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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Fine wine is wasted on me, and I am happy to drink anything providing it does not taste like battery acid.
I drink mostly red wine nowadays, usually vin de pays at home.
However, when the weather is nice, hot, and sunny, then I would be quite happy to down some chilled Lambrusco, in a pint glass!  |
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By *ezebelWoman
over a year ago
North of The Wall - youll need your vest |
I just like what I like. Sometimes its good stuff and sometimes not. For ages my favourite was a red from tesco at 3.99.
Mmm could just manage a glass or two now come to think of it... |
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i have been known to drink anything and everything offered to me in the past.
i was once put in charge of looking after all the drinks in a club while all my smoking ates went out for a fag - i looked after them real good but didnt get asked to do it again
i cant do posh wine, has to be rose or something tacky fizzy and white for me to drink it, my friend byys me my own stash if she is having a dinner party |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I do like fine wines and champagnes, but not so much of a snob that I can't drink any wine as long as it's not too sweet.
I also like different tasting beers and guinness. vive la difference hic! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"as long as its a medium white wine with lemonade i dont care lol
im pissed on 3 glasses haha
*takes notes*  "
bottle of lambrini and a 19p bottle of diet lemonade from lidl and im yours for the night lmao |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I've had several male friends try to educate my pallet and oft bored me rigid on this wine or that. I tend to stick to rioja and shiraz, but I like Belgian fruit wheat beers and Peroni if I'm having a pizza! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"You'd be amazed at the wine you can get at Oddbins for under a tenner - way ahed of supermarket 'half-price' £5.99 vinegar.
Well worth seeking out a good wine... "
My daughter and her ex were both managers of an oddbins, unfortunately they don't work for oddbins now...but ex son in law still works for a supplier in edin. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I drink mostly red wine nowadays, usually vin de pays at home.
Is 'mostly red wine' the same as rosé? "
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Nope!
Not keen on them, probably because they are usually quite dry.  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I can take or leave wine, only tend to drink it when eating though when i do partake. I adore Stella and Patron Tequila ///although the latter makes me do silly things  "
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Don't get me started on beer and cocktails! |
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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago
dirtybigbadsgirlville |
"I can take or leave wine, only tend to drink it when eating though when i do partake. I adore Stella and Patron Tequila ///although the latter makes me do silly things
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Don't get me started on beer and cocktails! "
Tequila neat please |
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By *uelozCouple
over a year ago
Blackpool |
not a snob but drinks what we like
krug non vintage has to be the best champagne anything else i would use for a kir royal, rose over lots of ice in the summer is great im a chablis person and sue likes her merlot neither of us like the new world wines tho |
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By *ig badMan
over a year ago
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I guess it all depends what you think is a wine snob. I don;t look at labels or prices but i like a decent drop of red or white and don't really like the vinegary stuff. Quite happy with new world vino or any that has a good body and puts a smile on mi face. The only think i ask is you pore it into a pint glass for me to drink it  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I like good wines that have an industry expert cast his or her approval over. I'm not niave enough to know that they earn their living recommending wines but they live or die by those same recommendations - so they must know a thing or two.
Over the years my own palatte has developed and when I know a particular region had a very good year I'll hunt those bottles down with a passion.
Chateau Neuf Du Pape 2006
Any Bordeaux 2009
Those two are worth the money you spend on them but I've been disappointed so many times with Sainsbury's 4.99 bottles of gnat's piss that I trust my own way of selecting wines now.
...plus I've never buy a bottle from a supermarket for 6.99 that's half price of what it usually is - they're lying, if they had a bottle worth £14 they'd sell it for £20. You get what you pay for. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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The most expensive wine I ever had was a bottle of St. Emilion that I had with my ex-husband with our wedding meal.
The wine itself was 3-figures, and was the second cheapest in their stock book.
Completely wasted on me.
The meal was exceptional though! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The most expensive wine I ever had was a bottle of St. Emilion that I had with my ex-husband with our wedding meal.
The wine itself was 3-figures, and was the second cheapest in their stock book.
Completely wasted on me.
The meal was exceptional though! "
If I was to spend £000 on a single bottle of alcohol it would be a brandy, not wine. Now that stuff is just nectar. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"If I was to spend £000 on a single bottle of alcohol it would be a brandy, not wine. Now that stuff is just nectar. "
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They are wasted on me too!
My dad tried to teach me to appreciate brandy, however, I don't like the taste, except when it is part of a Brandy Alexander!  |
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By *mumaWoman
over a year ago
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"The most expensive wine I ever had was a bottle of St. Emilion that I had with my ex-husband with our wedding meal.
The wine itself was 3-figures, and was the second cheapest in their stock book.
Completely wasted on me.
The meal was exceptional though!
If I was to spend £000 on a single bottle of alcohol it would be a brandy, not wine. Now that stuff is just nectar. "
I'm a champagne girl, ask Laine she knows!!! and not moet!!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I like my red wines and have a client who regularly invites me to wine tastings. She tries her best but I always leave non the wiser but very happy and merry! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The most expensive wine I ever had was a bottle of St. Emilion that I had with my ex-husband with our wedding meal.
The wine itself was 3-figures, and was the second cheapest in their stock book.
Completely wasted on me.
The meal was exceptional though!
If I was to spend £000 on a single bottle of alcohol it would be a brandy, not wine. Now that stuff is just nectar.
I'm a champagne girl, ask Laine she knows!!! and not moet!!!"
Viva La Veuve !!! |
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By *mumaWoman
over a year ago
Livingston |
"The most expensive wine I ever had was a bottle of St. Emilion that I had with my ex-husband with our wedding meal.
The wine itself was 3-figures, and was the second cheapest in their stock book.
Completely wasted on me.
The meal was exceptional though!
If I was to spend £000 on a single bottle of alcohol it would be a brandy, not wine. Now that stuff is just nectar.
I'm a champagne girl, ask Laine she knows!!! and not moet!!!
Viva La Veuve !!! "
2 weeks today Loops, then another week of it - hell that's my forum anniversary too, lol xxx |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The most expensive wine I ever had was a bottle of St. Emilion that I had with my ex-husband with our wedding meal.
The wine itself was 3-figures, and was the second cheapest in their stock book.
Completely wasted on me.
The meal was exceptional though!
If I was to spend £000 on a single bottle of alcohol it would be a brandy, not wine. Now that stuff is just nectar.
I'm a champagne girl, ask Laine she knows!!! and not moet!!!
Viva La Veuve !!!
2 weeks today Loops, then another week of it - hell that's my forum anniversary too, lol xxx"
I'm on chai tea and fruit juices just now. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"If I was to spend £000 on a single bottle of alcohol it would be a brandy, not wine. Now that stuff is just nectar.
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They are wasted on me too!
My dad tried to teach me to appreciate brandy, however, I don't like the taste, except when it is part of a Brandy Alexander! "
Oh God No!! Sacriledge!! The only thing you put in a brandy is another one! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Fine wine is wasted on me, and I am happy to drink anything providing it does not taste like battery acid.
I drink mostly red wine nowadays, usually vin de pays at home.
However, when the weather is nice, hot, and sunny, then I would be quite happy to down some chilled Lambrusco, in a pint glass! "
I like a nice wine.. I can tell cheap..and can not stand lambrusco.. its not wine.. its pop...
I never drink wine less than 12% unless rose and then I will settle for 11%.
However I prefer to drink champagne over wine.. and often have a bottle of champagne at the weekend.. however the stuff I really like is £140ish quid a bottle..
Katie.x |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Fine wine is wasted on me, and I am happy to drink anything providing it does not taste like battery acid.
I drink mostly red wine nowadays, usually vin de pays at home.
However, when the weather is nice, hot, and sunny, then I would be quite happy to down some chilled Lambrusco, in a pint glass!
I like a nice wine.. I can tell cheap..and can not stand lambrusco.. its not wine.. its pop...
I never drink wine less than 12% unless rose and then I will settle for 11%.
However I prefer to drink champagne over wine.. and often have a bottle of champagne at the weekend.. however the stuff I really like is £140ish quid a bottle..
Katie.x"
Louis Roederer Cristal? |
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Years ago went to a Champagne tasting evening at the Portland hotel in Manchester. 12 Grand Cru houses.
Everyone was saving the Krug till last, when they opened their bottles everyone was corked, it turned out to be a fault, during bottling, can't remember the exact prob now. Luckily the Portland had a good supply of their own.
If I am preparing dinner, then I will splash out on wines which compliment each course. I have a great recipe for Champagne Granita.
Other than that I tend to make a weekend break in France and buy a good supply to bring home. It is still worth it. |
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