When I was approached to try out the CrackaWines.com.au site I thought to myself – this will make for a pretty awesome BigFooty podcast episode.

Not to promote the site, no.

But the aftermath of receiving a case of great wine (from their range of 4,200 wines) at up to 70% off RRP, delivered to my door, should make for amazing entertainment.

My throes of delight at only paying $6.95 per case postage would make a great segment of its own, let alone the maudlin drunken rantings after consuming half the case in one sitting. ShanDog I am gunning for you.

Let’s shop!

I had a budget of $200 to play with so I dove into the site, finding Pinot Noirs in the $10-$20 price range with the easy to use search feature. There I found a wide range of discounted wines, some with RRPs over $30. Noice!

But what to buy? Here’s where CrackaWines.com.au comes into its own as it has tons of reviews and customer ratings, not to mention the standard wine snob ratings out of 100.

A wrinkle!

After a few minutes the other guys in the office started putting in requests. There goes my cheap dozen of Sticks Pinot.

What to do? Put a bid in on a Falling Price Auction for a clearance mixed dozen and hope for the best? No!

Go the DIY Mixed Dozen, dude!

I selected six reds and six whites with a mix of Aussie, NZ and French origins (taking into account the comments like “my wife likes unwooded chardonnay” from shoulder-surfing office-mates) and slid in at about $198 including postage.

(One thing to fix up, people at Cracka, I had a $200 voucher but the checkout still wanted PayPal or credit card details for a $0 purchase. What’s up with that, cuz?)

Solidarity, comrades!

Best of all? The greedy supermarket conglomerates got not one brass razoo of my hard-earned scratch. CrackaWines sells direct from the producers.

Sounds grouse? Have a voucher!

Want to try Crackawines.com.au? Well you can with a FREE $25 VOUCHER!

First, go to http://www.crackawines.com.au/ and pick out your wine.

Then just hit “Enter Voucher Code” on the first page of your checkout process and type in

BIGFOOTY25

Orders are delivered within 2-3 business days to metro areas.

The only thing left is to imbibe with savings-induced glee!

(NB: CracksWines gave me a free voucher to try out their site, so I am giving them a plug.

Also: when you register on the site you go into a draw for a bottle of Grange.)