Dan Murphy’s

This Dan’s is a cracker! It’s immense in size and has superb stock. I’ve been here looking for reds on many occasions and had to have the information desk put a call out over the loudspeaker for mommy to come find me I got so lost. The wine selection at this Dan’s is beyond brill.
I used to be a wine waster (aka waiter), so I tend to salivate over shiraz, perspire over pinot, celebrate over cabernet, vacillate over verdehlo (Ashbrook is my fave… is there really any other white worth bothering with?) and go zany over zinfandel.
They’re all here: Jim Barry’s Armagh, Henschke’s Hill of Grace, Penfolds 707 (better than Grange), Elderton’s Command, Cape Mentelle’s Zinfandel, Houghton’s Jack Mann, Grant Burge’s Meshach…
There is one drawback to this Dan’s though. Staffing. There’s usually 1 – 2 people manning the rego’s, which is fine and dandy when it aint busy (and it normally isn’t) but what happens when there’s a flood of peeps? There isn’t enough checkout space to handle any sort of capacity which is an in-​the-​back-​of-​the-​head sort of worry, but a worry nonetheless. Having said that, it is Thornleigh, and even at Xmas time, there’s no queues. But during the zombie apocalypse? better bring your crossbow son!
The coldroom also isn’t the greatest. They have the usuals like most Dan’s, but if you want a boutique by the case you could die of frostbite.