Anyone like a W(h)ine ?

[easthammer]

"Given many here like a wine or one type or another :) here is a recommendation for two really good value Italian red wines, currently on offer at Tesco Montepulciano D'Abruzzo £5,50 Primitivo usually £6.50 currently £1 off so also £5.50 Both available for the buy six get 25% meaning only £4.10 If you like light bodied reds I challenge you find two better valued wines than these"

[SurfaceAgentX2Zero]

Goose Bulk discounts that apply across the whole range aren't really what I was thinking about. Wines (particularly whites and generally less expensive ones) don't last forever. And some years or even batches of a particular wine are just plain not very good. I'm always wary of stuff being knocked out very cheap.

[MrTrentReznor]

"Don't like wine. On the other hand Mrs. Trent Reznor does like red wine & has pretty fantastic breasts. But that's another story. We stayed at Cliff at Lyons several yrs ago & the Maitre d recommended a douro with the steak. BTW, the Maitre d' looked remarkably similar to Rafael Benitez. I got a photograph of the 'Benitez lookalike' with the family somewhere. Anyway, Aldi have a very good value Douro, Animus. Some folks here will complain that the glass is either important/unimportant."

[goose]

"25% off 6 is a market share play. Takes about 4wks to make back the gross margin, but it’s the nature of the market."

[SurfaceAgentX2Zero]

Supermarket wines that have been drastically reduced have often been drastically reduced for a good reason.

[yngwies Cat]

I like a nice Rioja with some decent cheese.

[Mike Oxsaw]

"In Thailand, a 75cl bottle of average wine can cost, due to import duty, up to twice the price of a litre bottle of locally produced 40% proof rum. I've not actually had a drink of wine - decent or otherwise - since before Covid."

[arsene york-hunt]

I'll only drink Dom Perignon

[Hello Mrs. Jones]

I don't like either red or white wine. I prefer black or blue. My 2 favourites are Black Tower and Blue Nun

[MaryMillingtonsGhost]

"Am in no way a wine connoisseur, but managed to get several bottles of this last Christmas for the very reasonable sum of about £8 per bottle from ASDA iirc: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jacobs-Creek-Double-Cabernet-Sauvignon/dp/B09SWN8J1Y Probably the smoothest red I've ever had. Has since increased in price, but seeing as I pay close to £7 for a pint of Singha (brewed in the UK) in my work local still not too bad."

[Manuel]

I'm a little surprised that BRANDED hasn't been on yet to say how much he pays for his wine.

[stubbo]

Our go to red is the Tesco Aprimondo Appassimento: https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/304376412 Very very drinkable....also 25% off for 6 at the moment.

[Ron Eff]

"Although very mainstream and not necessarily a favourite white, reduced from £10.50 to £7.50, and then down £5.60 per bottle with a further 25% off six bottles at Tesco for the very drinkable Oyster Bay would argue against the case of not being able to get reasonable wine for less than a pint at your local."

[goose]

Only in this country. Mainland Europe you can get some very likeable local wine for a few euros.

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Any so called wine that costs less per bottle than a pint of beer at your nearest pub has got to be an insult to your organs and urinal tract.

[Hammer and Pickle]

Try this mate - out of the fridge if you like https://www.carrefour.fr/p/vin-rouge-a-o-p-cotes-du-marmandais-teil-de-lucbert-3468000140657

[easthammer]

"Oh okay, but I wasn't worried :)"

[goose]

It was aimed at pickle don’t worry. He has history of butchering Italian food & now wine.

[easthammer]

"Goose you are nothing if not perceptive. Truth be told although my humble abode does not have a coal cellar let alone one for wine. The wine rack is in a cool utility room, and because I am an impatient individual and often can't wait for the red wine to reach room temperature I am often to be caught unashamedly drinking red on the cold side. I am lost to polite society"

[Hammer and Pickle]

They were trying to pretend the jug meant it was from a giant subterranean vault or something other than a bloody fridge maybe. Frogs are funny.

[Nurse Ratched]

Starting to wonder what Pickle has against the culinary traditions of Italy.

[goose]

Red wine in the fridge? You fucking tramp.

[goose]

Red wine in the fridge? You fucking tramp.

[easthammer]

"Thanks, Goose I'll give the Negroamaro a go. I note that like Primitivo it is native to Puglia. Thanks, H&P for many years now I have not been slow to chill red wine, on a summer's day, Having discovered it served like that from an earthenware jug in Charante of all places. Who would have expected it of the French to be so unpretentious around wine?"

[Hammer and Pickle]

"Both tend to be really high on fruit and low on tannin and acidity especially when young. To enjoy either, especially on a hot day, I’d drink straight after a couple of hours in the fridge or, failing that, dunk an ice cube in the glass for a couple of minutes."

[goose]

"Negroamaro is similar to a Primitivo, you’ll love it."