FabSwingers.com forum: Expensive Wine

By *layfulpairsx OP Couple
over a year ago

Southend

The expensive restaurants brought up some interesting comments. How much would you spend on a bottle of wine?

What's the best wine you've ever had?

I had a Ch Lafite 1978 when I was an assistant manager at Oddbins in Liverpool in 1985. It was almost week's wages back then but an amazing drink. We never sold any, buckets of Möet to Liverpool yuppies and Liebfraumilch and Lambrusco flew out the door to scousers.

Now,I'd draw the limit at about £30 for still wine and £50 for bubbles.

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By *xperimentalistMan
over a year ago

East Yorkshire

Interested to see what people would pay.

All tastes like vinegar to me.

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

"Interested to see what people would pay.

All tastes like vinegar to me. "

True

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By *lex D.Man
over a year ago

London

"The expensive restaurants brought up some interesting comments. How much would you spend on a bottle of wine?

What's the best wine you've ever had?

Now,I'd draw the limit at about £30 for still wine and £50 for bubbles.

Yip! £30 for me too. £20 in supermarket.

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By *uciyassMan
over a year ago

sheffield

€3.50 bottle of buckfast. Best you can get

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By *izzymonkeyMan
over a year ago

Hiding In A Bush

"€3.50 bottle of buckfast. Best you can get "

Amen Juciy.....

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By *manaWoman
over a year ago

Basingstoke

Barefoot £8 a bottle.. everything else tastes like crap

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

Most I'd pay is probably about £7. Expensive wine isnt necessarily the tastiest wines .

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

"Barefoot £8 a bottle.. everything else tastes like crap

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I get this on offer for £5.50. X

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By *manaWoman
over a year ago

Basingstoke

"Barefoot £8 a bottle.. everything else tastes like crap

I get this on offer for £5.50. X"

Ooh I did today in asda

usually 8 in tesco!!

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

"Barefoot £8 a bottle.. everything else tastes like crap

I get this on offer for £5.50. X

Ooh I did today in asda

usually 8 in tesco!!"
I know. Asda has the best offers on for wine. Although I dont mind Tesco's own brand either.

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By *manaWoman
over a year ago

Basingstoke

Ill now be shopping in asda needless to say

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By *edmark07Man
over a year ago

liverpool

I'd pay up to about 15 in a supermarket and about £40 in a nice restaurant. Usually I keep to around the £7 mark. Remember they do say never buy under £5 cos it crap. By the time they bottle, label, inmort and pay duty on it your wine is 50p worth. Buy at £7 and its £2.50 worth

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By *manaWoman
over a year ago

Basingstoke

"I'd pay up to about 15 in a supermarket and about £40 in a nice restaurant. Usually I keep to around the £7 mark. Remember they do say never buy under £5 cos it crap. By the time they bottle, label, inmort and pay duty on it your wine is 50p worth. Buy at £7 and its £2.50 worth "

True but I've d*unk £120 bottles that tasted like cleaner so just because its cheaper doesn't mean its horrible wine xx

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By *onbons_xxMan
over a year ago

Bolton

Lidl do a Hungarian dessert wine which is stupidly priced in bars / restaurants for about £6 a bottle

An expensive bottle of champagne is worth it I’m told

I’m more of a beer, whiskey and cocktails guy

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By *moothdickMan
over a year ago

stoke

Pigs head white from mc’calls, £4 a bottle ..

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By *oved Up 2Couple
over a year ago

nottingham

Always buy mine on offer. Malbec definitely fave with me and can get a really good bottle for about £7

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By *edmark07Man
over a year ago

liverpool

I like a florrie , malbec or chiante in red.

Chablis or chennin blanc in white

Hate champagne and prosecco and rose

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By *ara JTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol East

£5 in the supermarket.

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By *rontier PsychiatristMan
over a year ago

Coventry

There are wines I love that is reasonably priced. I can imagine any wine that tastes (to me) much better that its worth paying over £30 for. I'd rather spend my money on other things I'd enjoy more.

I think a restaurant holding a few special wines in stock is more about prestige rather than flogging them. It's about making a statement about the pedigree of the buisness.

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

I buy fizzy wine. It all tastes better with bubbles!

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By *layfullsamMan
over a year ago

Solihull

Just look at the gold star awards given out the last few years for wine and other drinks like whiskey

Some very surprising winners including from the aldi's of this world, I'm a bourbon drinker and have been seriously impressed with what a couple of supermarkets have to offer.

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

White Zinfendel - £6 ish

im not a wine lover

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By *anejohnkent6263Couple
over a year ago

canterbury

Had a bottle of 80 quid wine ...tasted shite ....

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By *layfulpairsx OP Couple
over a year ago

Southend

As a rule of thumb. Better wine has better balance and longer lasting more subtle flavours. It also tends to give you less of a hangover. BUT, if you drink good red wine before it's ready it can taste like an old sock and white can be so acidic it takes your teeth enamel off.

Cheap shite white wine drink very very cold.

Buckfast tonic wine,reminds me of the Manchester shop overrun with Celtic supporters. We didn't stick it so sent them to posh Wine Merchant Willoughbys on Deansgate as they had it. They never forgave us and it's a Cafe Nero now.

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By *ilverfox81Man
over a year ago

port talbot

Got into the red wine the last few years. Rioja is my favoirite. I try not to spend more than £15 a bottle, but i havnt tryed anything more than £20.

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

I don't think I would go above £20 but then and again you can find some really nice bottles for around a tenner so why would you spend lots more. If you are that intent on spending your cash spend a little less and give the rest to a homeless charity.

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By *layfulpairsx OP Couple
over a year ago

Southend

"I don't think I would go above £20 but then and again you can find some really nice bottles for around a tenner so why would you spend lots more. If you are that intent on spending your cash spend a little less and give the rest to a homeless charity. "

Fair shout that.

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