To cut a longer explanation short, if you go and buy a German Reisling at around the same price, you'll probably get a similar styled wine. Googling Piesporter Wine still shows plenty of places selling it.
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Mrs Leblanc bought me 19 crimes coffee infused wine last Christmas. First time in my life I've poured wine down the sink.
I did a stock check yesterday after buying some more BBQ wines and beer for this year. (*). I forgot the birthday party last year.. here's a list that I found..
Beer (750ml each, most around 8%)
Le Fort 10%*
Straffe Hendrick 11%*
La Chouffe*
Paix Diex*
La Raoul 7%*
Vieux Lille*
Ch'Ti x2*
Abbaye du Lys*
La Goudale x12 (only one that's in small bottles)*
Despirados x12
Cidre
Cidre de Bretagne Brut x3*
Red Wine
Macon x2*
Laudun, Côtes du Rhône Villages x2*
Pinot Noir Aug Florent x2*
Domaine de la Combe Darroux, Julienas*
Jean Bouchard Bourgogne Pino Noir*
Medoc Merrain Rogue, bordeaux*
19 Crimes
19 Crimes - uprising
19 Crimes - the deported (this one has coffee in it too)
Chateau for Crain, Bordeaux
Bourgogne, Passe-Tout-Grain
MoutonCadet 2014 (this one is the last bottle that the Mrs' sister gave me before she died)
Chateau La Tour Carnet - Haut Medoc
Margaino de Rothberg St. Emillion
Rose Wine
Buzet x2
A really old manky Dry Rose from Tescos.. which is more of an experiment now as I've had it for so long the tannin has coated the inside of the bottle..
White Wine
Daguet de Berticot x2*
L'Heritage de Carillon Pays D'oc Chardonnay x2*
Jourancon
Domain Blanchard, Macon Villages x2*
Gewurztraminer
Petite Chablis, Florent
Sanceere, Florent
Sparkling
Clairette de Diex Fruite x2
Clairette de Diex Brut
There's a couple more bottles of sparkling that have been in there a while.. but belong to the mrs who doesn't drink..
We managed to decimate the bottles of Margaux that I had in the space of about two weeks.
Beer (750ml each, most around 8%)
Le Fort 10%*
Straffe Hendrick 11%*
La Chouffe*
Paix Diex*
La Raoul 7%*
Vieux Lille*
Ch'Ti x2*
Abbaye du Lys*
La Goudale x12 (only one that's in small bottles)*
Despirados x12
Cidre
Cidre de Bretagne Brut x3*
Red Wine
Macon x2*
Laudun, Côtes du Rhône Villages x2*
Pinot Noir Aug Florent x2*
Domaine de la Combe Darroux, Julienas*
Jean Bouchard Bourgogne Pino Noir*
Medoc Merrain Rogue, bordeaux*
19 Crimes
19 Crimes - uprising
19 Crimes - the deported (this one has coffee in it too)
Chateau for Crain, Bordeaux
Bourgogne, Passe-Tout-Grain
MoutonCadet 2014 (this one is the last bottle that the Mrs' sister gave me before she died)
Chateau La Tour Carnet - Haut Medoc
Margaino de Rothberg St. Emillion
Rose Wine
Buzet x2
A really old manky Dry Rose from Tescos.. which is more of an experiment now as I've had it for so long the tannin has coated the inside of the bottle..
White Wine
Daguet de Berticot x2*
L'Heritage de Carillon Pays D'oc Chardonnay x2*
Jourancon
Domain Blanchard, Macon Villages x2*
Gewurztraminer
Petite Chablis, Florent
Sanceere, Florent
Sparkling
Clairette de Diex Fruite x2
Clairette de Diex Brut
There's a couple more bottles of sparkling that have been in there a while.. but belong to the mrs who doesn't drink..
We managed to decimate the bottles of Margaux that I had in the space of about two weeks.
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I've not tried it.. more of a joke wine hat was bought for me but I suspect I shall not buy it myself
Hi pals,
Wanting to treat someone to a bottle of champagne to celebrate something. Is the following decent for £40, or is there something better in the up to £50 bracket?
www.laithwaites.co.uk
Wanting to treat someone to a bottle of champagne to celebrate something. Is the following decent for £40, or is there something better in the up to £50 bracket?
POL ROGER BRUT RÉSERVE
Champagne Pol Roger Brut Réserve (in gift box) NV
The favourite of Winston Churchill, this extremely special Champagne owes its finesse to the Pol-Roger family’s insistence on remaining small and keeping an obsessive eye on quality. A long, slow maturation has added to its sublime, complex aromas.
www.laithwaites.co.uk
Hi pals,
Wanting to treat someone to a bottle of champagne to celebrate something. Is the following decent for £40, or is there something better in the up to £50 bracket?
POL ROGER BRUT RÉSERVE
Champagne Pol Roger Brut Réserve (in gift box) NV
The favourite of Winston Churchill, this extremely special Champagne owes its finesse to the Pol-Roger family’s insistence on remaining small and keeping an obsessive eye on quality. A long, slow maturation has added to its sublime, complex aromas.
Pol Roger is decent. Reasonable offer on Bollinger and Veuve there as well. Any Champagne is usually well received!!
Went to Dunkerque’s Beer and Wine event. 400+ stalls of wine, beer, cheese, meat and street food.. across all regions and international too with Port and rum, olive oil too.
Ended up with some nice bottles
* Tayat 2018
* St Emillion Damas de Montdispic 2020 to go into age
* Congac 15y/o
* Tawny Port 10y/o
* some glass sized wine bottles
* a load of Amiens and Northern french beers.
Ended up with some nice bottles
* Tayat 2018
* St Emillion Damas de Montdispic 2020 to go into age
* Congac 15y/o
* Tawny Port 10y/o
* some glass sized wine bottles
* a load of Amiens and Northern french beers.
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Had a really unusual Canadian red wine at the weekend - Henry of Pelham - grape was Baco Noir - 15 quid a bottle in the local wine merchant.
Would highly recommend this if you can find it for some a little different. Good with a BBQ
Henry of Pelham
Would highly recommend this if you can find it for some a little different. Good with a BBQ
Henry of Pelham
I had this yesterday with steak and chips and it was pretty poor. Our tastes must differ.
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agree to differ, it is one of the nicer wines i have had in the last year, other decent wines i have tried and enoyed in the last year are the Most Wanted MW red, Ravenswood zinfandel and Whispering Angel Rose
Holy thread revival batman!
We're finally (hopefully) going to be in our new house in around a month and we were going to treat ourselves to some decent champagne as we never seem to drink it anymore and just stick to local cava. My wife fancied the Ruinart BdB and i was just about to order a bottle and was fairly shocked at the price. Seems it's jumped up a lot since i last used to buy it (admittedly quite some time ago)
I'm debating vetoing her and getting the Delamotte BdB instead, but i've a feeling the last bottle of Delamotte we got was a bit disappointing despite previous ones always being great. Maybe i just buy both
Anyone else got any stand outs i need to be considering which represent better value than the Ruinart?
We're finally (hopefully) going to be in our new house in around a month and we were going to treat ourselves to some decent champagne as we never seem to drink it anymore and just stick to local cava. My wife fancied the Ruinart BdB and i was just about to order a bottle and was fairly shocked at the price. Seems it's jumped up a lot since i last used to buy it (admittedly quite some time ago)
I'm debating vetoing her and getting the Delamotte BdB instead, but i've a feeling the last bottle of Delamotte we got was a bit disappointing despite previous ones always being great. Maybe i just buy both
Anyone else got any stand outs i need to be considering which represent better value than the Ruinart?
Edit - Ooops got carried away. I've wanted this ever since i saw it in a deli in Rome in 2012ish. I've looked online a few times (even got someone in here to find it for me i think but then never bought it) and it's been sat in my bookmarks for years at various retailers showing no stock in the hopes it'd be available.
Spotted it here. By all accounts it's a rubbish website that doesn't update stock so i'm not 100% confident of it being delivered but i figured i didn't want to keep delaying and missing out entirely!
avvenice.com
Spotted it here. By all accounts it's a rubbish website that doesn't update stock so i'm not 100% confident of it being delivered but i figured i didn't want to keep delaying and missing out entirely!
Bollinger Champagne - Bollinger Rosè Sciabolly - Box - Pinot Noir - Luxury Limited Edition - 750 ml - Avvenice
Bronze reflections conjugation of the intense depth of the great red wine used in the cuvée.
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That is a LOT to pay for a sabre! It's £62 without the sabre in Waitrose (I appreciate there may not be an equivalent El Waitrose in Spain!). The Bollinger Grand Annee is nice at that sort of money - definitely not an every day wine!!
Had a lovely Veuve Clicquot 2015 to celebrate our anniversary (we got married in 2015) at the weekend. Tesco delivered that for £67 (think there was an offer on).
Usual go-to NV champagne is Piper Heidsieck which is very reliable considering the price point - around Christmas it can still be had for £22 a bottle with special offers.
Had a lovely Veuve Clicquot 2015 to celebrate our anniversary (we got married in 2015) at the weekend. Tesco delivered that for £67 (think there was an offer on).
Usual go-to NV champagne is Piper Heidsieck which is very reliable considering the price point - around Christmas it can still be had for £22 a bottle with special offers.
Yeah, i agree it is a lot. Especially when real high end Sabres are a similar price point like this
www.foxknives.com
I actually went with the Grand Annee with the sabre which came in at €288 plus €30 for shipping.As you say expensive, but at least i finally get the sabre. I did actually also spot the sabre on it's own at a 2nd hand reselling site for €90 which i'm partly tempted by if my main purchase doesn't go through.
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FX-2006 GM - SOMMELIER'S SABRE - Sommelier’s sabre and Corkscrews - FOX Knives
The word sabrage is French for "saber" and identifies the technique used to open bottles of sparkling wine since the Napoleonic era when, members of the army of officers, celebrated battles won. This practice has been refined over time, which is precisely why Fox Knives - Deu Cigni has designed...
www.foxknives.com
I actually went with the Grand Annee with the sabre which came in at €288 plus €30 for shipping.As you say expensive, but at least i finally get the sabre. I did actually also spot the sabre on it's own at a 2nd hand reselling site for €90 which i'm partly tempted by if my main purchase doesn't go through.
Bollinger Champagne - La Grande Année Sciabolly - 2012 - Box - Pinot Noir - Luxury Limited Edition - 750 ml - Avvenice
A delicately colored dress of golden reflections, a witness to the maturity of the wine but also to the Bollinger winemaking methods.
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So the above set wasn't available as per a lot of negative reviews about that company. Glad i found the used one on that marketplace. €40 shipping was a bit steep and i do wonder if i'd have been better with something from a proper knife place but i've always been attached to this Bollinger edition, and the fact i've been banging on about it makes it a lot easier to get the wifes blessing vs just buying something different!
Back on the hunt for champagne. Quite tempted by this, it's pretty spendy but feels novel enough to justify the celebration. Just not sure if it's a bit gimmicky and i'd be better focusing that money on something better
www.vinatis.es
Then need to find something slightly cheaper to christen the sabre
Back on the hunt for champagne. Quite tempted by this, it's pretty spendy but feels novel enough to justify the celebration. Just not sure if it's a bit gimmicky and i'd be better focusing that money on something better
Champagne Leclerc Briant - Abysse Blanc 2018
¡Comprar Champagne Leclerc Briant. al mejor precio en Vinatis! Embalaje anti-roturas, envíos a medida y mejor precio garantizado.
www.vinatis.es
Then need to find something slightly cheaper to christen the sabre
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Well the Sabre got bought from the Italian market. Think my chances are diminishing by the day if not.
Ended up with the Ruinart BdB. Safe call really as we knew we like it. Then got a little carried away with a Delamotte and Gosset too along with some fancy looking Primitivos!
Ended up with the Ruinart BdB. Safe call really as we knew we like it. Then got a little carried away with a Delamotte and Gosset too along with some fancy looking Primitivos!