Wine recommendation

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beejay

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140 posts

199 months

Wednesday 9th December 2009
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Can anyone recommend a decent bottle of white and a rose wine?
Wanting to get a bottle of each for the the outlaws for Christmas. I don't drink wine though so am a little lost!
Aiming to spend about £10 a bottle.

nsa

1,683 posts

229 months

Wednesday 9th December 2009
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From my limited experience Oddbins will sell you a nice bottle of white or rose for £10. Ask the guy behind the counter - I always find them to be very helpful. Most expensive bottles at Tesco or Marks etc should also work because for £10 in a supermarket you'll be buying a quality bottle. If Morrisons or Lidl sell a £10 white, I bet it's a cracker.

Perhaps as important as choosing a good label, you might want to find out how if your inlaws like sweet, medium or dry white wine. I had a v high quality pinot noir white in a restaurant this week but found it to be too heavy for my taste so the money spent was wasted on me.

I would avoid Threshers because I think they're rip-off merchants. Just my opinion.

One more thing: if the inlaws are from a wine producing country, go for their home country wine but do a bit of internet research to find a popular label. No matter how much I spent on a French wine, my Spanish inlaws would rather I poured it down the drain in front of them than accept it as a gift.




beejay

Original Poster:

140 posts

199 months

Thursday 10th December 2009
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Not sure if Shrewsbury is famed for its wine making smile
Thanks for the suggestions tho, I'll try Oddbins

mcflurry

9,101 posts

254 months

Thursday 10th December 2009
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Majestic are also good to talk to. There is a minimum order though (although you can pick up a case of good beer whilst there too)

Don

28,377 posts

285 months

Thursday 10th December 2009
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My advice?

Give one bottle. Pay £20. Buy from a wine merchant and simply ask for a recommendation.

If they are any good they will ask what sort of thing you like (or your in-laws like) or what they might eat with it.

Do you know what their Christmas meal will be? What their favourite food is? This stuff will help you get a bottle they'll talk about later.

There are some lovely, lovely New World wines at around £16.

Truckosaurus

11,367 posts

285 months

Thursday 10th December 2009
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mcflurry said:
Majestic are also good to talk to. There is a minimum order though (although you can pick up a case of good beer whilst there too)
They've recently reduced their minimum purchase to 6 bottles.