| Wines 14:41 - Jan 29 with 2890 views | colinallcars |
Change to alcohol duty starts in 2 days, stronger wines go up by about a quid.
So head off to the shop for a few bottles of your favourite vino collapso. | | | |  |
| Wines on 15:23 - Jan 29 with 2411 views | kensalriser |
Reduced for sparkling wines though, so your Bolly will be cheaper. | |
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| Wines on 15:40 - Jan 29 with 2362 views | derbyhoop |
What about my Moët or Pol roger? | |
| "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the Earth all one's lifetime." (Mark Twain)
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| Wines on 15:42 - Jan 29 with 2356 views | kensalriser |
Fill your boots, all 67p plus VAT cheaper. Sunak got his priorities right. | |
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| Wines on 18:56 - Jan 29 with 2135 views | NewBee |
It's really only that big a rise for Port (£1.30) and Sherry (97p).
For lower alcohol wines you're talking just a few pence extra; for average strength wines around 13%, it's a 20p-30p increase; while for 14% it's +43p and 14.5% it's +54p.
And for some strange reason, when you get to 15%+, the rise is only 11p.
All here: https://www.enotriacoe.com/blog/new-duty-rates-february-2025 | | | |
| Wines on 19:19 - Jan 29 with 2077 views | Boston |
So unless you disconnect the drip, the average middle-class bloke is not going to notice much difference due to his wife's hobby. | |
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| Wines on 20:30 - Jan 29 with 1970 views | Rsole |
If lady petrol is cheaper, then you will be quids in if the lady lunches, monsieur ! | |
| Those possessed by devils, try and keep them under control a bit, can't you ?
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| Wines on 20:34 - Jan 29 with 1944 views | Mick_S |
I love wine. Who’s with me?
Loads of old pony on the label about pineapple and straw and stuff that just isn’t there. | |
| Did I ever mention that I was in Minder? |
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| Wines on 20:44 - Jan 29 with 1918 views | colinallcars |
I've just a particularly steely bottle of Gavi…. | | | |
| Wines on 21:43 - Jan 29 with 1806 views | Boston |
Your pony leaves pineapples in the straw? That's not what mine leaves me! | |
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| Wines on 23:48 - Jan 29 with 1658 views | DannyPaddox |
A 97p rise on Sherry!!! The XTC threads this weekend are gonna be biblical! | | | |
| Wines on 05:58 - Jan 30 with 1538 views | PlanetHonneywood |
It might be sensible and cost-effective to read John 2:1-12 for clues on the chemical formula to turn water into wine. | |
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| Wines on 08:11 - Jan 30 with 1458 views | Metallica_Hoop |
Saying that I paid £8 a neck oil in the Wheatsheaf? (Fullers Ealing) 2 weeks ago.
That's a bottle of Casillero del Diablo!
Murphy's is £5 in the Dublin Castle (or was a month ago) for those who partake. | |
| Beer and Beef has made us what we are - The Prince Regent |
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| Wines on 08:38 - Jan 30 with 1409 views | BklynRanger |
Our neighbour used to work in a hotel and, for whatever reason, has a large store of old wine. Not vintage, just 'old'.
He very kindly gave us a few recently. I tried one on Friday night, a Rioja reserva from M&S - 2006. A good year for it I'm sure.
Anyway the point is, for the first time I finally grasped some of the more unusually daft hints and flavours that people come up with, because this one really did taste of pencils. | | | |
| Wines on 09:01 - Jan 30 with 1380 views | colinallcars |
That's because he bought it in pennsylvania. | | | |
| Wines on 12:08 - Jan 30 with 1264 views | Mick_S |
Jilly Goolden (spelling?) once described a wine as tasting of Heathrow Airport tarmac. Just feck off. | |
| Did I ever mention that I was in Minder? |
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| Wines on 12:15 - Jan 30 with 1237 views | kensalriser |
I look forward to reading John's viticulture tips. | |
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| Wines on 12:22 - Jan 30 with 1223 views | PlanetHonneywood |
Basically, it revolves around the father of the bride in Cana going something like this, 'Crap, we've run out of wine, but we've lots of water. Oi, Jesus, we need a miracle!'
See further the LFW Glossary thread for the QPR equivalent of running out of wine, too. | |
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| Wines on 13:26 - Jan 30 with 1156 views | DannyPaddox |
I’ve had a few heavy-strength stouts and porters on the tarmacadam tasting spectrum.
My favourite Jubbly Golden (sp) was after tasting a white (or maybe a bubbly) she enthused “mm ice cream applauding!” I use that a lot myself now. Except when eating ice cream. | | | |
| Wines on 13:31 - Jan 30 with 1135 views | BklynRanger |
I've always stuck with 'a nun's bicycle' for my tasting notes - works for most of them | | | |
| Wines on 13:52 - Jan 30 with 1100 views | DannyPaddox |
Funnily enough I don’t know if you’ve ever tasted the saddle on a nun’s bicycle but “mm … ice cream applauding” | | | |
| Wines on 14:44 - Jan 30 with 1035 views | qprxtc |
My HBC is still on offer in Tesco. Plus have two litre bottles in back up. It’s my birthday tomorrow and I’m popping into The Pav for a bit.
I’ve got this in hand Daniel. | | | |
| Wines on 14:48 - Jan 30 with 1011 views | TheChef |
I thought you lived in The Pav? | |
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| Wines on 14:58 - Jan 30 with 972 views | qprxtc |
The Pav lives in me baby. | | | |
| Wines on 14:59 - Jan 30 with 966 views | Boston |
Happy Birthday | |
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| Wineshttps://loftforwords.fansnetwork.co.uk/ on 16:36 - Jan 30 with 849 views | NewBee |
Tbf to her, her views were endorsed by a Pope:
https://media.gettyimages.com/id/103656064/photo/pope-kisses-tarmac.webp?s=1024x
And he drank a lot of wine. I mean, he had to be carried around in a chair.
Anyhow, I once participated in a proper winetasting and the first couple of samples didn't do anything for me, while all round me people were talking of pear drops and wet grass etc.
Then the sommelier introduced an Aussie Shiraz, and I immediately said "Leather" (from the bouquet, I suppose).
Anyhow, she congratulated me on my "nose" (if you knew what I look like, you'd appreciate that's the first - and last - time anyone's ever done that) and said that's what she recommends to go with beef. | | | |
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