Having been to quite an exciting tasting last Friday I am all about the emerging fine wines.
Quite a few of them were emerging from the front of my trousers after a bit. No spitting out into a bucket for me. Fuck that shit, fuck that shit.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 10:45, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Too right Mr Boyce.
Spitting wine out? That's for silky boys.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 10:46, Reply)

Appreciating fine wines is to me
getting a ten quid rioja on half price offer at Sainsbo's.

I've already had normal coffee ruined for me after trying whole bean coffee, so I daren't go to any wine tastings.
( Kroney, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 10:47, Reply)

Good enough.
Go to Majestic. You have to buy 6 bottles but most of it is a step up from the supermarket.

Get you. Sainsburys.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 10:50, Reply)

Sainsbury's for the staples and Waitrose for the fun stuff.
Waitrose shoppers tend to be horribly snobbish, but the stuff they stock doesn't seem to appear in other supermarkets.
( Kroney, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 10:52, Reply)

I like the cut of your jib.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 10:55, Reply)

Competitively-priced pig-based fatty goodness (well, one out of two ain't bad)
Get two or three of these: pig
Rub'em in plenty of salt and pepper and some woody herbs (sage, thyme, basil, rosemary) and stick in airtight container and refrigerate overnight, then pack fairly tightly into heavy casserole.
Melt a few of these over the meat: lard
Put in a 120 deg C oven for five to six hours.
Eat, trying to keep the fat from dribbling down your chin. Alternatively, home-made rillettes are a possibility.
Goes well with cheap(ish) red too!
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 11:00, Reply)

Needs MOAR fat

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 11:07, Reply)

I'm always looking for sensible suggestions ... do tell?
It's jolly good with Sainbury's Morador Malbec, not bad for about £7.
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 11:17, Reply)

I like wine that I can knock back a bottle of of an evening and still be fine for work the next day.

( girlinthehole, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 10:52, Reply)

Buckfast?

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 10:54, Reply)

Hahaha

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 10:56, Reply)

Pfft!
Valpolicella is nice.
( girlinthehole, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 10:57, Reply)

Hardys Crest Shiraz
Normally £10 but they always have offers on for two for a tenner. Fucking lovely stuff
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 10:55, Reply)

Douros is 2 for £10 at Tescos just now
fackin' laaaarvely.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 10:56, Reply)

I shall look it up at the weekend
I have about £20 of Clubcard vouchers to spend on goodies
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 10:59, Reply)

'they always have offers on for two for a tenner'
This is because it's only really worth a fiver and that's all they expect to get for it. This is also true of Kumala and all those other 'always on offer' supermarket wines. It's a con in exactly the same way as those sofa warehouses are. Yes, legally at some point they're 'full price' - just long enough to fulfil the legal requirements, then then 'discount' them to what was their projected selling price all along.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 11:00, Reply)

I happily pay £5 for it but wouldn't pay a tenner for a glug on a night

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 11:01, Reply)

It's perfectly drinkable and, at a fiver, fairly priced too.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 11:04, Reply)

Decent beers are starting to cost too much now
hence the switch to wine. My gin levels are starting to dip alarmingly now though. I need to test out other spirits.

I had a Jack Daniels the other night but I'm not a fan. Any ideas?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 11:06, Reply)

Likewise the 3 for 2 deal in (the sadly missed) Threshers
They just over-priced everything by a third.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 11:04, Reply)

Oddbins was my favourite wine shop - now also gone I believe.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 11:04, Reply)

Supermarkets have killed the high street offy chain.
Budget Booze isn't good for wine.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 11:16, Reply)

On the subject of supermarkets
does anyone know one that does Provolone? Even the big Tesco near me doesn't, and nor do Waitrose or Sainsburys it appears.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 11:10, Reply)