quote:Originally posted by McDirts: my dad's a coeliac.
Really, McDirts? Does he have a hard time finding gluten-free products in the UK? I know we pay a lot for gluten-free crap in the states...
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quote:Originally posted by McDirts: that's shit. Don't buy that NWoD, it's not even wine, he's trying to diddle you.
I've no snobbery I tell you. I'm taking the ponce out of getting drunk. I'm like the Martin Lewis of crunk. I use to drink Frosty Jacks, so this is a step up for me.
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He doesn't have a horrendous time of it Ralph, between that and the leukaemia he does remarkably well. He has got the genuine intolerance though, he really does hate jews, blacks and all foreigners and non whites.
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Virgin Wines are great, I pretty much buy all my wine from them because you get more for your money anyway, plus they do a winebank thing where you pay in a fixed amount per month and every 3 months they top it up by one payment (e.g. I pay in £20 a month and after 3 months they top it up to £80). I think I might have a voucher for about £30-40 off your first case or something as well if you want it Mikee.
As for actual wine recommendations, you won't go far wrong with anything from the Monos Locos vineyard, and my current favourite is Guia Real Rioja, the 2004 Gran Reserva is fantastic but is currently about £13 a bottle, the 2007 Tinto is also very good though and is currently £6.49.
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Don't listen to vikram. Laithwaites really is great.
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I hate Valentine's Day. Stupid commercialised crap
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quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: I haven't used Virgin Wines for a while, but they were really good. They once sent me two cases of wine rather than the one that I ordered, when I pointed out their error they told me I could keep it!
Virgin Wines have sent us some brilliant stuff. And if you don't like it, you don't pay for it. Never had a bad bottle from them, except for NZ sauvignon blanc which I don't like anyway.
Edited to take out the exact same thing that Physic said.
H1ppychick
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I was until very very recently a longstanding member of the Sunday Times Wine Club, and used to get one of their Four Seasons mixed cases every (you guessed it) three months. I've never had a bad wine out of the bunch, only stopped the subscription when I realised that I had approximately 60 bottles of wine yet to be drunk sitting in boxes in various locations around the house.
They usually have a similar introductory offer as Virgin etc and you can cancel at any time.
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The Virgin Wines thing looks good, am now considering that too. Plus, in the terms and conditions it mentions:
quote:Win Your Weight in Wine Competition By registering your email address on our site you automatically participate in the "Win your Weight in Wine promotion" and are bound by the terms and conditions of the promotion that you should read.
which must be one of the very few benefits of being overweight!
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I'm always really jealous of people who use Virgin Wines. I would absolutely love to use it, but my big problem is that if you aren't in when they try to deliver the wine, they will leave it somewhere and put a note through the door telling you where it has been left.
Now, I'm also aware that if it then goes missing, they will replace it for free. This is good, however I live next door to a homeless drop in centre. The only places around to leave a box of wine are pretty much in full site of the homeless drop in centre. There is approximately zero chance of me even getting my wine.
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what's really sad is that Benny doesn't realize that Trader Joe operates throughout the entire US, not just California. Stupid Benny the Ball.
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but I only know for sure that it is 2 buck chuck in california, so didn't want to mislead about the price, which might be higher, in other states - stupid ralph
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Nightowl's father gave me three bottles of the 1993 vintage, which are upwards of £200 each now. We cracked one open at Christmas 2005, and it was outstanding.
For cheaper stuff, we visit our secret cellar in Compiegne. Where you won't find any bargain-hunting Brits, Gott sei dank.
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Myself and two other males once gatecrashed a ladies only party being held on-wrap by a very famous singer/actress - while there I began to try and open a bottle of red wine with a cork screw, sending the cork flying everywhere as it seemed to disintegrate. One of the staff came over and said "what are you doing? That's a $2,000 bottle of wine!" so I handed it to him suggesting that he open it.
It was alright - honestly, I couldn't tell if it was much better than a more expensive bottle of red from oddbins, but it was better than, say, a £7 bottle from Tesco.
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I ordered our wine from Majestic, in the end. We've had three cases by the kitchen door for a week and so far I've only drunk two bottles of 'christmas' wine. I'm feeling very proud and virtuous.
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quote:Originally posted by Benny the Ball: "what are you doing? That's a $2,000 bottle of wine!" so I handed it to him suggesting that he open it.
Only time I've been in the presence of seriously expensive wine was when I was doing the ski-season thing. Six guys hired an 18-person chalet for three weeks to go on a gigantic bender with $250,000-worth of wine. They had $80,000 bottles of Chateau Lafite, dozens of Petrus. It all looked like brick-dust when it was opened and none of them could taste anything because they had blocked noses from the altitude.
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