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"For a bottle of wine... " Just for me ??? Max £10 In a date ??? Max £100 | |||
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"Don't buy it by the bottle " Unless you need to rush into a drinking establishment and get one overpriced.... | |||
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"£6.99 although Christopher Biggins stated on tv today that the more expensive stuff doesn't leave you with a headache. So i may have to up the anti. " Depends how much of it you drink | |||
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"Don't buy it by the bottle Unless you need to rush into a drinking establishment and get one overpriced...." ......with tangfastics (which then all get eaten as you are momentarily distracted eating something else) | |||
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"Don't buy it by the bottle Unless you need to rush into a drinking establishment and get one overpriced.... ......with tangfastics (which then all get eaten as you are momentarily distracted eating something else)" Nom. | |||
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"I'm a bit of a wine snob, having been a sommelier in a previous life so I would expect to pay about £8 for a good bottle of wine... don't ever be fooled by those gold silver and bronze awards that are stuck all over bottles of wine either...they are put there by the retailers rather than the wholesalers" That's me well and truly suckered in then! I thought they were genuine awards - won in blind tastings. In all fairness though, using this (dubious) benchmark, I've not been disappointed with a bottle of wine in a long time. The % system given by MW at Lidl (where I now shop) does seem to work well for me. Are they genuine ratings - or are they bogus too? | |||
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"I had an amazing meal out once where we had a £40 bottle of wine (which is extortionate in my eyes) but it was the most beautiful red wine I've sipped and I still recall it! " The restaurant probably paid less than half that. They earn more money on drink than food. | |||
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"Best wine story: Was taken to Sketch off Regents St by a friend to say thanks for something. It was the kinda place where they changed the silver cutlery in between each course. So at some point the wine waiter came across with this telephone directory full of booze and faced with the vast choice my friend airily ask the waiter to "Guide my selection." The wine came back and complimented the meal very well. Good choice. At the end of the meal comes the bill. My friend pulled a face when he saw it. What? What's the matter? The meal was pricey (as expected) but the wine was £1,700. Bit of a waste really, I can't tell the difference after £60-70. I remember sitting on the toilet the following morning thinking, This is the most expensive turd I've ever shat in my life. " Strewth! | |||
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"Best wine story: Was taken to Sketch off Regents St by a friend to say thanks for something. It was the kinda place where they changed the silver cutlery in between each course. So at some point the wine waiter came across with this telephone directory full of booze and faced with the vast choice my friend airily ask the waiter to "Guide my selection." The wine came back and complimented the meal very well. Good choice. At the end of the meal comes the bill. My friend pulled a face when he saw it. What? What's the matter? The meal was pricey (as expected) but the wine was £1,700. Bit of a waste really, I can't tell the difference after £60-70. I remember sitting on the toilet the following morning thinking, This is the most expensive turd I've ever shat in my life. Strewth! " Word | |||
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"We did pay something like £45 once but that was because we were staying somewhere very posh and it was the cheapest bottle on the menu " And they still bring something worth £10 grrr | |||
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"I had an amazing meal out once where we had a £40 bottle of wine (which is extortionate in my eyes) but it was the most beautiful red wine I've sipped and I still recall it! The restaurant probably paid less than half that. They earn more money on drink than food." It was still lovely!!! | |||
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"I had an amazing meal out once where we had a £40 bottle of wine (which is extortionate in my eyes) but it was the most beautiful red wine I've sipped and I still recall it! The restaurant probably paid less than half that. They earn more money on drink than food. It was still lovely!!! " I'm no wine buff by any stretch of the imagination. But the knack isn't necessarily the price (unless it's £2 romanian wine) but the type. Some wine just doesn't suit you. It's easier with 'New World' wine because it is identified by the grape variety, so you might like a 'Merlot'. French wine is identified by region, so you might get an expensive french red and you just don't like that regions wine, something a 1/4 of the price from another region might suit you a lot better. | |||
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"£10 for one of the various meal deals includes a reasonable bottle of wine. Says the man who knows jack shit about wine...... " I think they are often very nice wine. The advantage is that they have a department who can trawl the market for something tasty and economical. | |||
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"We are persacco drinkers and we realise the best one for us is at tesco and it 6.99 so we stock up on it, as most of the time out of stock " In fact we paid for exactly the same botle at a top hotel 39.00 and we had the shock when we saw it was the same as tesco but we were also happy that we will like it as it can be hit and miss with wine | |||
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"I got in shit at work for stealing 2 bottles of House of Commons wine from a reception. A senior manager spotted me once we'd gotten outside and the next day my boss had 'words' with me. Jeeze, that wine tasted bitter. :/" I wonder if they were buying £4 Lidl stuff?? | |||
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"Anything more than a fiver I'm keeping the receipt if fails to satisfy its going back!" Well, I've got a box of wine, and on the label it says 'once opened, lasts 4 weeks' . Bullshit, it only lasted about 2 weeks, I'm taking it back | |||
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"Anything more than a fiver I'm keeping the receipt if fails to satisfy its going back! Well, I've got a box of wine, and on the label it says 'once opened, lasts 4 weeks' . Bullshit, it only lasted about 2 weeks, I'm taking it back " Hahaha that's false advertising right there shld give u another free box as compensation | |||
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"I had an amazing meal out once where we had a £40 bottle of wine (which is extortionate in my eyes) but it was the most beautiful red wine I've sipped and I still recall it! The restaurant probably paid less than half that. They earn more money on drink than food. It was still lovely!!! I'm no wine buff by any stretch of the imagination. But the knack isn't necessarily the price (unless it's £2 romanian wine) but the type. Some wine just doesn't suit you. It's easier with 'New World' wine because it is identified by the grape variety, so you might like a 'Merlot'. French wine is identified by region, so you might get an expensive french red and you just don't like that regions wine, something a 1/4 of the price from another region might suit you a lot better." This is true, but I was responding to the OP which was re price! | |||
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"We are persacco drinkers and we realise the best one for us is at tesco and it 6.99 so we stock up on it, as most of the time out of stock " Ore local pub does a bottle of presseco for £9. It's very decent as well. | |||
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" This is true, but I was responding to the OP which was re price! " | |||
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"I always grub about in the cheap wine section in the supermarche at Calais where you could get a couple of litres of red table wine in a plastic bottle for about £2.50. Admittedly a bit rough but good enough to eat with a garlic heavy meal. " We have got french friends, they are very 'foody' types. In France they buy box wine for a few Euros a litre and drink that with most meals. | |||
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"I always grub about in the cheap wine section in the supermarche at Calais where you could get a couple of litres of red table wine in a plastic bottle for about £2.50. Admittedly a bit rough but good enough to eat with a garlic heavy meal. We have got french friends, they are very 'foody' types. In France they buy box wine for a few Euros a litre and drink that with most meals." Agreed. In England even poorly tasting wine can be expensive but if you're drinking it with a strong tasting meal, it's a waste to drink expensive wine because you won't be able to appreciate its subtle flavours. I don't drink chateau lafitte with pickled onions. | |||
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"£6.99 although Christopher Biggins stated on tv today that the more expensive stuff doesn't leave you with a headache. So i may have to up the anti. " Anti-freeze I guess | |||
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"Depends on the occasion. 7-8 for a weekend wine. For occasions between 20 and 40. " 20p sounds wholesale price. | |||
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"Best wine story: Was taken to Sketch off Regents St by a friend to say thanks for something. It was the kinda place where they changed the silver cutlery in between each course. So at some point the wine waiter came across with this telephone directory full of booze and faced with the vast choice my friend airily ask the waiter to "Guide my selection." The wine came back and complimented the meal very well. Good choice. At the end of the meal comes the bill. My friend pulled a face when he saw it. What? What's the matter? The meal was pricey (as expected) but the wine was £1,700. Bit of a waste really, I can't tell the difference after £60-70. I remember sitting on the toilet the following morning thinking, This is the most expensive turd I've ever shat in my life. " Sketch during the flower show is AMAZING! | |||
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"When first seeing H we drank copious amounts of red wine, we got to the stage of buying two decent bottles & four average ones for a weekend. After the first decent bottle you don't really give a stuff what the rest tastes like. One particularly heavy drink off we disposed of all six bottles in one evening S" that's hardcore, lol | |||
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"I got in shit at work for stealing 2 bottles of House of Commons wine from a reception. A senior manager spotted me once we'd gotten outside and the next day my boss had 'words' with me. Jeeze, that wine tasted bitter. :/ I wonder if they were buying £4 Lidl stuff?? " Everyone said the wine tasted good - I just didn't enjoy it for some reason. It's a metaphor, innit?! | |||
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"I normally get the 3 for £10 from the corner shop lol Mrs " Bloody hell that is so cheap, what type of shop and more what type of wine | |||
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"Ah but who'll own up to thinking they were being really funny ordering a giraffe of house wine in a restaurant ..... " me | |||
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"I normally get the 3 for £10 from the corner shop lol Mrs Bloody hell that is so cheap, what type of shop and more what type of wine " Blossom hill and echo falls can't remember the other one and Jst the local post office and the nisa shop But most shops by me do these offers lol | |||
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"£7 bottle of Pinot, but I rarely drink wine. Actually I rarely drink indoors, unless I have company, if I'm honest." best place really if you like to sip a few.. | |||
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"Ah but who'll own up to thinking they were being really funny ordering a giraffe of house wine in a restaurant ..... me " I was in a very posh restaurant up West recently and tried to order a bottle of house white. "We don't do house wine" Was the reply. | |||
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"Ah but who'll own up to thinking they were being really funny ordering a giraffe of house wine in a restaurant ..... me I was in a very posh restaurant up West recently and tried to order a bottle of house white. "We don't do house wine" Was the reply. " Oo'er ouch..... but hey I you had asked for a giraffe instead of a carafe of house wine you might have raised both the wine waiters eyebrows at once... lol ... | |||
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