A steel-gray metal under standard conditions when un-combined, tungsten is found naturally on Earth only in chemical compounds. It was identified as a new element in 1781, and first isolated as a metal in 1783. Its important ores include Wolframite and Scheelite. The free element is remarkable for its robustness, especially the fact that it has the highest melting point of all the non-alloyed metals (3,422 C, 6,192 F) and the second highest of all the elements after carbon. Also remarkable is its high density of 19.3 times that of water, comparable to that of uranium and gold, and much higher (about 1.7 times) than that of lead.
Aggregation of the retail liquor channel in Australia means that the 2400 plus local wine producers (who generate around
two billion litres of wine per annum) clamour for space in just two large retail chains responsible for $7 of every $10
spent on liquor in this country.
Of the 2,400 plus local wine producers, the 20 largest account for 90% of national production volume and hence
occupy well over 90% of retail space. Supply chain dynamics dictates that volume resellers must align with volume
producers.
This means that the most dynamic, uniquely focused and desirable wine can never secure retail exposure,
because quite simply, they don't make enough.
Like the hardness of Tungsten, the Tungsten Club was originally developed by Craig Frawley and a small
panel of wine industry experts to source the wines which don't make it to retail and are hard to find.
That is how the Tungsten Club began.