Wine!
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A bit too much me thinks!!!!
David
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The bottle,cork,label and tax costs £2-80 per bottle regardless of quality. The supermarket mass sales comes over or from Australia in a huge plastic bag by tanker at 70/80p per bottle. Add in the mark up and anything under £5 is plonk. For a little extra (£1/2) you can get estate bottled wine. Worth the extra.
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No substitute for Champagne!!!
David
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What is it with this paint stripper of a drink? I know the MIL buys a small bottle of it each week for a treat but she only wants it for the bubbles as she adds decent Creme de Cassis to it. It definitely improves the taste but a waste of Cassis IMO.
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My apologies to Prosecco lovers. Reading my last post I feel I went too far in denigrating this wine, although in my defence I have been served some awful stuff over the festive period and until someone I can trust recommends one I'll steer clear.
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I don't know what other Tesco shoppers think but we haven't bought any of their wine for quite some time now and I was perusing their aisles the other day as they have a 25% off for 6 offer on at the moment. We used to buy a really nice Cotes du Rhone, about £8-10 a bottle from memory. They don't even stock it now and they seem to have gone down market with an awful lot of the products. Do others find the same thing or am I being a little harsh?
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Don't know about Tesco but Sainsburys have their "buy 6 or more, save 25%" offer on at the moment and I've been saving our Nectar points just for this. Bought 18 bottles yesterday, after using points, paid with a fiver and still got change.
That's my idea of shopping!
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I thought most supermarkets gave a small extra discount for buying six or more bottles, usually around 5%. I know Waitrose do so if you combine with a 25% offer it all adds up. I keep being told by a certain person that I already have enough wine!!!
Years ago it seemed to be a badge of honour for the various supermarkets to get a good review for there wine selection but you don't see so much of that now. That might explain why Tesco appear not to to be as good as they once were?
David
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I've just ordered 3 cases (36 bottles) of English wine from Three Choirs Vineyard - 20% off at the moment. I know we have quite a bit in hand, but it doesn't do to run out!
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Couldn't resist buying a bottle of this Rose to try. The owner had a stall in Cirencester market this morning. Produced about 11 miles away from where our van is pitched.
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If you fancy a really nice luxury break Goldie the rooms at the vineyard in Gloucestershire are very nice, great view from your terrace over the vines. They also have lodges. The restaurant is exceptional, with of course an ample supply of wines, a reasonable price too, as long as you stick with those produced by 3C's.
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Maybe a bit of a long shot and slightly off topic… How many of you visit vineyards when touring/holidaying..?
We visit France a couple of times a year and head down to Bordeaux for the summer. Im a little partial for a nice glass of Red and have often contemplated visiting one of the Chateaux’s...
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Disappointment. Aldi have run out of my favourite wine, a Costiere de Nïmes. However, we bought a Merlot called Ferrandiere, from the South of France, which went down rather well. Will return to store shortly to pick up a few more bottles.
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Checking in Aldi to see if they've reintroduced my favourite red but they haven't. Mrs WN picked up a bottle of Portuguese Red called Animus from the Duoro area as she has just come back from a river trip with MIL on the River Duoro. We opened it this weekend and it went down a treat so will have o grab a few bottles before they too disappear. Sorry, no idea how much it costs as forget to check receipt but doubt it will break the bank.
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My favourite red used to be Nuit St George, but now I cannot justify the price.
Next in line is Turkey Flat 'Butchers Block' Shiraz Grenache from Majestic wines, goes down a treat with the Sunday roast.
As for white I do enjoy a Riesling, not keen on too dry whites, so I plump for Clos St-Jacques. Or a Vino Verde fro Lidl.
But I still enjoy my Pussers Rum.
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I don't know about particular vintages but I think we came back from our recent trip too early. There were still two unopened bottles stored in the MH garage.
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