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I've had a pretty duff day...
My smallest child was a menace all day and it's done me in (he ended his splendid 12 hour run of rage inducing mayhem by putting a hole through the cone of a cherished and irreplaceable loudspeaker)
My girlfriend is working late so I thought I'd get a couple bottles of vino in, one for me and one for her when she gets home, but I decided to apply my new austere approach to wine purchases..
After a couple of sub £4 success stories in co-op lately I got brave and went for an offer in the corner shop - two bottles of Italian Merlot for £7.50
It tastes like a very coarse blend of red wine and scrumpy, although now I'm on the second glass, like scrumpy, it's got a certain appeal..
She's gonna kill me
what should I do?
Drink the evidence
When did you last clean your drains? (Not a euphemism)
Get down the shop agen and get something half decent? Buy cheap buy twice 😉
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One more glass... just to be sure
so I thought I'd get a couple bottles of vino in, one for me and one for her
Binge drinker,you get what you deserve !
I feel your pain done this myself on a few bitter occasions.Better to have one good bottle than two cr*p ones ime.When I find a decent cheap wine (£3.99 Lidl Shiraz or Morrison's Shiraz/Malbec Cape something or other £3.99 )I stick with it and if it ain't available I splash out on the £5.99 or £6.99 shelf,Lindemanns or Wolfblass.
Wine connoisseurs feel free to scoff.
One more glass... just to be sure
Stick with it. I've found some of these wines an acquired taste that you only begin to [s]tolerate[/s]appreciate as you move on to the second bottle.
Bad wine is the perfect accompaniment to a bad day. Go for hte package
It tastes like a very coarse blend of red wine and scrumpy
Could be corked. What did it smell like?
Wet paper bag = bad, berry/cherry = good.
Or it might just have been crap wine.
By the time you've paid for glass, labelling, bottling and transport there's not a lot left out of £3.75 for the actual wine.
You should have bought some duct tape [i]yesterday![/i] 😆
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