Wine of the week!

[NoMercy]

My nomination for Wine of The Week is Quincey Oscar Brilliant, £9.39 in Morrisons. This Sauvignon Blanc from the Loire is fresh yet mighty on the palate with tropical and citrus fruit aromas and a lasting mineral flavour. Enjoy on its own or with fresh fish, pasta and tomato sauces or a selection of cheeses.

I tried the St. Emilion 2010 as recommended by CD and my first impression was... err... unmistakably French! However, the wine improved with each glass which only serves to illustrate that wines of that nature should ALWAYS be decanted. On the whole, a nice enough Red.

Any wine suggestions to share?

[The Builder]

NoM ............ I usually get a few bottles with the supermarket order .......... half-price offers. I have a great Chablis going at the moment .......... £6.95 o)

[NoMercy]

Thank you, Triggs, it's nice to have someone appreciate my recommendations, and I would love to hear others' recommendations too.

Builder - I do love a good Chablis! Morrisons have recently been selling their own label on offer.

Tesco have got some great Spanish wine from Cadíz on offer atm. I'm not sure if it's 3 for £10 or £12 but I'm going to stock up next time I'm in. The mere mention of the Verdejo grape makes me go weak at the knees! ;-)

[Mick-Talbot]

i've tasted your recommendations , and then gone back to my lidl wine

ta anyway.

[The Builder]

NoM ...............

http://www.waitrosewi...30201491/Product.aspx

[NoMercy]

Lol, Mick. :-) It would only be polite of me to try your Lidl wine in that case...

Cheers for the link, Builder! Btw, Pouilly-Fuissé is another fine example of a French Chardonnay, but I'm still looking around for offers on that.

[NoMercy]

That Palacio wine is very enjoyable and easy drinking. I've tried it in the past and it had an abundance of tropical fruit on the palate with lovely herbaecous, grassy flavours and hints of fennel. Very nice, indeedy!

[Mamyalynne]

NOM - Ocado have Pouilly Fuisse Thibert 2009 included in their current 25% off when you buy 6 bottles, still pricey but if you love it then why not.

[bibblebub]

Region, year and variety doesn't mean that it tastes any good, it just means that you can recognise it as being a more expensive wine and then be mug enough to go along with the higher price = better quality nonsense.

[NoMercy]

Mamya, you're a gem! Thanks for the info.

I've not tried them, Red. I will look them up.

Pixi - I often opt for a nice German Riesling. Tesco were selling one in their Finest range around Xmas time - very, very nice.

[AB Editor]

Afternoon.

Anyone ever had the amusingly named: Chat-en-Oeuf before? Picked it up the other day and plan to give it a crack this evening with a couple of friends.

I can recommend it's label at this point!

Spare

[NoMercy]

Bibble, is it wrong to have the sort of palate where you can distinguish between grape, year and region? It's not about nonsense or anything like that, it's about preference. The more wines you try, the more educated you become on wine. Some wines are a rip off, I grant you, but some are worth the higher price tag.

[NoMercy]

Lol Ed! I expect there will be a picture of a cat and an egg on the label.

:-))

[Ellipsis]

Anybody who buys wine can afford a £10 bottle - they just have to buy fewer bottles. The tax on pricier wines is lower than on the cheap stuff ...

See the table on this page to see exactly what you're paying for when you buy a cheap bottle of wine:

http://www.thirtyfift...ight-wine-pricing.asp

The taxes on a £5 bottle of wine are 56% of its price. On a £10 bottle of wine, they're 38% of its price...

If you spend a fiver on a bottle of wine, about 50p is on the wine itself - 10%. If you spend a tenner, it's about three quid - 30%. So you're getting a six times more expensive product for only twice the price...

[Ankou]

hmm ab ed, that sounds a bit like the 'goats do roam in villages 2004' i had a while back.

i quite like a white wine in morrissons called valentino or summink, only 3.79 but it tastes great on my pallette.

[NoMercy]

Thank you for that, Ellipsis, even I wasn't aware of that!

[AB Editor]

Yep! It's very cute.

What's wrong with you lot? If you don't like wine go start your own thread about something you do like!