Vino Intake
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northernhord
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Cloud said:
Tannin poo - reddy purple coloured turdz
MsShirlLaverne
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I'm just finishing a bottle of shiraz that I opened an hour ago. Not just any shiraz but marks and fucking spencers lost fucking sheep shiraz 
Love red wine and once I've opened the bottle it's gonna get drunk tonight - never save any for tomorrow. However I've been working nights for a week and haven't been able to have any - wouldn't want to go in pissed.
Trouble is it's so bloody dear here - I tend to buy as much as I can by the cases when I go to France in the car (usually 2 or 3 times a year).
As an aside I brought my sun a couple of bottles of red back from France in February. I told him I wanted his opinion on which was the more expensive as one of them was 25% dearer than the other - he 'reported' back with his opinion and I told him that the one he chose was the most expensive - it cost Euro0.99 (about 65p), the other one cost Euro0.79 (about 54p) which included production, bottle, cork, transport & the supermarket's profit !
And they were both eminently drinkable - I've drunk a lot worse that cost a lot more.
Trouble is it's so bloody dear here - I tend to buy as much as I can by the cases when I go to France in the car (usually 2 or 3 times a year).
As an aside I brought my sun a couple of bottles of red back from France in February. I told him I wanted his opinion on which was the more expensive as one of them was 25% dearer than the other - he 'reported' back with his opinion and I told him that the one he chose was the most expensive - it cost Euro0.99 (about 65p), the other one cost Euro0.79 (about 54p) which included production, bottle, cork, transport & the supermarket's profit !
And they were both eminently drinkable - I've drunk a lot worse that cost a lot more.
Jessiedog said:The local supermarket seem to have an ongoing "special offer" on Hardys Shiraz Reserve and Hardys Cabernet-Sauvignon Reserve.
A three litre cask of either, works out at GBP 3:00 per bottle.
And they deliver free.
I've just received my latest delivery of 12 litres.
Woof
That is really bloody cheap compared to the mainland! Even the absolute bog-standard Chinese-made Great Wall brand costs 30 RMB a bottle here!!
Yer.RenegadeDog said:
Our good Financial Secretary, Henry (horse face) Tang just halved the import duty from 80% of value to 40% of value on each bottle.
And buying it by the 3 litre box, on special offer, makes for a dirt cheap (equivalent of 3 quid [@ 45 RMB] per bottle) drop of fairly decent Aussie Shiraz or CabSav.
How much would a Hardys Shiraz cost in the UK, anyone?
Woof
