Great booze on special offer

[V8mate]

Have you been tempted to try a new wine, beer or cider because of a retailer's special offer and discovered that it's really yummy?

How about we keep these finds in one thread?

I'll kick off with this most drinkable bubbly I found today:


Retailer: Waitrose
Price: £7.49
Name: Lindauer Sauvignon Blanc Brut
Drink type: Sparkling (e.g. Red, white, rose, sparkling, ale, lager, cider, etc.)
Detail: A sparkling, NZ Sauvignon Blanc

[hornetrider]

I bought some of that for the mrs this weekend. How do you rate it next to Cavas around that budget, Jacobs sparkling etc?

[Pints]

hornetrider said:

I bought some of that for the mrs this weekend. How do you rate it next to Cavas around that budget, Jacobs sparkling etc?

I rate cat piss fairly highly compared with Cavas.

[V8mate]

Pints said:

I rate cat piss fairly highly compared with Cavas.

I've never found a Spanish or Italian wine I've particularly liked; sparkling or otherwise.

The NZ fizz in my OP is very smooth and drinkable. Good party pop or 'just because you want to' drink. It is labelled as 'Brut', but I'd say it's closer to Dry.

Edited by V8mate on Sunday 11th September 20:41

[GWC]

Try Freixenet Excelencia Cava, it's very good, pops up on offer every so often in the major supermakets.

[majordad]

Brut is dry surely ?

[V8mate]

majordad said:

Brut is dry surely ?

It's extra dry.

[Mark Benson]

"The Ned" Pinot Noir in Co-op at the moment at (IIRC) £7.99.

I think you can also get this in Waitrose, as my wife recognised the name and bought a couple of bottles when she was in the Co-op as it was on offer, sure I've paid over a tenner for it in the past.

Lovely fruity but deep flavour, had it with a slow roasted shoulder of lamb with red cabbage and greens at the weekend, complemented it beautifully.

No shots of the bottles, we drank them

[Rooster]

recently got 4 bottles of Nicolas Feuillante Grand Reserve Brut Champagne in the bargain bucket at Tesco for £4.50 a bottle, bargain of the century.

Edited by Rooster on Tuesday 13th September 22:42

[Hoover.]

Rooster said:

recently got 4 bottles of Nicolas Feuillante Grand Reserve Brut Champagne in the bargain bucket at Tesco for £4.50 a bottle, bargain of the century.

Edited by Rooster on Tuesday 13th September 22:42

Long time no see girl ... how you doing

[V8mate]

Pretty hard to get a bad wine from the Marlborough area of NZ, but this one, on special offer at £5.49 from Tesco is a great ambassador.

Light, quite fruity (lemony, gooseberry) and easy drinking; with a light meal, as an aperitif or just because you want to.

Retailer: Tesco
Price: £5.49
Name: Wairau Cove, Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc
Drink type: White wine
Detail: NZ Sauvignon Blanc

[deeen]

V8mate said:

Pretty hard to get a bad wine from the Marlborough area of NZ, but this one, on special offer at £5.49 from Tesco is a great ambassador.

Light, quite fruity (lemony, gooseberry) and easy drinking; with a light meal, as an aperitif or just because you want to.

Retailer: Tesco
Price: £5.49
Name: Wairau Cove, Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc
Drink type: White wine
Detail: NZ Sauvignon Blanc

Plus another 5% off if you buy 6, offer ends Tuesday.

[Noger]

V8mate said:

majordad said:

Brut is dry surely ?

It's extra dry.

Ah, but it isn't. Extra dry is between Brut and Dry.

I suspect Lindauer lies on the boundary between Brut and ED, and Brut sounds more champagne-like so they went with that.

Dry can easily be not dry at all, which is confusing

[V8mate]

Noger said:

V8mate said:

majordad said:

Brut is dry surely ?

It's extra dry.

Ah, but it isn't. Extra dry is between Brut and Dry.

I suspect Lindauer lies on the boundary between Brut and ED, and Brut sounds more champagne-like so they went with that.

Dry can easily be not dry at all, which is confusing

I was simply trying to emphasise that Brut is drier than 'Dry'.

[Noger]

Ohh, I see. Irony, eh

My apologies. Given you have dismissed two great wine making countries out of hand, think Lindauer is dry (it would need probably double the residual sugar to get there) you may forgive me for thinking your wine knowledge was as uneducated as your palate.

[cqueen]

Someone bought me a bottle of port for my birthday, 'I'll never drink that' I thought. Turns out I love the stuff!

[V8mate]

Rather a nice little basket from Waitrose this morning.

They are running a 25% off offer on all wines and champagnes at the moment (6 bottle minimum purchase). That's rather nice on its own but as we were leaving the housethe postman delivered a letter/mailshot thing from Waitrose which had a 10% off all purchases card in it - valid until 4th November.

So, 3 bottles of Crozes Hermitage, 2 bottles of Cloudy Bay and one of Pouilly Fume, normal total price £82.44 were had for £55.65.

Happy Christmas!

[GWC]

Have they got Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc or is it the Chardonnay?

[V8mate]

Sauvignon Blanc. Shelf price £18.99 - and then 25% off if you get into the six bottle deal (which can be a mixed buy)

[GWC]

Cheers, I'll take a trip down there.