British Wine

[max26758]

We recently won a bottle of Yellow Creek British Red wine which proved to be very popular with our guests. I wondered if anyone knows where it can be purchased - either supermarkets or on-line. It was 8% strength. We would really like some more if possible.

[mccfluff]

scroll down to british flag, is that it?

http://www.bournemout...de.cgi/orderWine.html

[mccfluff]

might be sold in netto

[max26758]

Thank you mccfluff. I have looked at their site and it states that it is only delivered to licenced premises so I presumed they only dealt with businesses.

[mccfluff]

the only other things i can see is the brand is
http://www.icbrands.c...62/page61/page61.html

and there are a few peopel sayign they bought it in netto but their posts were 2010

[Buenchico]

'British wine' is normally revolting. (It's a blend of imports from many countries). However it might be worth trying the one sold in Tesco (which might even be the same one - the name certainly sounds familiar to me). I was looking at it only last night. It's 8% ABV, selling for £3.49 per bottle, or 2 bottles for £5.00

I can't tell you whether it's any good because I opted to stick with Tesco's Reka Valley Bulgarian Merlot (£3.19, 12.5% ABV and extremely 'gluggable'!)

[237SJ]

There`s plenty of British (English) wine produced here Chris (Denbies for example). Due to the low quantities produced it`s quite expensive though. We recently had Balfour Sparkling Rose which was with a great fanfare about how we would be the first company to showcase British sparkling wine. It lasted about a month. People prefered the Laurant-Perrier Grand Siecle. Can`t think why!!

[Buenchico]

237SJ:
Please don't confuse 'British wine' with 'English wine'!!!

The law permits producers to sell wine as 'British' as long as it's bottled in the UK. As I've stated above, such products are usually revolting. (They're also inconsistent. You might buy one bottle which consists mainly of French Cabernet Sauvignon wine, whereas the next bottle of the same brand can be mainly Greek wine from Xinomavro grapes).

However the law only allows producers to call wines 'English' if the grapes have been grown here. They're almost universally of good quality but, because of low crop yields, often significantly more expensive than comparable wines from sunnier countries.

Chris