Bureaucrats finally spill the secrets of Tony Abbott's wine list

By Heath Aston, Political Correspondent
Updated May 5 2016 - 6:23pm, first published 5:17pm
Tony Abbott's wine purchases were slightly more expensive than those stocked at The Lodge by his successor.
Tony Abbott's wine purchases were slightly more expensive than those stocked at The Lodge by his successor.

Penny Wong thought she was trapped in an episode of Utopia last year when federal bureaucrats blocked the release of Tony Abbott's wine list for drinks functions on the basis that his "beverage preferences" were a matter of personal privacy.