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Not your favourite or special occasion best but the nice bottle you open at home in front of the fire and keep stocks of? I never really seem to pick a bad beer, whisky or whiskey but I don’t seem to have much luck with wine. As a guide, Opi Malbec is about the only one I ever return to. What are you glugging?
Aldi. For the price it should taste like battery acid. It definitely doesn’t.
Supermarket or further afield?
Devils Corner Pinot from Tasmania
D'Arenberg Footbolt
Though my random selections have mostly been Chianti or Rioca
https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/Products.htm?articleId=12087&ar=7
I can get through an unhealthy quantity of this and it's ridiculously cheap.
https://groceries.asda.com/product/all-other-grapes/wine-atlas-feteasca-neagra/910001814345
A fabulous drop for a fiver, honestly try it then thank me later.
This is on offer in Morrisons for 7 quid a bottle at the moment. Just having a glass now. It’s bloody lovely!
For quaffable I quite rate a Beaujolais Villages like this https://www.majestic.co.uk/wines/beaujolais-villages-7099
Very easy drinking and suits those who are not ardent red drinkers.
This,
Or this,
Only Bordeaux Reds for me..
Waitrose are knocking these out quite cheaply ATM..
I am far from a wine connoisseur, but i like the Barefoot Merlot. It’s my standard go-to weekday wine.
If i am feeling flush i really enjoy Apothic Red.
Just about to crack open a bottle of Yellow Tail Jammy Red Roo, which i like too.
I bet most red wine lovers will turn their nose up at my choices....
Toro Loco or Jamshed when it's on offer, it's super plummy, probably more for the summer. Loco more suitable for the winter.
I bet most red wine lovers will turn their nose up at my choices….
Fine if you like it.....
The comment from inside the aussie wine side was never buy anything with an animal on the bottle - it's called critter wine, they put the animal on to make it look cute and get rid of the real crap 😉
If i am feeling flush i really enjoy Apothic Red.
Seconded. Good bold New Word flavour.
You can get it from Costco for £47 for six, that's about £7.84 a bottle.
I like the toro loco as well and that campo reserva Rioja
For me chapoutier crozes heritage takes some beating, not cheap cheap but far from pricey. To be honest I've never had a bad bottle under the chapoutier label and their hermitage proper is probably my favorite French red and sensibly priced (not so sensibly priced variants are available).
A good Aglianico can be had for round the 10 mark and is excellent wine generally.
So what is the price point for everyday quaffable ?
Usually anything in a Brown paper bag.
Or a Malbec from Adi.
So what is the price point for everyday quaffable ?
I think the cost is sclerosis, or looking like Adrian Chiles, or both.
19 crimes. Recently discovered and very tasty. Also has an AR app to compliment the back story.
Any montepulciano d’abruzzo that’s a few years old
well. Nearly any
stella artois
Yellow Tail Malbec.
Porta 6 (Majestic sell this).
Both can be had for £6/7 per bottle.
Pillastro primitivo or Cabalie Grenache blend. Both from laithwaites.
For 19Crimes part of
https://www.tweglobal.com/brands
good brand list there, probably coming out of on of their big SA locations, penfolds generally doe a decent drop too though grange might be over the everyday price limit
Pillastro primitivo or Cabalie Grenache blend
Hey, that's my choice! 🙂
A good 2013ish Rioja when the price is right. Any old Merlot and maybe Chiraz of new world.
Though I'm careful with quaffing reds as it's really nice but ends badly.
Another vote for Yellow Tail Malbec. The Shiraz is good too
Oh and the Italians have it right 😉
Refill from the tank in the shop - perfect for young wine really not much oak needed there to get the fruity flavours
I buy Roche Mazet Merlot from France by the box at 9 euro a pop. Tres bien! 🍷
The Wanted Zin from Morrisons.
It's normally £10 but is often on sale for £7 which is when I stock up. It's Italian wine (so Primitivo technically rather than zinfandel,) but aged in American oak. Primitivo/zinfindel just different names for the same thing same as Shiraz/Syrah.
Any Californian Lodi old vine Zinfandel is going to be pretty good but your then talking north of £14.
Campo viejo reserva rioja (the 1 with the orange label,) is very good indeed and if you spot it on offer around £8 it's a must buy.
+1 for Jamshed best wine I've tasted. Lidl's £3.99 Australian Shiraz is my cheap quafable alternative.The Yellow Tails are ok.New world shiraz for me any time now. I used to be a big fan of quality riojas and bordeaux , clarets and Italian chiantis but they all taste too thin and watery to me now.
I'll be drinking QC next at this rate.
Sainsbury's Primitivo...
A fabulous drop for a fiver, honestly try it then thank me later.
funny you should say that - I had never heard of Feteasca Neagra until Friday, when I was in Aldi and picked up a Romanian bottle of Feteasca Neagra / Shiraz for £5.49, just out of curiosity.
I am now a convert and will be back there tonight to grab a couple more!
w.r.t. the OP - our previous quaffing red was also an Aldi bottle - Estevez Cabernet Carmenere (which is actually made by the more well known Concha Y Toro brand) for about £4.80. The one that Binners posted is pretty reliable too!
I've started drinking £4 - £4.50 wines and to be honest most £8 wines are no better. I've also started poor man decanting - poor the first glass then shake the bottle to get air into the wine. Makes it much more drinkable.
Aldi Exquisite Pinot Noir or Malbec. Under £7 and very drinkable.
This for us - which reminds me I must go and stock up, we are getting low.
Ravenswood Old Vines Zinfandel.
https://www.majestic.co.uk/wines/ravenswood-lodi-zinfandel-18641
McQuigan from Aus, all the reds are nice, but I avoid all Shiraz, too spicy for me and beats the crap out my intestines.
Whichever Spanish or Italian is 33% off at Waitrose.
So what is the price point for everyday quaffable ?
Good question.
Anything less than a fiver is probably chemicals saturated in dye. Or massively discounted £8 stuff, in which case go for it.. but even £8 is still IRO chemicals with a bit of wine added.
I’m a snob, no problem about that, so I always look for wine without massive sulphites added or included or anything less than £8. £10+ or discounted £15 bottles are easily available.
Organic wines can be had for £12 in Waitrose, these are always my go-to or I spend a decent amount on n bottles. Local vineyards knocking out £9-£12 English whites easily available.
Its not just the price, it’s the quality. 2 glasses is more than enough IMO and you want to enjoy it not wash your food down with it.. if that’s the case buy a squidgy container and go proper glugfest or drink water.
La Ville Ferme or Campo Viejo reserva when its on offer. Cahors Malbec when on offer too. Aldi again - their D'ouro is good.
Organic wines can be had for £12 in Waitrose, these are always my go-to
If you're after organic, this stuff crops up quite often these days (esp in your local poncy organic shop) for £8-9 and is rather tasty. I visited the vineyard a couple of years back and can testify to its organic-ness!
Anything under 5 quid and over 14%.
Cant say ive ever noticed the front labels.
The second cheapest.