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It's that time of year again in the Hynes household that thoughts turn to paying for a summer holiday which seems to go up by a few hundred pounds every year and all the other bits and bobs that rack up over the summer like student travel passes and uniforms, you know how it goes, I'm sure I'm not alone and I consider myself lucky to have the life and people around me that I do and certainly don't want to come across as wallowing in self pity but the fact remains money is tight at the moment and will stay so now until at least August when the thought of Christmas rears it's head again.
So I thought I'd start a thread asking what people consider the best bargains around at the moment in the wine world. As a budget/affordable wine has a wide sweep of scope, especially on a forum where lots of members never seem to drink anything under £20 and a treat is a 30 year old Burgundy with several hundred pound price tag, I thought for purely selfish reasons we could keep it sub £10, as that would be affordable to pretty much everybody who can afford to drink wine.
I'll get the ball rolling with a few really good value wines I've come across recently.
The Society's Exhibition Côte de Brouilly 2015. Really good value. Beaujolais for me is region which has great value right across the board. It used to be really unfashionable, perhaps because there's still a generation who just think of Beaujolais nouveau whenever it's mentioned. I think that's slowly changing and prices will start to go up soon.
Domaine Gayda Flying Solo Red. Leon Stolarski used to sell this and now seems not to which is a shame because I've bought really good value wine off him a few times and used to use Domaine's like Gayda to make up the bulk of an order and then throw in a few more expensive wines from the likes of Domaine Treloar to complete the order.
Ravenswood Lodi old vine zinfandel. My tastes have changed a lot over the years but I've always loved this and probably always will. It's really consistent across vintages as well.
Aldi's Toro Loco. I put this as it's the perfect dirt cheap bbq wine that none wine enthusiast friends and myself can all drink and be happy. To be honest, if I have a bbq with friends or family I'm always cooking anyway and it's the company that's important, not the wine, so I never bother buying the expensive stuff anyway.
For whites, I love the Society's Gruner Veltliner but I tend not to drink a great deal of whites.
None of these offer great complexity just solid value in my opinion.
So I thought I'd start a thread asking what people consider the best bargains around at the moment in the wine world. As a budget/affordable wine has a wide sweep of scope, especially on a forum where lots of members never seem to drink anything under £20 and a treat is a 30 year old Burgundy with several hundred pound price tag, I thought for purely selfish reasons we could keep it sub £10, as that would be affordable to pretty much everybody who can afford to drink wine.
I'll get the ball rolling with a few really good value wines I've come across recently.
The Society's Exhibition Côte de Brouilly 2015. Really good value. Beaujolais for me is region which has great value right across the board. It used to be really unfashionable, perhaps because there's still a generation who just think of Beaujolais nouveau whenever it's mentioned. I think that's slowly changing and prices will start to go up soon.
Domaine Gayda Flying Solo Red. Leon Stolarski used to sell this and now seems not to which is a shame because I've bought really good value wine off him a few times and used to use Domaine's like Gayda to make up the bulk of an order and then throw in a few more expensive wines from the likes of Domaine Treloar to complete the order.
Ravenswood Lodi old vine zinfandel. My tastes have changed a lot over the years but I've always loved this and probably always will. It's really consistent across vintages as well.
Aldi's Toro Loco. I put this as it's the perfect dirt cheap bbq wine that none wine enthusiast friends and myself can all drink and be happy. To be honest, if I have a bbq with friends or family I'm always cooking anyway and it's the company that's important, not the wine, so I never bother buying the expensive stuff anyway.
For whites, I love the Society's Gruner Veltliner but I tend not to drink a great deal of whites.
None of these offer great complexity just solid value in my opinion.
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