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another company bites the dust

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By *usty OP   Woman
over a year ago

inverclyde

oddbins have gone into administration.....does not leave many wineshops round now, let me think majestic, winehouse,peckhams and that may be the only ones on the high street that specialise in fine fines

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By *etillanteWoman
over a year ago

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Other than family owned shops

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By *usty OP   Woman
over a year ago

inverclyde

and not many of then about either now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Shame that.

Ive had some good wine from there over the years

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By *etillanteWoman
over a year ago

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Supermarkets are ok, but if you want knowledge and that something extra special, they are the ones to go to

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If i want a little knowledge with me wine i now go to m and s .

They are very good about their wines

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Loved odd bins.

The other year got a crate of red South African Wine for asprox £4.00 a bottle. It was very nice.

More businesses to follow x

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By *etillanteWoman
over a year ago

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I went balistic in Sainsburys a couple of years ago they offered a 1/2 price CHampagne. I looked for it and couldn;t find one. The guy said 'there's a Cava, it's the same....................

It turned out they had advertised the offer too soon.

I wrote to head office and was sent a case of their Blanc de Blanc as an apology

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By *usty OP   Woman
over a year ago

inverclyde

i work in a small company who started up last year when the thresher group went under,now have 21 shops and sell fine wine and champagne and we do sell select wines that you wont find in supermarkets but the usual ones that customers do know

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By *etillanteWoman
over a year ago

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"i work in a small company who started up last year when the thresher group went under,now have 21 shops and sell fine wine and champagne and we do sell select wines that you wont find in supermarkets but the usual ones that customers do know"

Well done and continued success

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love the ones who combine a good wine shop with an excellent deli.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You will never win with the Supermarkets.

Went on M&S online and they had red wine for £3.00 a bottle.

Was a typo error, shouldve been £8.00 a bottle, which I knew if course.

All I got back was my cash no apology, teats.

Sorry but you get nothing cheap these days x

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By *usty OP   Woman
over a year ago

inverclyde

the majority of the the wine we sell you will not find in supermarkets and we do have the customers so thats good news for us

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

get yourself over to france lots cheaper and the choice and quality is second to none

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By *usty OP   Woman
over a year ago

inverclyde

south african, new zealand then aussie wine is top

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"oddbins have gone into administration.....does not leave many wineshops round now, let me think majestic, winehouse,peckhams and that may be the only ones on the high street that specialise in fine fines"

I mentioned the Oddbins issue a couple of days ago.

You're right - it leaves a big gap, especially in the fine wine and spirits sector, but Oddbins has (had) a big corporate account base and I'd like to think someone - maybe Peckhams (a sleeping giant if ever there was one) would be in the frame for a takeover.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Im quite happy with my tesco wine club and laithwaites.

Excellent wines at some great prices.

I do tend to get it online now along with other shopping.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"get yourself over to france lots cheaper and the choice and quality is second to none"

Lots cheaper at the plonk end but once you get a wee bit upmarket the costs of transport begin to close the gap between buying closer to source and buying, when available, on the High Street.

What astonishes me is how the Aussie can ship such quality to the UK from such a distance.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"get yourself over to france lots cheaper and the choice and quality is second to none

Lots cheaper at the plonk end but once you get a wee bit upmarket the costs of transport begin to close the gap between buying closer to source and buying, when available, on the High Street.

What astonishes me is how the Aussie can ship such quality to the UK from such a distance."

It comes on the back of a joey....one

Boingggggggggg and its here

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By *usty OP   Woman
over a year ago

inverclyde

i know the guys who own who i work for were looking but not sure what has happened

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

well glasgow does make it abit of a long trip and not aalot of good wines come out of oz anyway most is full of slugs and leaves lol

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By *usty OP   Woman
over a year ago

inverclyde

a few good wines fron aus

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"a few good wines fron aus"

There's a LOT of good wines come from Oz.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ive not tried the slug and leaf variety yet ...is it expensive ?

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By *usty OP   Woman
over a year ago

inverclyde

nor have I. south africa is my fav for now a nice chennin blanc

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The supermarkets are looking to drive small firms out of business. Many sell alcohol for less than the duty price and you can't compete with that.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Great Grog in Edinburgh do some cracking wines, firm was created by ex oddbins workers several years ago, they have lots of unusual wines and champagnes....and they deliver cases of wine free.

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By *he_original_poloWoman
over a year ago

a Primark shoebox in Leicester

After the second glass you can give most wine drinkers meths with a dash of Ribena and they'll be happy.

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