxury inside the cabin then. You’ll want to spend as much time as possible in there to avoid looking at the front. Still, we have no doubts it will sell well.

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This Rare Studebaker Was Once The Fastest Car In Australia… & Is Now Up For Sale
This Rare Studebaker Was Once The Fastest Car In Australia… & Is Now Up For Sale

It was once possible to buy an Australian-built Studebaker, like this fantastic 1962 Studebaker GT Hawk on sale in Perth on Carsales.

Bench seats in the front and buttery power steering mean you can drive with one hand on the wheel and the other arm draped over someone’s shoulder. Just saying.
Here’s a bit of a history lesson for you: Studebaker was one of the great American car marques. With commanding model names like the Dictator, Commander, President and Champion, the Indiana company had a reputation for stylish, well-built, reliable cars. Owning a Studebaker was announcing to the world that you’d made it.In the 1960s, Studebaker opened a small assembly plant in Melbourne, banging together the compact Larks, the stylish Hawks and commercial vehicles from American-supplied knock-down kits. Larks even found themselves in service as police squad cars in Victoria, NSW and the ACT, as they came with V8s at a time when FC Holdens only put out a paltry 70hp.After years of financial strife, Studebaker folded in the 1960s, shuttering its American, Canadian and Australian operations. Unique models like the Raymond Loewy-designed Avanti, famously the fastest car in the world at the time; the Wagonaire, which had an innovative sliding rear roof to accommodate oversized cargo; and Studebaker successes on the track weren’t enough to save the ailing firm.The Gran Turismo Hawk was the top-of-the-line, final evolution of the sporty Hawk series, and one of the last models Studebaker ever produced. Like the Avanti, the GT Hawk came with Studebaker’s bombproof 4.7L V8 engine as standard.
The only thing that should be under the hood of a big American car: a V8.
This 1962 GT Hawk in American mustard yellow’s got the special sauce, too: the optional R2 supercharger, which bumps this Yank tank up to a respectable 289hp. There aren’t many GT cars from this era that came in right-hand drive and with a supercharged V8 from the factory.Before the top-spec Avanti arrived in Australia – packing a bigger 5.0L version of the engine found in the GT Hawk – this Studebaker would’ve been the fastest car in Australia.It’s in exceptional nick, too – just take a gander at those clean, arcing lines and tasteful chrome highlights. It looks almost brand new. The Hawks were considered some of the most beautiful cars of their day and that beauty hasn’t aged one bit.
Just looking at this car gives you your daily intake of potassium.
For only A$35,000, we reckon this classic GT is an incredible deal. Consider that a new Ford Mustang GT costs almost double that and has less than half the charm. Head to Carsales right now before someone snaps it up.

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Top Sommelier Explains How To Tell If Your Old Bottle Of Wine Is Still Good To Drink
Top Sommelier Explains How To Tell If Your Old Bottle Of Wine Is Still Good To Drink

Wine can throw up such a minefield of jargon, rules, tastes and textures, it can be enough to turn any wannabe sommelier away, leaving them to instead purchase whatever falls into the budget when they visit the bottle shop. As long as it’s the colour of choice, it tastes good, and it has the ‘right’ effect, people are satisfied.But for those who like to think they know their cabernet from their merlot and their 2011 vintages from 2013, having sound knowledge of wine can be of utmost importance. But what about when it comes to ageing? Some wines need it, some don’t, others have a specified window of time for ageing. You can see where the confusion can come into play.To help shed a light on the matter, we reached out to Sean McManus, the sommelier at Brae Restaurant in Birregurra, Victoria – consistently voted among the world’s top 50 – to find out how you can tell your dust-covered bottle of shiraz is still good to drink.

“Ageing wine is a funny topic”, Sean tells us, “many people buy single bottles to chuck in the shoe cupboard, staircase or half-empty Vintec, to magically one day crack open this bottle with guests and expect some sort of ethereal moment that will blow everyone’s mind.”

The cynicism doesn’t end there, he continues “Like some divine intervention will come pouring out of this bottle and make guests stand up and just start applauding like an acceptance speech at the Oscars, all because of the commitment and patience of the person that hid it under their bed.”But getting down to the nitty-gritty, Sean reveals that “bottles are generally opened too early, or they’re cellared incorrectly, fluctuating sometimes hot to sometimes cold.”

“But most of the time, people are cellaring the wrong thing.”

So what should you consider when deciding whether to cellar a bottle in the first place? “Producer is key. Grape varietal is key. Region is key. And on top of that, vintage plays a massive role too”, says Sean.Quite a lot, then.As you may already expect, no matter your grade-level knowledge of the good stuff, “Cheap cellared wine doesn’t magically turn into golden liquor over time. If it’s cheap young it will probably be cheap old.”So what of all those bottles left untouched for years in your collection? Sean says the best way to tell if they’re any good or not is actually quite simple, “drink it!”. Your reaction will tell you all you need to know. If it’s a bad one, then suffice to say you know not to make the same mistake with the bottle of whatever grape, vintage or producer you buy next time.But if you buy one bottle, you’re never going to know when the prime time to drink it is. Sean has a solution. “Ever wondered why a case comes with 12 bottles?” If you’ve clocked on, you will have immediately realised that experimenting with wine is going to be a long process.It’s fair dinkum you’ll drink at least one bottle the same day or week you buy the case, and maybe another soon after if it’s good. “But once you have found something you love I do highly recommend buying at least three bottles at a time, although six is perfect”, says Sean.“That way you can drink one every two years whilst experiencing the roller coaster ride that is ageing fine wine!”.So what are you waiting for, go forth and experiment.

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