shaaark 10,109 Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 6 hours ago, greg64 said: I like the odd bottle of Beaujolais it's quite light and fruity Can't stand that cider, much prefer merrydown 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
low plains drifter 9,452 Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 Mcguigan classic Cabernet sauvignon Beaverdale home kit if you've got a spare five minutes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 24,835 Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 I only drink one small bottle of cider a week with sunday diner ..... but on the odd ocastion I drink wine I'm like you socks..i like the melbeck .... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shaaark 10,109 Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 18 minutes ago, maxhardcore said: As a whole the stuffs fecking terrible. A few mates who like the stuff swear there ain't any diff between a bottle that's £12 and one that's £50 ? I think your mates are quite correct. Me and the mrs drink red wine quite regularly, and I can say without doubt same as alot of things in life, there's alot of snobbery around names and the actual price and quality of what you buy 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Lloyd 10,736 Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 Shiraz... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shaaark 10,109 Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 5 minutes ago, Phil Lloyd said: Shiraz... That's what we drink phil, shiraz 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shaaark 10,109 Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 13 minutes ago, Phil Lloyd said: Shiraz... That's what we drink phil, shiraz . And to socks, we just find shiraz to be a tad sharper/crisper. Not that we're experts at all, but after a few merlots or malbecs we both feel that it's a tad sickly? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted October 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 Cheers all I think I’m going to head into my local majestic tomorrow and have a marathon tasting session 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 26,067 Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 13 minutes ago, socks said: Cheers all I think I’m going to head into my local majestic tomorrow and have a marathon tasting session Alkie... Lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted October 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 3 minutes ago, NEWKID said: Alkie... Lol Actually I’m a functioning alkie 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shaaark 10,109 Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 (edited) 46 minutes ago, socks said: Cheers all I think I’m going to head into my local majestic tomorrow and have a marathon tasting session Good call, sample plenty to see what you prefer. Took us about a year of sampling to find what really suited us! Lol Socks, just remembered this, TORO LOCO, from aldis, organic red wine, 13.5% and is very easy to drink. Forget all the snobbery and 'high price' bollox, it's a very drinkable wine at £4.99 a bottle Edited October 17, 2019 by shaaark 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,180 Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 5 hours ago, W. Katchum said: Buckfast ken, try buckfast it will proper charge your batteries Met a Scotsman other day drinking whiskey and irn bru im down from 4+ ciders a night to about 4 a week if I’m lucky . Last week all I had was 2 bottles of tiger lager with a takeaway Chinese on Saturday evening . Weight loss I’ve gone down from 13 stone to 10 3/4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
polishunter1 47 Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 Try a bottle of up jp chenet Cabernet Sauvignon stillton cheese and a yard of salami French stick of bread all for under a tenner mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 12,352 Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 1 hour ago, shaaark said: I think your mates are quite correct. Me and the mrs drink red wine quite regularly, and I can say without doubt same as alot of things in life, there's alot of snobbery around names and the actual price and quality of what you buy Very true... this Priorat at 4.50€ is the best tasting wine I've ever had from a supermarket. I've spent over a hundred notes on bottles before and this is up there with them. My all time favourite are wines from the Chateau Neuf de Pap winery.. but you pay for them... a lot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shaaark 10,109 Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 (edited) 7 minutes ago, mushroom said: Very true... this Priorat at 4.50€ is the best tasting wine I've ever had from a supermarket. I've spent over a hundred notes on bottles before and this is up there with them. My all time favourite are wines from the Chateau Neuf de Pap winery.. but you pay for them... a lot you're probably more of a connoisseur than us, we've only really started the wine thing the last four and half years. But we've certainly sorted alot of the pricey, pretentious rubbish from the the more realistically priced, and better tasting stuff Oh yeah, and all game dishes taste better with some red wine in Edited October 17, 2019 by shaaark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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