Need a nice bottle of wine sub £30, ready to drink please
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It's not that dumb. I've got wine that I wouldn't describe as ready to drink; you can drink it and it would taste OK, but in two or three years it's going to taste excellent.
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Go for a nice dry cabernet
Is that how you choose your wine?
some women like certain things, if you knew that she really liked something wouldnt you try and bag a few bonus points for getting it?
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Do you drink wine regulary, try lots of different bottles and appreciate the differences between each?
If the answer is yes, then you would not be asking this question
If the answer is no, then buy a 15 quid bottle of new world wine from tesco
If the answer is yes, then you would not be asking this question
If the answer is no, then buy a 15 quid bottle of new world wine from tesco
You don't even have to spend that much.
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Just get some chateneuf du pape red and have a steak
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One of my faves, I often get bottles from my father, he buys crates of it!
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Nice bottle of Barolo for £15-£20, ready to drink and available most places. Can't fall off really.
Other suggestions: Cheeky Cabernet - very nice bottle, good flavour without being over-powering, definitely a drinking wine, to be enjoyed not "glugged"
If you are after a bit richer/heavier than that, try this nice effort. Had this a couple of times now, more a bottle for accompanying the stronger flavoured cheeses or a good steak, certainly worth the money.
Or for a full-bodied red, may I suggest this one. A Shiraz/Grenache, it's a good choice for an evening enjoying a nice bottle. I tend to like a glass or two sat outside in the summer with a nice cigar.
Virgin Wines are a good shop on-line, mainly because I find their delivery to be prompt and wines are well-packed and well-priced.
Other suggestions: Cheeky Cabernet - very nice bottle, good flavour without being over-powering, definitely a drinking wine, to be enjoyed not "glugged"
If you are after a bit richer/heavier than that, try this nice effort. Had this a couple of times now, more a bottle for accompanying the stronger flavoured cheeses or a good steak, certainly worth the money.
Or for a full-bodied red, may I suggest this one. A Shiraz/Grenache, it's a good choice for an evening enjoying a nice bottle. I tend to like a glass or two sat outside in the summer with a nice cigar.
Virgin Wines are a good shop on-line, mainly because I find their delivery to be prompt and wines are well-packed and well-priced.
What it's for
A present. i have no idea the person's taste, just that they are loaded and LOVE wine and have a temperature controlled cellar, so they know their stuff. I was hoping one of you would as well so that you could guide me to a wine that would be well received.
It is not for a particular meal or anything like that.
But if I was to pick areas for the wine to be from - South Africa or New Zealand - purely because I have been there so it's a good conversational point.
Kitchster_uk - thank you, that's all i wanted.
By "Ready to drink", as pointed out elsewhere in the thread, is to buy a bottle when it has aged to pretty much it's best. You can buy bottles in this price range that you should keep fro 2-3 years before they are at their best.
A present. i have no idea the person's taste, just that they are loaded and LOVE wine and have a temperature controlled cellar, so they know their stuff. I was hoping one of you would as well so that you could guide me to a wine that would be well received.
It is not for a particular meal or anything like that.
But if I was to pick areas for the wine to be from - South Africa or New Zealand - purely because I have been there so it's a good conversational point.
Kitchster_uk - thank you, that's all i wanted.
By "Ready to drink", as pointed out elsewhere in the thread, is to buy a bottle when it has aged to pretty much it's best. You can buy bottles in this price range that you should keep fro 2-3 years before they are at their best.
use a good merchant like Berry Bros
If someone was going to spend £30 on a bottle for me as a gift I would be delighted with something like a Montrachet if they were buying white or a gevrey chambertin if they were buying red. (possible to name tonnes of things but to give just two choices these spring to mind as something anyone into wine would appreciate and see as a nice teat)
If someone was going to spend £30 on a bottle for me as a gift I would be delighted with something like a Montrachet if they were buying white or a gevrey chambertin if they were buying red. (possible to name tonnes of things but to give just two choices these spring to mind as something anyone into wine would appreciate and see as a nice teat)
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