Warning ! ( wine content )

[PaddyM]

Do not go wine tasting in St Emilion it can severely damage your wallet !

We bought all three after the tasting

 

[Orion]

Did you get a discount because they were half empty by then?

Seriously though, how big a dent did they put in your wallet?

 

[Nigel Crompton]

A case of each .. ??

 

[DavidG58]

We have also fallen for these ‘free stopover’ tastings

 

[Just smiffy]

I love St Emilion but don’t buy it much (expensive) but I did bring back a nice bottle when I was last out there, still waiting for an occasion to drink it….

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[scotjimland]

ha ha .. misread, thought it was a whine warning

 

[DavidG58]

This just reminded me we found a bottle of St Emilion going through mums stuff this week

Any of you experts is it now too old or too expensive to drink

 

[Diabalo]

This just reminded me we found a bottle of St Emilion going through mums stuff this week

Any of you experts is it now too old or too expensive to drink

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It will be rubbish, best send it me so I can clean me toilet after it's been processed through me.

 

[Just smiffy]

This just reminded me we found a bottle of St Emilion going through mums stuff this week

Any of you experts is it now too old or too expensive to drink

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Having a quick google it without finding the exact one but similar are anything from €22 -€500…

 

[PaddyM]

Did you get a discount because they were half empty by then?

Seriously though, how big a dent did they put in your wallet?

£98 , tho tbh the money was my birthday money , for the three bottles .
Beautiful wine tho .

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[Dorwyn]

Do not go wine tasting in St Emilion it can severely damage your wallet !

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We bought all three after the tasting

Couldn't make your mind up?
Reminds me I went to a Cave wine tasting of expensive wine, tasted back over 10 or more years (maybe not every year). Kept changing my mind, settled on a good average taste. Bought a bottle at about £40, walked into the bright sun feeling a little mellow, and wondered why the presentation bag was chinking. Yep, I'd got two for the price of one. The salesman must've been even more mellow!

 

[scotzsue]

I love St Emilion but don’t buy it much (expensive) but I did bring back a nice bottle when I was last out there, still waiting for an occasion to drink it….

We like nice wines, and sometimes get the stuff we wouldn't pay for in gifts.
Went for a bottle of wine a few weeks ago, i struggle to reach where they are kept and grabbed first one i came to. Can't remember the meagre meal we were having but it didn't justify the wine.
Coming to the point now, despite having been stored, we thought, correctly bottom up wine touching the cork, it was only just damp, tasted fine, but we have a few nice bottles to get through, don't save it, any time you want a nice wine is a suitable occasion.

 

[frwjd]

This just reminded me we found a bottle of St Emilion going through mums stuff this week

Any of you experts is it now too old or too expensive to drink

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A 1995 Cordier Collection Privee would fetch circa 14 euros

 

[DavidG58]

A 1995 Cordier Collection Privee would fetch circa 14 euros

Thanks

Will pour through a sieve and drink it then

 

[frwjd]

Thanks

Will pour through a sieve and drink it then

Could well be good if stored well.

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[Norfolk Nige]

Just looked at it on vivino, it’s around £20 a bottle

 

[Langtoftlad]

Probably past it's best - 99 Bordeaux matured faster than expected
Still drinkable

 

[denisejoe]

Daughter won a bottle of st Emilion in a firms raffle 1960 something it was undrinkable tasted horrible should have just put it on Ebay

 

[The Wino]

This just reminded me we found a bottle of St Emilion going through mums stuff this week

Any of you experts is it now too old or too expensive to drink

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If it's been kept in a centrally heated house with the bottle upright cross your fingers and drink it soon! Should be horizontal to keep the cork swollen and seal the bottle and in a place with a stable temperature and highish humidity in the dark.

 

[Folkranger]

I've refined my wine taste to the point where I will now only drink Sainsburys House.

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[Lenny HB]

Yep it's happened to us too.

Another time bought a case in an Auchan when we got the checkout I thought bill was a bit high.
The signs above the stacks of wines on offer had been moved. I though I was buying at €5 a bottle they were €28 a bottle, ouch.

 

[RedFrame]

Do not go wine tasting in St Emilion it can severely damage your wallet !

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We bought all three after the tasting

I only see one, I hope the other two were of similar quality...

Cheers
Red...

 

[Lenny HB]

I've refined my wine taste to the point where I will now only drink Sainsburys House.

Must be rich buying wine in the UK.

 

[Folkranger]

Must be rich buying wine in the UK.

£4.50 to £5.50 a bottle

 

[Lenny HB]

£4.50 to £5.50 a bottle

Expensive, some Spanish ones we like are €1.70 to €2 same ones in the UK £5.

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[Widge]

I am definitely no expert but I learnt a long time ago, if you want a wine that is even half drinkable you have to have a digit before the decimal point. Tried a 0.99€ bottle of red once, 1.99€ and upward can be quite drinkable especially if you have already drunk a bottle of something reasonably decent beforehand.
Hic hic

 

[Folkranger]

I am definitely no expert but I learnt a long time ago, if you want a wine that is even half drinkable you have to have a digit before the decimal point. Tried a 0.99€ bottle of red once, 1.99€ and upward can be quite drinkable especially if you have already drunk a bottle of something reasonably decent beforehand.
Hic hic

There are few wines I don't like. Just some I like from the off and others after a couple of glasses.

 

[Brains]

I have a friend who has taken to buying expensive wines by the case.

He always buys two cases, keeps them a few years and then sells one case and drinks the other.
He 'claims' he drinks for free, as the resale value is more than twice the original cost.

I've looked into the actual bottles, and whilst I don't think it's actually true, selling the second case defiantly
subsidises well over half the first case

He uses the Berry Bros exchange for anyone that wants to play the game.
(Wine is held in bond, so you don't pay for import until you either order a case delivered to your house, or you sell it)

(You may not win, but you can't loose! as worst case is you 'have' to drink a lot of very nice top of the range wine!)

 

[AJM2]

I have a friend who has taken to buying expensive wines by the case.

He always buys two cases, keeps them a few years and then sells one case and drinks the other.
He 'claims' he drinks for free, as the resale value is more than twice the original cost.

I've looked into the actual bottles, and whilst I don't think it's actually true, selling the second case defiantly
subsidises well over half the first case

He uses the Berry Bros exchange for anyone that wants to play the game.
(Wine is held in bond, so you don't pay for import until you either order a case delivered to your house, or you sell it)

(You may not win, but you can't loose! as worst case is you 'have' to drink a lot of very nice top of the range wine!)

It’s absolutely true, I’ve done it for the last c30 years. I have a few old cases of Cheval Blanc in the cellar that owe me nothing and I’m looking forward to finding an excuse to get into them and others. The key is to go for top quality wines (I’ve always focussed on the 1st growths in the Bordeaux region) and good reputable merchants with a long history (not fly by nights who offer you cases for a few hundred £’s less but who won’t be around when you go looking for them).