***The Wine Thread***

Tuppy_Glossop said:
@Martynt74 Get yourself to Booths (Fulwood or Penwortham) and in the red wine Italy section, find the Palladino Biferno Rosso. At our Booths we have the 2016 and it is £8 a pop. I know you said the missus likes a less meaty red wine but pinot noir is too light. This is your baby, at 13%. And it is such good value. In fact, get two because it is so quaffable. Open it an hour or two before drinking (in a carafe or decanter if poss) and it will be delish. The missus will love you.

EDIT: I think I recommended this about four years ago but it just popped up again in our Booths.
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Finally got around to buying this. I was up at Windermere paddleboarding so popped into the Bowness store.

Sadly no carafe but i made sure i opened it in advance. I'm with you, it's a cracking wine. Still a little lighter than we'd normally like but great flavours and incredibly enjoyable. Would imagine it's perfect sat outside somewhere in the Sun in Italy!

Also picked up a bottle of their Cremant di Limoux which was very good at £15
 
Only recently started enjoying wines, are there any good websites for ordering that isn't silly expensive but still some good quality stuff.
 
Martynt74 said:
Quiet you, i've been trying to avoid adding that into the weekly shop!

Has anyone seen the Vivino wine club? I got some introductory offer which seemed a great deal.
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Checking waitrosecellar and a lot of wines sold out, I've placed a small order :cry:

Martynt74 said:
Dammit - Reminded myself about the Vivino wine club with that post and just signed up :/
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Hadn't heard of it but 50% off the first box looks decent if you like the wines.
 
200sols said:
Hadn't heard of it but 50% off the first box looks decent if you like the wines.
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Yeah, my box had a few decent looking Primitivo and Appasimentinos in. I quite like they tailor it to your Vivino ratings and allow you to be quite specific with region/grape types.


I feel like we're having to make up for @randomshenans and @Tuppy_Glossop who usually fulfil my wine purchasing needs!
 
On top of my standard plonk I've bought a couple of bits in the past week or so that are quite fun:
CVNE Gran Reserva 2015 Double Magnum
Produttori del Barbaresco, Barbaresco 2018 Double Magnum
Should do nicely for a couple of parties in 5-10 years' time.
 
taB said:
On top of my standard plonk I've bought a couple of bits in the past week or so that are quite fun:
CVNE Gran Reserva 2015 Double Magnum
Produttori del Barbaresco, Barbaresco 2018 Double Magnum
Should do nicely for a couple of parties in 5-10 years' time.
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Do you store them in bond?
 
Remembering why i stopped buying wine in bulk! Willpower is not strong enough to resist wine.

As part of trying to be healthier we've limited ourselves to just ordering one bottle a week in our weekly grocery delivery. It works well enough since it's delivered on a Saturday. However this delivery came on Friday so it felt rude not to open a bottle to test it out. Then my mother in law came for tea last night so again it felt rude not to open some.

We're now down to 9 from 12, and were out on Saturday night as well!


Plus side is that the 2 we've tried so far have been very decent :)
 
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