Are You A Uncivilised Wine Barbarian? How Much Do You Pay For A Bottle?

[Salford Trotter]

I'm normally a £6-£8 a bottle man but I've just spent £18 on a bottle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape as it was on special offer and thoroughly enjoyed it.

[DazBob]

I've now got 30 cigs to smoke with my wine. A good evening's work I'd say.

 

... and just to add, in light of recent topics, they were proper 'jobs.

[Traf]

 

 

... and just to add, in light of recent topics, they were proper 'jobs.

 

Good lad.

 

What can I get for 3 roll-ups and half a spliff?

[Smiffs]

3 for a tenner as baz says, because I cant tell the difference.

 

So long as I like the taste, what does it matter?

[Traf]

3 for a tenner as baz says, because I cant tell the difference.

 

So long as I like the taste, what does it matter?

 

Exactly.

[DazBob]

 

 

Good lad.

 

What can I get for 3 roll-ups and half a spliff?

 

A rather hollow feeling hug. You'll still feel cheap afterwards. You might as well splash out.

 

Make it a full spliff and you'll get the works, albeit with my less rythmic left hand and me looking the other way.

[Spider]

Argentian Malbecs are a current sup of choice

 

I'm happy to pay £20+,

 

You can have a good holiday in Blackpool, but you know deep down you'd rather be in the south of France.

 

See.

[Burndens Bogs]

I buy 3 for a tenner for midweek quaffing,and it's quite palatable.If i want something a little nicer i don't usually spend more than 5 or 6 quid.

Not had a bad bottle of wine for a long time now.

[Maggie Tate]

Depends how flush we are and our peg is highly educated in this field, so more than the average. It's more about knowing what to avoid at the lower end of the price scale.

 

BUT

 

The idea that you cannot get decent wine for less than a fiver is catwank. You will get more crap the lower price you go, but if you are armed with the slightest bit of knowledge on what to avoid, you can do really, really well, especially at Sainsbury's. You can easily avoid rose that tastes like kayli, red that tastes like gritty vinegar and thick viscous white piss that tastes of petrol.

 

Anyway I like my whiskies and shop online at a place called Master Of Malt and they sent me an email saying they are selling an absinth bottled at 91.2%, so let's have one of those please.

[Andydee]

I buy 3 for a tenner for midweek quaffing,and it's quite palatable.If i want something a little nicer i don't usually spend more than 5 or 6 quid.

Not had a bad bottle of wine for a long time now.

 

Always get 3 for 10 for midweek. Don't go off price, always taste.

 

Had a bad bottle from asda last year which was a 3 for 10, other 2 were fine. Took it back and they refunded without question but had to give me the full price of the bottle then added £2.50 for the incovenience, so got about £8 back.

[Juan.Kerr]

Bit of a wine snob (never, I hear you say) in some people's eyes, but they're usually the ones who sup shite.

I don't see it as snobbery, but liking nice stuff. You wouldn't buy cheap and nasty cordial either would you?

 

The parents always loved their wine so I grew up supping it, the stepfather has part of a vineyard and most of it in his wine cellar which is handy.

 

I like wine. And yes 6 quid wine is fine.

 

I don't touch that oak shit though, why lick a tree?

 

No offence NB but this is the sort of reply I was expecting on the "opening a wine bottle with your shoe" thread when I mentioned screw tops.

[no balls]

No offence NB but this is the sort of reply I was expecting on the "opening a wine bottle with your shoe" thread when I mentioned screw tops.

 

Sorry if I gave the wrong reply then....................Yes, screw tops are scutty.

 

Is that betterer?

[Youri McAnespie]

The supermarkets will often bang the price up on a wine - selling none at £12.99 for a week, then slash the price from this artificial one to, say £5.69, and make a killing. People buying thinking it's been reduced so dramatically. This often leads to the 'expensive wine isn't much different' way of thinking.

 

Regarding returning wine, what's to stop anyone buying a bottle for £30 - decanting it, then refilling with £4 catpiss from another supermarket and taking it back, claiming it's 'corked'?

 

Anyway, after two bottles does anyone really give a shit about quality anymore? I'd happily drink Concorde after my two bottle quota

Edited September 11, 2012 by Youri McAnespie

[Traf]

Took it back and they refunded without question but had to give me the full price of the bottle then added £2.50 for the incovenience, so got about £8 back.

 

And he's been doing that every week since.

[Andydee]

 

 

And he's been doing that every week since.

 

At least twice a week.

[leigh white]

Most i would pay for a bottle of red would be £ 4-00, on a coop bottle of cape.

[Smiffs]

Does anyone buy lambrini for birthdays and other special occasions?

[stevieb]

Does anyone buy lambrini for birthdays and other special occasions?

 

Only to go with a Spam tea on anniversaries.

[dave2980]

Might need more than 3 bottles for everyone on a friday night Nb!

 

Dave, does that mean you've only supped 9 bottles in 9 months?

 

I've probably had a few more than 9 but not many. 12 - 15 say at home.

 

I have a glass of red with my roast dinner pretty much every week but that's from my mums stocks not mine! (I don't live with my parents by the way, we have a family roast dinner most Sundays)

[H]

I make my own. Some is very nice some is shit. Bit like buying random bottles from the supermarket.

[Juan.Kerr]

Sorry if I gave the wrong reply then....................Yes, screw tops are scutty.

 

Is that betterer?

Sorry if I gave the wrong reply then....................Yes, screw tops are scutty.

 

Is that betterer?

 

Aye, that's more like it. Thanks.

[L/H White]

Recommend me a decent one that I can pop, Asda or Tesco for, limit is £10.

[Biggish Dave]

I love wine, mainly drink red but don't go over the top with how much I pay. My choice of tipple is usually an Italian red - Chianti or Bardolino. There are also a few decent Chilean reds out there for not very much. The Spanish Rioja is a bit too woody for me and although French red is good, its from France so stuff em, they can keep it.

 

With white wine, I like it quite dry and very quaffable - again, Italian stuff like Soave or Frascati would be my tipple of choice

 

I usually pay around £5 - £8 for a bottle, any more is a waste.

[jules_darby]

Castillo San Lorenzo Rioja Reserva is £5.49 in Tesco

 

Normally about a tenner

 

I may be a gullible sod but I reckon that's alright me. Just bought a couple and on them now

[Guest]

Like a bit of Malbec at the moment

 

I think this is BD's area

 

 

Cheers, Jules

 

Tis interesting

 

It's about risk management

 

 

Pay £4 and you might get a decent bottle/ not ruin your night

 

 

Invest £10/£12 into a bottle of liquid sun or philosphy from Oz or France and your'e on top of the world

 

 

You decide