The WINE thread

[laoislad]

Things I don't understand in business #2.307.

How is it possible for someone in California to grow, pick, thresh and ferment 500 grapes, get a bottle, put the liquid in it, print and plonk a label on it, put in a crate, send the crate to a port, get it imported to the UK, pay duty, get it distributed to a wholesaler, get it distributed to a seller, and still make money when selling it at £3.99?

They don't do one bottle at a time 

I watched a documentary the other night,can't remember what station but it was about wine coming to the UK from Australia. It comes in massive 24000 litre bags that are then shipped over and the bottling is done in the UK somewhere.

[gerry]

love a bottle chasse du pape when the wallet allows it. 

[5 Sams]

love a bottle chasse du pape when the wallet allows it.

Got a couple of bottles for my birthday earlier this yearGerry. One was gorgeous and the other was average.

[Mickey Linden]

I'm a recent enough convert to white wine. I was all a Buckfast man in my youth and never thought I would progress to the so called more sophisticated stuff. I have to say I really enjoy a glass of white wine these days particularly anything from the marlbourgh region. A glass of white is some job when ur dying with a hangover too. Glass before bedtime and u sleep like a legend!

[JoG2]

Things I don't understand in business #2.307.

How is it possible for someone in California to grow, pick, thresh and ferment 500 grapes, get a bottle, put the liquid in it, print and plonk a label on it, put in a crate, send the crate to a port, get it imported to the UK, pay duty, get it distributed to a wholesaler, get it distributed to a seller, and still make money when selling it at £3.99?

They don't do one bottle at a time 

I watched a documentary the other night,can't remember what station but it was about wine coming to the UK from Australia. It comes in massive 24000 litre bags that are then shipped over and the bottling is done in the UK somewhere.

Supermarket Secrets I think that was. Those big bags of wine were mad.

[thewobbler]

24,000 litres. Farkin hell.

That's 32,000 bottles of the stuff. Or, if you drank one every night, about 88 year's worth. And if it's the good stuff, every year it would just taste that little better too!

[Tony Baloney]

24,000 litres. Farkin hell.

That's 32,000 bottles of the stuff. Or, if you drank one every night, about 88 year's worth. And if it's the good stuff, every year it would just taste that little better too!

Or a Bank Holiday weekend for Milltown Row.

[Milltown Row2]

24,000 litres. Farkin hell.

That's 32,000 bottles of the stuff. Or, if you drank one every night, about 88 year's worth. And if it's the good stuff, every year it would just taste that little better too!

Or a Bank Holiday weekend for Milltown Row.

Its good for you sure😆

[amanda]

Sauigon fine for.the price.

[Jell 0 Biafra]

Things I don't understand in business #2.307.

How is it possible for someone in California to grow, pick, thresh and ferment 500 grapes, get a bottle, put the liquid in it, print and plonk a label on it, put in a crate, send the crate to a port, get it imported to the UK, pay duty, get it distributed to a wholesaler, get it distributed to a seller, and still make money when selling it at £3.99?

Illegal latin American workers. Treated like slaves, and, at times, wages/passports withheld.  You can always make a profit if you keep your costs that low...

[Tony Baloney]

Got myself a few bottles of Campo Viejo Rioja Reserva and Oyster Bay on recommendation of this thread. Smooth and cosmopolitan bastard, me.

[laoislad]

Got myself a few bottles of Campo Viejo Rioja Reserva and Oyster Bay on recommendation of this thread. Smooth and cosmopolitan b**tard, me.

#knob

[Tony Baloney]

Got myself a few bottles of Campo Viejo Rioja Reserva and Oyster Bay on recommendation of this thread. Smooth and cosmopolitan b**tard, me.

#knob

Hashtag? What year is it?

[Rois]

Chablis for me. I'm def not a wine snob but that's my wine of choice.

I'm currently in New Zealand and going to do a wine tour in Hawkes Bay in a few days. For "wine tour" read "legitimate excuse to drink wine without dinner".

[gallsman]

Chablis for me. I'm def not a wine snob but that's my wine of choice.

I'm currently in New Zealand and going to do a wine tour in Hawkes Bay in a few days. For "wine tour" read "legitimate excuse to drink wine without dinner".

That's called Friday night telly in my house.