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Cheapest wine ever
- Thread starter Sharon Bowman
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Kevin Roberts
Kevin Roberts
originally posted by MLipton:
originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
originally posted by Steven Spielmann:
I have had some enjoyable wines purchased from peasants in the Italian countryside for 1.5 euro per liter. You go to the farm and they fill up the bottles for you.
In fact it was these wines, always that years' and fresh and made for the farmer's own consumption plus small-time local sales, that made me interested in learning more about wine in the first place.
You can get these in Rhone domaines. They are sold en vrac and you can buy them at even the priciest CdP places for very reasonable amounts. There was once a guy from England who used to come in July, who had a truck rigged up with internal tanks. He would fill it with en vrac wine and go back to England to bottle it. Big spender that I am, I'm happy to plump down the 5-10 Euros for the CdRs higher up the food chain.
But if the co-op in question is the estimable one in Estezargues, I'll happily try their en vrac (or now BiB) offerings. Even if not profound, I'd expect that they'd be quite respectable (correct?) examples of their genre.
Mark Lipton
I really wish I had access to the Estezargues in BiB. I can get the Cuvee des Galets in the $11-2 range, which I like and find to be fair value, but in BiB more in the $7.50/750mL range, would put it on the table far more often. Honest table wine is something I'd love to put on my table more often. I have a co-op question I'll take to a new thread.
Cheers,
Kevin
This from the price list in one of the Spanish outlets for Carrefour, the French-based hypermarket company:
Vino tinto de la Tierra de Extremadura Joven - El Hayedo - 1.35
Vino tinto de la Tierra de Castilla 'Seleccin' - Elegido - 1.85
Vino blanco D.O. Valdepeas - Los Molinos - 1.77
Vino tinto de la Tierra de Extremadura Joven - El Hayedo - 1.35
Vino tinto de la Tierra de Castilla 'Seleccin' - Elegido - 1.85
Vino blanco D.O. Valdepeas - Los Molinos - 1.77
Sharon Bowman
Sharon Bowman
And what do you have to say about what's in the bottles?
This from Decanter.com, today:
"UK supermarket chain 99p Stores' plans to sell wine for 99p a bottle, to the dismay of some alcohol awareness professionals.
The discount retailer is applying for alcohol licences, and, if approved, could be selling 0.99 wine later this year.
At that price, the wine would be less than half the price of the next cheapest supermarket offer Asda's Emilio Rosso Lambrusco at 2.08."
"UK supermarket chain 99p Stores' plans to sell wine for 99p a bottle, to the dismay of some alcohol awareness professionals.
The discount retailer is applying for alcohol licences, and, if approved, could be selling 0.99 wine later this year.
At that price, the wine would be less than half the price of the next cheapest supermarket offer Asda's Emilio Rosso Lambrusco at 2.08."
Scott Kraft
Scott Kraft
originally posted by VS:
This from Decanter.com, today:
"UK supermarket chain 99p Stores' plans to sell wine for 99p a bottle, to the dismay of some alcohol awareness professionals.
The discount retailer is applying for alcohol licences, and, if approved, could be selling 0.99 wine later this year.
At that price, the wine would be less than half the price of the next cheapest supermarket offer Asda's Emilio Rosso Lambrusco at 2.08."
Of course they don't say what size bottle. I guess you're assuming 750ml, but I wouldn't. Dollar stores and their like use sizing as a tactic in getting something that's that cheap but still has margin.
originally posted by Sharon Bowman: He said his sweet spot was now wines at 14 to 19. I agree. They get good, there. There's stuff going on.
Depends on the region of course, but yes that makes sense.
Sharon Bowman
Sharon Bowman
originally posted by VS:
This from Decanter.com, today:
"UK supermarket chain 99p Stores' plans to sell wine for 99p a bottle, to the dismay of some alcohol awareness professionals.
The discount retailer is applying for alcohol licences, and, if approved, could be selling 0.99 wine later this year.
At that price, the wine would be less than half the price of the next cheapest supermarket offer Asda's Emilio Rosso Lambrusco at 2.08."
More cheap wine woes.
(Sigh, Daily Mail reporting, though: what precisely is "13 per cent proof"?)
Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
Proof is double abv, isn't it?
Sharon Bowman
Sharon Bowman
Yes, Ian. It is. So 13% of .5 would be...?
Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
An incomplete education.originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
what precisely is "13 per cent proof"?)
Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
Yes, Ian. It is. So 13% of .5 would be...?
Doh!