All let us rejoyce, Alan has checked out.

All let us rejoyce, Alan has checked out. Aussies love nothing more than a public holiday, a barbecue and sticking it up Collingwood, however even more than that, Australians love lopping tall poppies.

Remember when Christina Holgate was so profigate that she gave $25,000 worth of watches as a bonus to four clever Aussie post employees who saved and made the public a heap of

Clandestine Vineyards

Frankland River/ Margaret River ‘Hearts & Minds’, Cabernet Malbec 2021, $60 (3,000 bottles made). While we debated whether the graphic-designheavy label would lure or repel buyers we managed to drink the lot and decided such a gorgeous wine, like Alan Joyce, could do what dough, and Scomo sacked her?

Lopped her off at the head even though it wasn’t his job - which kind of proved to be his thing – and oh how the public ignored such brazen toxic masculinity until we fnally woke up to ourselves and lopped him at the ballot, but alas not enough. Anyway those tall poppies pale into puffy white clouds by comparison to Alan Joyce, who earned more than $25,000 per it liked. 9.5/10.

Clandestine Vineyards

Frankland River Cabernet Sauvignon 2021, $35. Alas poor Alan may need to live out his days in ‘clandestiny’, or outside Australia at least. Sensible cabernet with which to toast his departure. 9.2/10.

Patrick of Coonawarra Grande Reserve Cabernet day and looks set to claim $squillions as a parting gesture after steering Qantas to the number one spot on Australia’s most complained about institutions. Wouldn’t that make a great TV show!

Who can resist sticking the knife into Alan now and even more entertaining, who can resist employing a pun while doing so?

It’s become a national sport with headline and letter writers falling over themselves to push poor

Sauvignon (V.)2013, $125. (3000 bottles made).

Three years in new oak then seven years just lying around in a cellar, this is in the prime of its life and it’s almost a shame to drink it. This is the sort of stuff Alan will be drinking in retirement. At $25k per day (that’s 100 bottles btw), we all would. 9.8/10.

Alan out the cargo door. Okay, poor is probably not the right word and anyway the more than $100million he creamed from Qantas during his tenure buys a pretty cool pair of earmuffs.

Among the best letters, “Joyce has managed what Qantas planes failed to do… taken off early and kept his baggage”. Along the same lines, “Joyce has taken off but left his baggage behind”.

Many resorted to parachute puns, others the jump seat

Patrick Limestone Coast

P-Series Sauvignon Blanc 2023, $?? This is likely the most vibrant SB we’ve had this year and harks back to why the breed was so popular 20 years ago. The P-series is perfect for puns and pub tests. 9.3/10.

Hancock & Hancock McLaren Vale Home Vineyard Shiraz or the ejector seat or sitting in the exit row, fying high on his severance pay, and taking cancel culture to a new level.

Still more picked on his name, somewhat cruel which one should never be with names, nor their physical stature or Irish heritage…unless you have lost your baggage or booked a cancelled fight, or lost your job to illegal outsourcing, or spent 5 hours not getting a refund

Grenache 2020, $25. Shove those three words together, McLaren, shiraz and grenache and you might as well pre-book an Uber (who knew you could do that?) coz you won’t be driving the McLaren even if you had one. Alan might.

9.4/10

Hancock and Hancock McLaren Vale Malbec,

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or paid tax, more than $1 billion+ of which was given to Qantas as a covid bail-out before they recorded a $1 billion+ proft, in which case anything about Alan is fair game.

Yes, another thing Aussies love is someone failing the pub test. Why not order one of these while you take the test on Joyce?

2022, $25. Feel like throwing a huge Argentinian steak or some bulls testicles (or maybe Alan’s) on the barbie and have a bit of a multicultural night? What better match than a classic Argentinian wine, Malbec, albeit from McLaren Vale and with a rooster on the label? 9.4/10.