OT: Wine from Aldi
Hankjam
Merlot
2007
£3:99
Very drinkable.
That's it.
Aj
The Older Gentleman
Hm.
I've just received a box from Laithwaites. I forgot to cancel the Four
Seasons offer after the first cheapo case.
So, I looked, and thought: "Oh, that looks quite good, and the way the
pound is I'm not going to be doing a booze raid in the next few months,
so that'll do nicely, ta."
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I still worry about their Australian brand, "Badger's Creek" -- there
are no badgers in Oz! (Maybe Bear should emigrate?)
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> On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:41:04 +0000, Hankjam <han...@yahoo.co.uk>
> wrote in <crc7m4587jaq5rr1q...@4ax.com>:
> > Ile la Forge
> > Merlot
> > 2007
> > £3:99
>
> > Very drinkable.
>
> > That's it.
>
> I still worry about their Australian brand, "Badger's Creek" -- there
> are no badgers in Oz! (Maybe Bear should emigrate?)
' '.
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DozynSLeepy
> On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:41:04 +0000, Hankjam <han...@yahoo.co.uk>
> wrote in <crc7m4587jaq5rr1q...@4ax.com>:
>> Ile la Forge
>> Merlot
>> 2007
>> £3:99
>
>> Very drinkable.
>
>> That's it.
>
> I still worry about their Australian brand, "Badger's Creek" -- there
> are no badgers in Oz! (Maybe Bear should emigrate?)
>
Knob creek was already taken by the Americans for a bourbon.
Grimly Curmudgeon
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Dr Ivan D. Reid"
<Ivan...@brunel.ac.uk> saying something like:
>I still worry about their Australian brand, "Badger's Creek" -- there
>are no badgers in Oz!
They really wanted to call it "Bastard's Arse", that having a more
authentic ring to it.
CT
> I've just received a box from Laithwaites. I forgot to cancel the Four
> Seasons offer after the first cheapo case.
I've just started the Laithwaites route and have a 50 quid off voucher
for the Four Seasons, making it 39.99. Any good?
We're loaded with whites (which we drink less of than reds) at the
moment, following a mixed case that I bought for Xmas as well as a
dozen or so mixed bottles as a present from my dad, so would go for the
reds only option.
However, the mixed case already mentioned had a couple of reds that we
didn't much like, so I'm loath to "save" money on wine we won't drink.
--
Chris
Bear
Older Gentleman says...
> Hankjam <han...@yahoo.co.uk........> wrote:
>
> > Ile la Forge
> > Merlot
> > 2007
> > £3:99
> >
> > Very drinkable.
> >
> > That's it.
> >
> Hm.
>
> I've just received a box from Laithwaites. I forgot to cancel the Four
> Seasons offer after the first cheapo case.
Ditto :)
> So, I looked, and thought: "Oh, that looks quite good, and the way the
> pound is I'm not going to be doing a booze raid in the next few months,
> so that'll do nicely, ta."
I just like having the surprise, coz I'm bound to have forgotten by the
time the next one arrives.
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Champ
>However, the mixed case already mentioned had a couple of reds that we
>didn't much like, so I'm loath to "save" money on wine we won't drink.
"wines you won't drink"?!?! What a bizarre concept.
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CT
> On 7 Jan 2009 08:27:23 GMT, "CT" <m...@christrollen.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > However, the mixed case already mentioned had a couple of reds that
> > we didn't much like, so I'm loath to "save" money on wine we won't
> > drink.
>
> "wines you won't drink"?!?! What a bizarre concept.
Why? Would you drink anything and everything put in front of you?
If we come across a bottle we *really* don't like, I'll send it over!
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Dr Ivan D. Reid
wrote in <huu8m41ehetg945t5...@4ax.com>:
> On 7 Jan 2009 08:27:23 GMT, "CT" <m...@christrollen.co.uk> wrote:
>>However, the mixed case already mentioned had a couple of reds that we
>>didn't much like, so I'm loath to "save" money on wine we won't drink.
> "wines you won't drink"?!?! What a bizarre concept.
Dôle du Valais
ogden
> wrote in <huu8m41ehetg945t5...@4ax.com>:
> > On 7 Jan 2009 08:27:23 GMT, "CT" <m...@christrollen.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >>However, the mixed case already mentioned had a couple of reds that we
> >>didn't much like, so I'm loath to "save" money on wine we won't drink.
>
> > "wines you won't drink"?!?! What a bizarre concept.
>
> Dôle du Valais
Sauvignon blanc. I had enough of it left over from mixed cases when I
moved out that everyone in my block got a present.
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darsy
> > wrote in <huu8m41ehetg945t5cbd3msk73oip6n...@4ax.com>:
> > > On 7 Jan 2009 08:27:23 GMT, "CT" <m...@christrollen.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > >>However, the mixed case already mentioned had a couple of reds that we
> > >>didn't much like, so I'm loath to "save" money on wine we won't drink.
>
> > > "wines you won't drink"?!?! What a bizarre concept.
>
> > Dôle du Valais
>
> Sauvignon blanc. I had enough of it left over from mixed cases when I
> moved out that everyone in my block got a present.
I can drink Sauvignon Blanc if I hold my nose so I can't smell it's
sweaty-sock aroma.
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d.
Ace
<Ivan...@brunel.ac.uk> wrote:
>On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:54:54 +0000, Champ <ne...@champ.org.uk>
> wrote in <huu8m41ehetg945t5...@4ax.com>:
>> On 7 Jan 2009 08:27:23 GMT, "CT" <m...@christrollen.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>>However, the mixed case already mentioned had a couple of reds that we
>>>didn't much like, so I'm loath to "save" money on wine we won't drink.
>
>> "wines you won't drink"?!?! What a bizarre concept.
>
>Dôle du Valais
You are a philistine, Sir. Some of the Dôles are absolutely superband
compare well with the best of the French Rhone reds. Even Offenwein
stuff in screw-capped bottles is generally of a very drinkable nature.
Champ
>> > However, the mixed case already mentioned had a couple of reds that
>> > we didn't much like, so I'm loath to "save" money on wine we won't
>> > drink.
>>
>> "wines you won't drink"?!?! What a bizarre concept.
>
>Why? Would you drink anything and everything put in front of you?
No, of course there's the ultra-cheap plonk sold in plastic bottles in
French supermarkets which I might turn my nose up at.
But I'd be extremely suprised if I found a bottle in a Laithwaites
style case that I didn't want to drink.
>If we come across a bottle we *really* don't like, I'll send it over!
Please do!
Champ
>>>>However, the mixed case already mentioned had a couple of reds that we
>>>>didn't much like, so I'm loath to "save" money on wine we won't drink.
>>
>>> "wines you won't drink"?!?! What a bizarre concept.
>>
>>Dôle du Valais
>
>You are a philistine, Sir. Some of the Dôles are absolutely superband
Superband?
darsy
> On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:52:33 +0100, Ace <b.rog...@ifrance.com> wrote:
> >>>>However, the mixed case already mentioned had a couple of reds that we
> >>>>didn't much like, so I'm loath to "save" money on wine we won't drink.
>
> >>> "wines you won't drink"?!?! What a bizarre concept.
>
> >>Dôle du Valais
>
> >You are a philistine, Sir. Some of the Dôles are absolutely superband
>
> Superband?
Like "Creme".
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Ace
>On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:52:33 +0100, Ace <b.ro...@ifrance.com> wrote:
>
>>>>>However, the mixed case already mentioned had a couple of reds that we
>>>>>didn't much like, so I'm loath to "save" money on wine we won't drink.
>>>
>>>> "wines you won't drink"?!?! What a bizarre concept.
>>>
>>>Dôle du Valais
>>
>>You are a philistine, Sir. Some of the Dôles are absolutely superband
>
>Superband?
Heh.
Special broad-spectrum grapes.
Champ
>>>>>>However, the mixed case already mentioned had a couple of reds that we
>>>>>>didn't much like, so I'm loath to "save" money on wine we won't drink.
>>>>
>>>>> "wines you won't drink"?!?! What a bizarre concept.
>>>>
>>>>Dôle du Valais
>>>
>>>You are a philistine, Sir. Some of the Dôles are absolutely superband
>>
>>Superband?
>
>Heh.
>
>Special broad-spectrum grapes.
I thought you'd come over all 70s funk, and mis-typed 'Superbad'.
Dr Ivan D. Reid
All the ones I've had have been underage and overacidic, a
combination my stomach reacts badly to (especially as there are places
in Switzerland where it's difficult to find sodium bicarbonate).
Switters
wrote:
> I've just started the Laithwaites route and have a 50 quid off voucher
> for the Four Seasons, making it 39.99. Any good?
Definitely. Even at their normal price it's not a bad deal. All the
wines I had were good and a few were excellent. That said, I did cancel
it after a short while, mostly because I like to buy in bulk (3-4 cases)
and spread the delivery charge out IYSWIM.
wessie
@news.individual.net:
> The Older Gentleman wrote:
>
>> I've just received a box from Laithwaites. I forgot to cancel the Four
>> Seasons offer after the first cheapo case.
>
> I've just started the Laithwaites route and have a 50 quid off voucher
> for the Four Seasons, making it 39.99. Any good?
>
Plus the £7 postage. Still, the bottles will be decent value for sub £4
each.
I just scored a load of M&S port & choccies for £6 per unit - normally
sells for £19.50. The port is only ruby but should be drinkable as it's
from M&S. I imagine the choccies must be close to their sell by dates.
None left on the website - I must've had the last 6! Back to £19.50 now.
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> Champ wrote:
> > On 7 Jan 2009 08:27:23 GMT, "CT" <m...@christrollen.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > > I'm loath to "save" money on wine we won't drink.
>
> > "wines you won't drink"?!?! What a bizarre concept.
>
> Why? Would you drink anything and everything put in front of you?
" "
HTH
Paul.
Jim
WTF does it mean when someone writes that?? I've tried Googling for it
but it turns up nothing...
platypus
Are you sure you spelled it right?
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> Jim wrote:
Particularly apt in my case :)
P.
The Older Gentleman
> > I've just received a box from Laithwaites. I forgot to cancel the Four
> > Seasons offer after the first cheapo case.
>
> Ditto :)
>
> > So, I looked, and thought: "Oh, that looks quite good, and the way the
> > pound is I'm not going to be doing a booze raid in the next few months,
> > so that'll do nicely, ta."
>
> I just like having the surprise, coz I'm bound to have forgotten by the
> time the next one arrives.
LOL
Yes, precisely that. The Doctor said; "There's a case of wine in the
sitting room."
*Perk* "Really? Where did it come from?"
"You ordered it from Laithwaites."
"I did?"
<Thinks>
"No recollection of that. Let's ring Laithwaites..."
And they reminded me of the offer. "OK, yes, that's great. I didn't
realise three months went by so fast. No, no, keep 'em coming."
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Originally it would have had the following (or similar) under it -
"See that? That's me ignoring you, that is."
Over time the words have become superfluous.
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