Wine...

[OxBlue]

Anyone who's starting to get a taste for the grape, I'd recommend going to a local independant wine retailer to see what they have and to do a few wine tastings.

They tend to get in some good quality smaller producers that you can't get in supermarkest due to them not making enough volume. And I can honestly say a £10 bottle from these places tastes better than the £12-15 ones that are reduced to £8.99 in the super markets.

My local shop (The Vineyard) charge about £25 for a wine tasting normally involves 4-5 glasses of White, 4-5 glasses of Red and a dessert wine, with a bit of supper thrown in (hotpot etc..) It's not poncy but you get a bit of a description of the wine grape, region, producer etc..and it's all drinking no spitting in to buckets.

 

[masterwig]

Pint for the man, glass of wine, fruit-based drink for the lady. They're the rules. And if we didn't have rules where would we be?

 

[Fitton]

Pint for the man, glass of wine, fruit-based drink for the lady. They're the rules. And if we didn't have rules where would we be?

France.

 

[Sue Denim]

Just having a glass of a lovely Macon-Villages chardonnay from Aldi; amazing value for a fiver. They also do a fabulous Sancerre for £10, but last time I went in it had sold out :-(

As regards reds, their Toro Loco tempranillo is pretty special, as is their Italian pinot noir.

 

[IM NOT REALLY HERE]

Pint for the man, glass of wine, fruit-based drink for the lady. They're the rules. And if we didn't have rules where would we be?

France.

And if we had too many rules?

 

[stony]

France.

And if we had too many rules?

Germany

 

[bluewigmcfc]

love red wine not the cheap stuff and my glass holds a full bottle. 1 glass is never enough !

 

[paphos-mcfc]

Agios Onoufrios. Local Paphos wine and bloody good for 5 euros.

 

[kashmir]

concorde wine.. one to throw up on a friday...if still sold