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Re: Current Wine Bargains!
Originally Posted by jackytoo
(Post 7431173)
...Someone mentioned Potros, one of my favourites...`
Same goes for Estola. It's a reliable, safe bet at an affordable price, but the Carrefour bottle at €1.69 mentioned in the OP is far better than the Estola equivalent (normally around €3.49). Brands are good for a reliable bottle, but the bargains are the unfamiliar names. Of course, that carries a risk, but if any trusted supermarket names are stocking it, it will be relatively safe. Wine buyers for the big chains know their game. For this evenings meal I've bought a bottle of local stuff with nothing more than the bare minimum legal requirement of information on the label. €1.39 and I'll bet it's as good as anything €5 buys in the supermarket. The biggest cost with wine (other than tax in some countries) is distribution. Always buy local and you'll always get the best value. |
Re: Current Wine Bargains!
Originally Posted by TheLostPhotographer
(Post 7431763)
Extremely overpriced for what you get. It's a nice wine, but an equally good wine can be bought for half the price. These people spend huge amounts of money on their name and brand. Who do you think pays for that?
Same goes for Estola. It's a reliable, safe bet at an affordable price, but the Carrefour bottle at €1.69 mentioned in the OP is far better than the Estola equivalent (normally around €3.49). Brands are good for a reliable bottle, but the bargains are the unfamiliar names. Of course, that carries a risk, but if any trusted supermarket names are stocking it, it will be relatively safe. Wine buyers for the big chains know their game. For this evenings meal I've bought a bottle of local stuff with nothing more than the bare minimum legal requirement of information on the label. €1.39 and I'll bet it's as good as anything €5 buys in the supermarket. The biggest cost with wine (other than tax in some countries) is distribution. Always buy local and you'll always get the best value. I think you hit the nail on the head with the observation about risk. I mentioned Protos first in the thread, and still rate it but am open to the possibility that there are as good wines cheaper.... given that I also rate the Carrefour Dominio del Fuente, which I do NOT claim is as good! But you have to kiss a lot of frogs to find a prince, so to speak!! So at the top end, it's Protos for me - occasionally - until I find an equivalent I like. Anyway, just to take up on someone else's comment about inverted snobbery, I don't think (without ploughing the thread from the beginning again) that anyone's said expensive wines are pointless and that you can get a brilliant wine for 2€. What I and many others have said is that you should not assume you have to pay a lot to get a reasonably decent wine for home consumption, and it is total madness to discount cheap(er) wines just on the basis of their very cheapness. nb it's quite amusing really re branding - that, including wine labelling for one of the big names, is what my OH's company did! |
Re: Current Wine Bargains!
I think this is a very good thread.
If it can be kept going, as when we find a wine that we like. Two years down the line, it doesn't taste the same. Or is it me? |
Re: Current Wine Bargains!
Originally Posted by jimmbo
(Post 7432576)
I think this is a very good thread.
If it can be kept going, as when we find a wine that we like. Two years down the line, it doesn't taste the same. Or is it me? |
Re: Current Wine Bargains!
Originally Posted by Lionda
(Post 7432653)
Hey jimmbo....do you know there is a vineyard in Hambledon :) Also you can buy a bottle of local wine in Asda (can't remember if that is from the Hambledon vineyard though) the peach wine is lovely, bit on the sweet side but very nice :)
Can I blame you if I'm late? I,ve tried some of the IOW wines, but too tart (sorry dry) for me. Off topic. I miss the HSB beer from Horndean. It ain't the same now it's brewed in Chiswick. |
Re: Current Wine Bargains!
Originally Posted by jimmbo
(Post 7432694)
Now I've an excuse to stop on the way home:)
Can I blame you if I'm late? I,ve tried some of the IOW wines, but too tart (sorry dry) for me. Off topic. I miss the HSB beer from Horndean. It ain't the same now it's brewed in Chiswick. |
Re: Current Wine Bargains!
Originally Posted by crispy
(Post 7423367)
A gal after my own heart, trouble is the box stuff gives me a craking head in the morning;)
http://www.smithstoreit.com/images/ex-large-box1.jpg Cheapest wine here in Ireland is usually around 7-8 euro. Only thing i miss from England is the cheaper wider variety. |
Re: Current Wine Bargains!
We were given tickets a few years ago to Vinopolis attraction in London ... www.vinopolis.co.uk We came to the conclusion that we often preferred the cheaper wines, especially when it came to white wines, as we like our wine dry and unoaked. There was no 'snobbery' (inverse or otherwise) about this decision. We merely had the opportunity to try many wines one after the other (palate refreshed in-between each with a piece of dry biscuit) and decide which we liked best. We also got to try some wines we would never have considered buying in the first place!
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Re: Current Wine Bargains!
Originally Posted by noelrosie
(Post 7437594)
We were given tickets a few years ago to Vinopolis attraction in London ... www.vinopolis.co.uk We came to the conclusion that we often preferred the cheaper wines, especially when it came to white wines, as we like our wine dry and unoaked. There was no 'snobbery' (inverse or otherwise) about this decision. We merely had the opportunity to try many wines one after the other (palate refreshed in-between each with a piece of dry biscuit) and decide which we liked best. We also got to try some wines we would never have considered buying in the first place!
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Re: Current Wine Bargains!
Originally Posted by crispy
(Post 7437681)
Hi noelrosie I have been to Vinopolis many times (my Mother lived about 200 yards from their front door) and I agree about tasting wines you would not think of buying. We tasted a really nice Hungarian white, it was about £2.99 in price and by far much nicer than some of the more expensive we had tasted that day. We tasted 24 wines that day, mainly produce from New Zealand, Australia and AArgentina a great way of finding new wines, we had found our liking for New Zealand wines when we had the chance to spend a month in New Zealand when my daughter lived there.
We generally prefer New World wines, with the exception of some which come out of California :thumbdown: Understand that 'Torres' offer tasting sessions at their vineyards in Spain ... but haven't ever been to one! |
Re: Current Wine Bargains!
Oh .... just chuck it in a glass, add a touch of casera and an ice cube...who cares which side of the mountain it comes from :p
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Re: Current Wine Bargains!
Originally Posted by Lionda
(Post 7439776)
Oh .... just chuck it in a glass, add a touch of casera and an ice cube...who cares which side of the mountain it comes from :p
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Re: Current Wine Bargains!
Originally Posted by Cleri
(Post 7439811)
I kinda love you :D
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Re: Current Wine Bargains!
Originally Posted by Lionda
(Post 7443036)
The feeling is mutual....you are on the same wavelength :rofl: Pur me another one :rofl:
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Re: Current Wine Bargains!
Originally Posted by Cleri
(Post 7443041)
Pur?????...saucy minx..:sneaky:
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