A small correction: 'oggi' is Italian for 'today'. I suspect that 'Ogio' is a play on that :)
Marco.
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A small correction: 'oggi' is Italian for 'today'. I suspect that 'Ogio' is a play on that :)
Marco.
Tesco have on half price offer the Dino, Pinot Grigio
http://img.tesco.com/Groceries/pi/57...ot_225x225.jpg
Normally £9.99, now £4.99. This is my second favourite Pinot Grigio (the Oggio, being my favourite).
Offer ends 1.1.13.
Do you chaps drink much white wine in the winter time?
I don't. It's definitely much more of a summer drink, served chilled with a nice salad. In the winter time, when it's horrible and cold outside, I want a nice rich, full-bodied red to go with the suitably warm and wholesome food one would generally be eating at this time of year :)
YMMV.
Marco.
I am eating more fish than I used to - it helps with my diet to control my diabetes. Whilst I can, and do, drink a lot of red wine (too much maybe), I find white wine goes better with fish than red.
But in general you are right Marco. During the winter months it's hearty stews, casseroles and coq au vin, which of course require a slurp or two of vin rouge. :)
Exactly! However, I do understand the issue with your dietary requirements :)
Del made a phenomenal Coq au Vin last Saturday, served with celeriac mash and garlic French beans... We used nearly half a bottle of the Médoc, from the case we shared with you, in the sauce. You'd have loved it! :exactly:
Marco.
I agree up to a point. We've just finished a very nice Star & Vine (Lodi, California) 2010 Shiraz. All the usual Shiraz plus-points (to my taste anyway). Sadly, I have no idea how much it was, as it came in a mixed case from Virgin Wines. Generally, we've found the stuff they send to be OK, with a few proper whizz-bangs, but also a few I'd certainly not buy again.
I'll still drink whites at the drop of a hat though! ;)
We do too, if a particular type of food we're eating warrants it, but not as a matter of course, as we might do in the warm summer months :)
Anyway.... NEWSFLASH!!
Just been to Aldi and they've got some FAB 'Super Premium Wines' in for Christmas, the pick of the crop being (which we snaffled some of):
BEAUTIFUL Barolo for ONLY £9.99 a bottle! :eek:
CLASSY Châteauneuf-du-Pape for ONLY £9.99 a bottle! :eek: :eek:
And last but not least, AMAZING AMARONE for a measly £13.99 a bottle!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: :mental:
The latter, given the quality on offer, I can tell you would cost around £30 in a decent wine merchants!!
HURRY NOW WHILE STOCKS LAST!!! :exactly: :hotrod:
Marco.
I assume the CdP is the same Vieux Remparts 2011 we picked up a few bottles of recently?
Sounds promising!
Yup - that's the chap! From experience, it looks like very good value. Are you a fan of Amarone (if you've not had it before, it's suitably 'big-boned', like CdP, but much more intense and powerful)?
If so, I'd definitely grab a bottle or two of it next time you're in! :)
Marco.
Not tried it - but definitely will, given the chance.
Cheers!
I would, if I were you! ;)
Marco.
Thanks for the heads up Marco, I'm off to Aldis tomorrow, be good to get a decent drop in for Xmas
Nice one, Roy. I'm sure you'd love any of those. They also have, worth getting:
Pulingny Montrachet (a superb classic French white burgundy) for £16.99 - a wine that would cost at least another tenner in a 'posh' wine merchants.
A fabulous Margaux Grand Cru Classé for £22.99 - a wine that would cost at least another £10-15 in a 'posh' wine merchants.
And if you like vintage port, a stonking 30-year old Offley, for £37.99!! :eek: :mental:
I paid nearly £60 for something of similar high quality in Tanners, in Shrewsbury (my favourite local wine merchants http://www.tanners-wines.co.uk/) only the other day!
Marco.
I had a nice bottle of a wine yesterday that I'd not tried before.
It was a Domaine des Peyres Blanques - Faugères.
It was 14% but very smooth. I think I'll have to get some more.
I won't tell you the price for fear you'll cry in your cornflakes :D
Spent an hour today at the dentist having some expensive root canal surgery performed, so I thought I would cheer myself up by visiting Aldi to pick up a couple of bottles each of those bargains Marco alerted us to.
Well my local Aldi is out of town, and my visit was fruitless! :steam: All they had on offer was some Chardonnay and a fairly indifferent 2011 Bordeaux!
I was rather looking forward to enjoying some Amarone for my up-coming birthday. Looks like it will have to be a Barolo (at twice Aldi's price!).
You must have a 'classy' Aldi up your way Marco.
Jeez, Barry, that's a nightmare... Did you look in the centre aisle section of the store, where all the 'Christmas special' stuff is, like chocolates and fancy cakes, Stollen, and nuts, etc?
That's where the wines I mentioned are, not in the main wine section. Aldi always do that at this time of year. Maybe that's why you missed it...?
Marco.
P.S What date's your birthday? I seem to remember it's near Del's - hers is on Thursday ;)
Let us know how you get on with Aldi, round 2!
Happy Burpday when it comes, old chap - if you can't get hold of the Barolo or Amarone, we'll keep some for when you next visit :cheers:
Marco.
Did you get to Aldi again, Barry? :)
Marco.
:popcorn:
Marco.
Macro.. have you tried the CDP from aldi?..I was looking at that last week when i was in there..tried a few bottles from elsewhere 2011 the year on the bottle it was so so..BTW need a few bottles of good full bodied red wine for the xmas table what would you go for?
jon
Hi Jon,
I haven't tried the CdP yet, but based on experience and reading the 'heritage' on the wine label, I'm confident it will be a stonker... However, if you can find the Amarone in your local store, that would be even better!
What are you having to eat on Christmas Day (full menu, please)? That way I can give you some suitable recommendations :)
Marco.
Marco... the meats are pork loin and chicken ...the trimmings are roast parsnips and potatoes cooked i goose fat:eyebrows:turnip and carrot mashed together and potatoes home made stuffing ..and pigs in there blankets and peas sprouts:D..
four bottles is the order of the day.. no white wine please
jon
Okies, do you want them all to be powerful, full-bodied types, or would you like half and half, along with some lighter 'fruity' red wines? Also, are you having a starter, such as fish or anything, or just one full-on meat and veg fest, and do you have a preference for wines from any particular country? :)
Marco.
No Margaux to be found ( :( ), but I did pick up a couple bottles each of the
2011 Vieux Remparts, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
http://www.vivino.com/images/all_lab...9_2813_150.jpg
(Normally £17 a bottle, Aldi have it for £9.99.)
The 2008 Antiga Vigna, Amarone della Valpolicella
Can’t find anything on this, but such wines normally sell for between £21 and £35 a bottle. Aldi: £13.99! I’m really looking forward to tasting this. :)
And the 2008 Conventino, Borolo
Can’t find anything on this either, but would expect it to go for around £18 a bottle. Aldi are selling it for £9.99. :)
In ‘lieu’ of the Margaux, I picked up a bottle of the 2009 Château Dasvin-Bel-Air, Haut-Médoc, which ought not to be ‘too shabby’.
http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/media/offer...8_T_a14(1).jpg
(Normally £12 -£15 a bottle, Aldi have it for £9.99. :))
Thanks for the 'heads up' Marco - Nice one!
Well, if you can find the Château Marquis D'Alesme Becker, Margaux, in Aldi, which I mentioned earlier (as shown below), then that would be ideal:
http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers...uys3_27844.htm
*That* will be stunning!! :trust:
I'm not sure where you buy your wine from normally, so I'll throw some names at you of wines that will hit the spot, and you can seek them out.
If it's powerful, full-bodied (and French) that you like, then look for Pomerol, Haut-Médoc, St Emillion Grand Cru Classé, Château Latour, Saint Julien, Pauillac, Côtes de Bourg - these are all collectively known as 'Clarets', from the Bordeaux area of France, and are very intense in flavour, perfect for enjoying with all roast meats and game, although generally red meat is best with them.
The Rhône wines are also pretty intense and powerful, with of course the aforementioned Châteauneuf du Pape. Others of note are Vacqueyras, Crozes Hermitage, Côte Rôtie and Gigondas.
For pork loin and chicken, you could also consider some Burgundy types, such as Gevrey-Chambertin, Nuits-Saint-Georges, Pommard, Mercurey and Côte de Beaune. These are slightly lighter on the palate, but with bags of jammy fruit, and are less 'tannic' than the top Clarets.
If you can find it, you would also love a Lebanese wine called 'Château Musar'. It is unique and very special - definitely something different to blow your mind! :eyebrows:
Our wine rack is full of this stuff at the moment, in readiness for Christmas and New year, so perhaps we could compare notes? :)
Hope this helps, or if you need any more advice, just ask! :cheers:
Marco.
Mmmm! Nuits-Saint-Georges, Côte de Beaune and Vacqueyras. :)
Beside the excellent Lebanese wines, I also have a fondness for Turkish Kavaklideri reds, as well as the excellent Tunisian:
Vieux Magon AOC Mornag 2001
Grapes: 60% Carignan (50 years), 40% Syrah
“Deep red to purple. Warm brooding nose with good depth of fruit. Supple plummy notes, oak and figs, and secondary aromatics: dusty spices and dry earth. Voluptuous palate. Plenty of fine tannins. Rich, viscous and balanced. Not too alcoholic. Fine and persistent with dried berries and cherry on length.”
or the
Vieux Magon AOC Mornag 2002
Grapes: 60% Carignan (50 years), 40% Syrah
“Deeply coloured and more purple than 2001. Fresher nose than 2001 too. Again plummy in style. Syrah influence showing with medicine, spices and pepper over berry fruit. Big on the palate. Plentiful tannins, though not as developed in flavour. A hint of green overlaying, but still very good. Fresher and more primary flavour. Needs time, but he says the 2001 was considered the classic.”
I drank a fair amount of the 2008/9 when I visited Tunisa in 2010 and brought a few bottles back with me. :)
All my Red vino comes from Aldi.. had some nice Merlot tonight (My fav) :eyebrows:
Nice one, dude. Aldi sells some great stuff, including their wines and beers. Some people tend to look down on Aldi and Lidl, rather snobbishly, as being for the 'lower classes', or chavs, but I can assure you, that couldn't be further from the truth!
If you want chavs, go to Asda!! :exactly:
The majority of Aldi's produce is either sourced from Germany, or locally from where the shops are located geographically, most of which is of higher quality than that found in Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury's, etc. It's just cheaper because you're not paying for bullshit fancy displays or brand names with a falsely perceived 'prestige' value. The discerning people shop there ;)
The staff are also far more efficient, especially the lightening speed with which they scan items through the tills, unlike the frustrating 'go slow' policy, permanently adopted by staff in other supermarkets! :rolleyes:
Oh, and M&S is simply for dim-witted Michael Bublé-loving social climbers, with a penchant for infantilism. The only supermarkets that sell notably higher quality merchandise than Aldi, are Waitrose or Booths.
Marco.
I'll second that, the veg is consistently high quality too.
The Saint Emilion on offer at the moment as recommended above is really rather good ....and very moorish!
Marco thank's for you time:)That is one hell of a selection you have put forward mate cheers for that and have a good one:cool:
jon
No worries, matey. There are a lot of different styles in the wines I listed, so if you'd like me to narrow things down a bit, taking into account your tastes, then I can do so.
Also, those are all pretty expensive wines, so if you'd like some high 'SPPV' (slurp-per-pound value) suggestions instead, just shout! :)
Marco.
Lol - you're welcome. I may have expensive tastes in wines, but I only buy the wines in question when I get good deals!
We go once a year on a wine-buying trip to France, and so I pick up most of that stuff (often direct from the vineyard or from the local area) for a fraction of the price you get it here, and it's often much better quality... I like 'win-wins' :eyebrows:
Slurp-per-Pound Value is as important to me with wine, as Sound-per-Pound Value is with hi-fi gear!! ;)
Marco.
Aldi are great, Jon. Pick up a copy of their 'Sparkling Christmas Market' brochure, available in store, and buy anything in it, food or wine, with the absolute confidence that it will be more than bloody good! :exactly:
Yup, we went to France earlier in the year and brought back about 150 bottles of wine, between the four of us, not including beer and cider, aperitifs or food - the car was heaving! :eyebrows:
See here for some pics: http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=19867
Next year we'll be going to France again, but this time en-route to Italy, so the car will be even more heaving, with whole Parma hams and Parmesan cheeses, etc, not to mention some stunning Italian wines!!
Needless to say, in January, we're buying a bigger car! ;)
Marco.
Lol... It'll likely be a BMW or Merc estate, dude, with a BIG roof-rack attached!! We like our creature comforts, too! ;)
We buy the wine, as we're touring around the local area, from wherever we see it and it looks good, from some supermarkets, but also direct from vineyards or from small independent wine merchants in French towns, where you can *really* pick up some fab stuff! Fortunately I speak reasonably good French, so can explain what it is I'm looking for.
The wine that's bought is then taken back and stored at the hotel until the day we're leaving, when it's all packed with military precision into the car! Meanwhile, we enjoy our food and wine in the restaurants in France, when eating out, then it's back home and 'job done'! :cool:
Marco.
There's nothing better, matey! If you drive, you should try it sometime - mind you, it's a bloody long way from North Yorkshire!! :eyebrows:
Marco.
Drive down to Wrexham and join the convoy! ;)
Marco.
I bought a stash of 'Merlot' from Aldi, wasnt expensive but tastes great.They offer some ace cheap wines.
They do indeed, dude. I call them 'gluggers' :)
The other thing is it's piss-easy finding good wine, simply by chucking money at it - far harder to find the good stuff, by not spending much! ;)
Marco.
Lidl are selling the superb La Gauloise Blond (and Ambrée) - a Belgian Ale-style beer by Brasserie Du Bocq, in packs of four, for £4.99...
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/294...blondlarge.png
This a real stonker - think Leffe, but much creamier and smoother! Gorgeous stuff. Thought that some of you might like a 'head's up'. Just pouring myself one now! :barrel: :barrel:
Marco.