Yes I think I've had that one. Excellent price for a nice winter wine.
Do you print these vouchers yourself ?
Almost got this thread from one Xmas to another !
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Yes I think I've had that one. Excellent price for a nice winter wine.
Do you print these vouchers yourself ?
Almost got this thread from one Xmas to another !
Marchbanks
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OK, stacks in my local branch. Off to get six and my free coffee. Don’t forget to take cup. Don’t forget to take cup... oh yes, and another freebie on the way home at Costa courtesy of Vodafone!
Why waste the printer ink when the postman lobs another batch over the turrets every month?
Mmm... with about four regular participants! Perhaps this is where we should should plan our forthcoming uprising - there’s no fear of anyone else finding out.
Don't know about that, plenty of lurkers like me here.
I'm pretty well stocked for Christmas. Had some growers' champagne delivered last week, so we have deep as well as broad stocks for the coming weeks; just need to get some bits delivered from bond. Then the fun can start next year with replenishment!
Marchbanks
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I think I was including you, Mr3... then there’s wacko, Weekender... oh, of course there’s the Brexit chappie too - although he seems a bit of a rum cove.
Too kind Mr Marchbanks, too kind!
I have to say that in between posting the comment and now, I've snuck in another order of fizz. I tried a blanc de noirs by Fleury the other week, and hadn't thought to look it up until now - it is by far one of the fruitier champagnes I've tried, not sweet, but less acidic and full of flavour. Available to buy in Waitrose and online from France. Case of 6 delivered here was cheaper than 6 collected in-store (without the vouchers that you seem to be swimming in); even cheaper if you get them delivered in France...
I have to say that in between posting the comment and now, I've snuck in another order of fizz. I tried a blanc de noirs by Fleury the other week, and hadn't thought to look it up until now - it is by far one of the fruitier champagnes I've tried, not sweet, but less acidic and full of flavour. Available to buy in Waitrose and online from France. Case of 6 delivered here was cheaper than 6 collected in-store (without the vouchers that you seem to be swimming in); even cheaper if you get them delivered in France...
eternumviti
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I don't care much for rum, Mr Marchbanks.
I like Fleury. The first biodynamic Champagne. It comes from the Aube, the wines tend to be a little 'softer' from down there, if that isn't too broad a generalisation.
TheDecameron
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We’re gettin us duty free fags and drink back after we’ve got Brexit done. Stock up on your way back from Benidorm. Job dun.
Hi Dec. Welcome to the Refuge thread. But whichever way it goes down you know it will be taxed.
Marchbanks
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Nor me. I haven’t touched the wretched stuff since downing a bottle one Saturday night in 1975. I was a student, obviously. Nothing is quite as effective as aversion therapy. Thank God it wasn’t a crate of Châteauneuf.
eternumviti
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I did it with Scotch, a half bottle of Haig and a bottle of sweet 'sherry' shared with a mate, washed down with some barley wine. Got caned (literally) the next day, haven't been able to even sniff whisky since. That was 1973.
Marchbanks
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Unusually for me, a bottle has gone straight from bag to table. It’s a 2017 and tastes like a year or two would do no harm, but I’m impressed at the final cost of £7.50. I might have to go back tomorrow for a few more and another free coffee. (Yes, I do have another voucher. Sorry.)
And consider that about half of that £7.50 is tax. Who would be an independent wine merchant ?
Good example of a supermarket wine that you can drink now but would be better in a year or two as you say.
blossomchris
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Marchbanks
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Sorry, sorry... no slight intended - you probably don’t know what old folk’s memories get like.
I got very excited a few minutes ago when it seemed we were joined by pfm royalty, but it must have been just a forum glitch.
Marchbanks
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Well, I’m down to eleven already after a draining rack topple and collision with a coffee cup resulted in a broken stem. Oddly enough I was looking at it at the time. At least it wasn’t one of the Vinum Rieslings. Maybe I should consider using the dishwasher after all.
MVV
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Just popped in to lower the tone and recommend three sub £10 reds. They are Which's top 3 but two of them I had already discovered.
Sainsbury's Cepa Allegro Rioja 2013 £9.00
CO-OP Organic Fair-trade Malbec £7.50
And my fave, the cheapest and the one I didn't know about, M&S Tapa Roja £7.00.
Sainsbury's Cepa Allegro Rioja 2013 £9.00
CO-OP Organic Fair-trade Malbec £7.50
And my fave, the cheapest and the one I didn't know about, M&S Tapa Roja £7.00.
Marchbanks
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Of course I defer to @Swamp Thing in all matters Rioja (and most others), so I thought I’d take this chance to alert him, diversify the thread’s gene pool, and get him to help us push past 1,000 posts by its first anniversary in a fortnight.
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