I am just clearing out the glass empties from the recycling and realise that hot damn have I been drinking a lot of cheap wine. When I get paid, I might stock up on some decent bottles of wine to sit behind the hob, that I can pull out at a moments notice and enjoy comfortably. Now, I'm no wine know-it-all. I know what I like and I like what I know, but I don't actually know if I'm doing it right. Basically, I would like you, the people of TMO to recommend your favourite wines from the 4-10 pound mark, in the style of top trumps. Don't bother wanking on about a bottle of 100 pound wine I will never buy, because that's frankly a waste of my fucking time. I need something available in real actual shops I will go in, or places I can shop online.
Go on.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
A good selection of wines for the common man can be found here.
Here's a great vintage you should sample whenever possible.
[ 26.11.2008, 08:29: Message edited by: ralph ]
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
Get down to Sainsbury's NOW!
They've got a St Emilion, Something-de-Lussac (Red, France) at half price, 6 quid. Very good. Also a half price Chianti Classico (Red, Italy), 5 quid. And you might want to try their Taste The Difference vintage Cava, again a fiver.
[ 26.11.2008, 08:47: Message edited by: Black Mask ]
Posted by McDirts (Member # 6680) on :
Blossom Hill - soup du jour as the french say, you really can't go wrong with that.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
quote:Originally posted by McDirts: Blossom Hill - soup du jour as the french say, you really can't go wrong with that.
If you're lucky enough to live near a Londis, you can get 3 bottles of Blossom Hill for a tenner.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
I've not had Blossom Hill for a good year or so as I used to like it but felt that the quality had gone right down (bad season perhaps). Are the reds good again now then? I might have to give them a try as they generally seem to be on offer near me.
I can heartily recommend this one.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: If you're lucky enough to live near a Londis, you can get 3 bottles of Blossom Hill for a tenner.
Best quote on TMO all year.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
I fucking love my Londis.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by Cherry In Hove: I've not had Blossom...
You've had Six though, right? Everyone's had Six...
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: I fucking love my Londis.
It's especially good as yes, we live right next to a Londis.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
It might be worth trying a mixed case from Laithwaites or similar. The bottles they've sent me have been very drinkable, and they always seem to have introductory case offers for about £40.
[ 26.11.2008, 09:32: Message edited by: MiscellaneousFiles ]
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
quote:Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles: It might be worth trying a mixed case from Laithwaites or similar.
You've probably all received the same thing, but... Amazon sent me a £25 Laithwaites voucher. Logon at www.laithwaites.co.uk/amazonwine, use the voucher code: amazonwine
Posted by McDirts (Member # 6680) on :
I don't think Blossom Hill has ever experienced a vintage good or bad. It's just shit isn't it? Like most american wines.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
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!
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
I must admit, I've never actually tried the Blossom Hill, I just like to keep abreast of the deals at my local Londis. My current favourite deal is 8 cans of Scrumpy Jack for a fiver. Londis ROCKS!
Posted by McDirts (Member # 6680) on :
this, at £7 or £8 a bottle is the dogs fucking bollocks. It's ridiculously drinkable and well worth getting a case in.
Ridiculously drinkable. 89p a can.
Posted by McDirts (Member # 6680) on :
that's shit. Don't buy that NWoD, it's not even wine, he's trying to diddle you.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
lol
It's a Wine of the West.
Posted by McDirts (Member # 6680) on :
forget wine, use apples to make this delicious apple brandy, from Somerset and at 42% vol its guaranteed to get you shit faced. I've drunk it, it's delicious and you can buy it here Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
Great website. I'll get some of that Shipwreck stuff for my Dad's xmas present. He's very fond of calvados, so apple brandy steeped in Zulu bibles should be right up his alley.
Posted by Abby (Member # 582) on :
The Hardy’s Stamp range has the dual advantages of being vegan, and is often sold with a screw cap, which is useful when you have misplaced the corkscrew. Or you are vegan. Or having dinner with a vegan. Although I have found that when dining with vegans it can be good to buy non vegan wine and have it all to yourself.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
Vegans don't deserve wine. They don't even deserve Scrumpy Jack.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Vegans don't deserve to live.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Unless they are hand reared vegans, being raised to provide normal human beings with meat.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
I'd like to eat a vegan. Just to see the look on their face.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Sainsbury's Free Range Corn Fed Organic Vegan.
Bet that would be a top seller.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Sainsbury's Be Good To Yourself Low-Fat salt Free Gluten Intolerance friendly Vegan.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
No, stuff that, actually. people with gluten intolerance don't sdeserve to live, either.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
People who can't post properly and do something obvious like checking for typos should probably be shot as well.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Or be forced to become vegans or something.
Posted by McDirts (Member # 6680) on :
my dad's a coeliac. Would you like to eat* him would you?
*and I don't mean nosh him off either.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
quote:Originally posted by McDirts: my dad's a coeliac. Would you like to eat* him would you?
No, I'd probably just settle for shooting him in the head.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Thanks for the offer, though. Most kind of you.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
McDirts' Dad, earlier today.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
I thought about doing that gag but I couldn't be arsed to work out how to spell cealocanth.
I still can't, as you might be able to tell from above.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
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...
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
Don't worry, that's what I'm here for.
Anyway... WINE...
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
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.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
I thought I was doing quite enough whining.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
Dead Arm Shiraz. Yum.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
That was incredibly poor. I'm sorry.
I'll go and shoot a vegan to make up for it.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
Is Cloudy Bay unbelievably passé, now?
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
I like gamay wines. Fleurie, Brouilly, MOulin a vent...
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
A bucket of Blue Nun is always worth a shot.
Posted by McDirts (Member # 6680) on :
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.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
How does he feel about having a bearded freak for a son?
Posted by McDirts (Member # 6680) on :
he's deeply, deeply ashamed. Although I'm disgusted at him for his leukaemia and ingrained racism.
Posted by Physic (Member # 195) on :
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.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
I'm considering the Virgin Wines offer at this moment.
Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
laithwaites is great. i have a £30 voucher somewhere if anyone wants
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Don't listen to vikram. Laithwaites really is great.
Posted by Octavia (Member # 398) on :
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.
[ 26.11.2008, 12:08: Message edited by: Octavia ]
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
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.
here you go Posted by McDirts (Member # 6680) on :
I'm in Sunday Times, I might start going a bit more adhoc though. I might give Laithwaites a go.
Posted by missgolightly (Member # 34) on :
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!
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
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.
Posted by froopyscot (Member # 178) on :
But think of how happy your homeless neighbors would be!
Posted by Benny the Ball (Member # 694) on :
Sad that you aren't in the CA of the USA, where Trader Joe's stores do a fine wine called Charles Shaw, or 2 buck chuck; wiki-wiki-wah wah
I bought the rose and didn't chuck, which was nice.
edited for didalism
[ 27.11.2008, 23:09: Message edited by: Benny the Ball ]
Posted by Kanye West (Member # 837) on :
it is sad, isn't it.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
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.
Posted by Benny the Ball (Member # 694) on :
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 Posted by McDirts (Member # 6680) on :
yeah Ralph. Loser.
Posted by Samuelnorton (Member # 48) on :
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. Posted by McDirts (Member # 6680) on :
vinegar
Posted by Benny the Ball (Member # 694) on :
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.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
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.
Posted by Octavia (Member # 398) on :
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.
[ 09.12.2008, 10:37: Message edited by: Octavia ]
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
This thread had rules.
Posted by Benny the Ball (Member # 694) on :
alright NWoD, jeez!
I quite like the wine with the little plastic bull attached - that's under a tenner.
Posted by Abby (Member # 582) on :
I have one of those little plastic bulls on my mantle piece. Along with many other treasures.
True fact.
Posted by McDirts (Member # 6680) on :
I've got a load of them lined up above my kitchen door, including some ltd edition gold ones.
Posted by Abby (Member # 582) on :
Have you considered getting a small plastic horse and setting up a ranch?
Posted by McDirts (Member # 6680) on :
I've got a small, fluorescent orange farmer leaning on a walking stick stood in the middle of them. One day I'll wake up and he'll be trampled to death.
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