Champagne case deals?

DRZ · 25 May 2011 at 18:03

Guys,

Can anyone recommend a good place to get case deals on Champagne? Costco want £165 for a case of Veuve, which isn't bad but I am sure I can do better. Tesco had an offer on for £145 a case but this has ended now.

Any suggestions welcome

J1234 · 25 May 2011 at 18:08

Budget?

Berry Brothers & Rudd have a £50 off voucher when you spend £250 onine, I've just taken full advantage of that and bought a few bottles of wine.

PapaLazaru · 25 May 2011 at 18:08

I saw that Costco deal on the weekend. I reckon it will be hard to beat. Majestic are charging £29 a bottle, which is good for singles, but not a case. Pity you missed the Sainburys 25% off case deal.

DRZ · 25 May 2011 at 18:16

Justin said:
Budget?

Berry Brothers & Rudd have a £50 off voucher when you spend £250 onine, I've just taken full advantage of that and bought a few bottles of wine.

I guess I am specifically after Veuve unless there is a cracking deal on something else that I like. that £50 off voucher might make them competitive as I am likely to be ordering two cases - I will check it out.

glitch · 25 May 2011 at 18:51

Laithwaites have a £40 voucher offer on at the moment; that should get you a nice-ish deal on a case of Veuve.

DRZ · 1 Jun 2011 at 19:49

I ended up getting this lot:

Costco were out of stock of the cases of Veuve but the magnum was £60 and the Bollinger was £28.xx after the VAT, so picked up a 2004 bottle of Chateauneuf-du-Pape which brought the price up to about the same as the case of Veuve would have been. IMO the Bollinger is an inferior champagne but once the magnum of it has gone I suspect I won't much care in any case!

J-FRO · 1 Jun 2011 at 20:00

Chateauneuf-du-Pape! Good shout, lovely wine.

Ahleckz · 1 Jun 2011 at 20:07

Is Chateauneuf du pape really *that* good? I thought that its price has been artificially increased due to the idea that it is really great.

You could surely get much better with your money, with a little shopping about, no?

DRZ · 1 Jun 2011 at 20:14

Ahleckz said:
Is Chateauneuf du pape really *that* good? I thought that its price has been artificially increased due to the idea that it is really great.

You could surely get much better with your money, with a little shopping about, no?

That particular bottle is pretty good. I've had a number of wines at around this price range (£20ish) and this is one of my favourites. I would probably have picked up a Chablis at the same sort of price but as you can see, I already have quite a lot of white wine to be getting on with. I've had a nice bottle of Beaujolais recently and I might have gone for another of those but... meh.

As a go-to bottle of red, this is extremely enjoyable

Ahleckz · 1 Jun 2011 at 20:25

DRZ said:
That particular bottle is pretty good. I've had a number of wines at around this price range (£20ish) and this is one of my favourites. I would probably have picked up a Chablis at the same sort of price but as you can see, I already have quite a lot of white wine to be getting on with. I've had a nice bottle of Beaujolais recently and I might have gone for another of those but... meh.

As a go-to bottle of red, this is extremely enjoyable

It seems like it's a safe bet for a supermarket to buy in as they'll probably shift it with relative ease. Makes more sense to buy something like that in that people know the name of and will at least try rather than a pricey Rioja or something.

Speaking of which, I bought a '95 Rioja the other day, looking forward to trying that.

J1234 · 1 Jun 2011 at 21:11

Ahleckz said:
Is Chateauneuf du pape really *that* good? I thought that its price has been artificially increased due to the idea that it is really great.

You could surely get much better with your money, with a little shopping about, no?

Some are outstanding, others not. It does tend to be a 'name drop wine' - because of the name people automatically assume it's excellent and often pay over the odds for it without knowing what to look for. Supermarkets are guilty of this, but if you find a good vintage and good producer then you can't go wrong.

What Rioja did you get? 1995 was a good vintage.

Ahleckz · 1 Jun 2011 at 22:05

Justin said:
Some are outstanding, others not. It does tend to be a 'name drop wine' - because of the name people automatically assume it's excellent and often pay over the odds for it without knowing what to look for. Supermarkets are guilty of this, but if you find a good vintage and good producer then you can't go wrong.

What Rioja did you get? 1995 was a good vintage.

Rioja Campillo Gran Reserva 1995. £27 or so iirc.