Brexit - wine

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  1. fir

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    Seriously struggling to find anything remotely drinkable/ affordable.
    Some seriously terrible wines.
     
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    If Brexit was a wine, it would be Jam Shed.
     
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    I'm not a wine drinker myself (apart from Yate's sweet Australian white) but there doesn't seem to be any kind of shortage looking at the shelves in Tesco and M&S.
     
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    Or Blue Nun!
     
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    Decent Spanish White Rioja for about £6.00 in Aldi. Not a Brexit benefit - as there are none.
     
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    Lidl is my go to place for wine. Usually pick up something decent for around £7/8. Recently has some good Reisling that went down a little too well.
     
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    Or Vinegar.
     
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    Much prefer Australian, New Zealand, Chilean wine to anything French.
     
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    Everything we generally buy has gone up in price, there’s still plenty of decent wine about but we’re paying more for it.
     
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    Yes I find where I used to pay £5 or £6 for a reasonably ok bottle of everyday drinking wine I see to be paying more like£9 or £10 for the same quality these days. Still at least I’m drinking less
     
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    There’s a wine importer on Twitter (name escapes) who posts about the difficulties and extra cost of post Brexit trade.

    It’s really interesting, but obviously he’s got it all wrong, it’s just us silly Remoaners that are making it difficult for ourselves.
     
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    bernabei.co.uk
    Buy direct from Italy.Excellent selection,some real good value to be had.Pre Brexit an order took 6 to 10 days,now around 3 weeks,but worth waiting for.Free delivery over £75 .
     
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    One of my wife's favourites, however, in Spain we were buying better ones for just over 2 euros a bottle....
     
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    Blue Nun .. being from Germany then.:D
     
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    A nice strong cider is a good alternative with a meal. Aspall's Premier Cru is a good example; Weston's Vintage (acknowledgements Thetykester) is another. Cheaper, more reliable and less dehydrating than cheaper unreliable plonk.
     
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    Think this is the answer tbh. I went in Co Op last night and there was virtually nothing other than Blossom Hill which i refuse to refer to as wine.

    I think cider might be the answer.
     
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    It's a slippery slope; you'll be on meths next.;)
     
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    What sort of thing are you into?

    lidl and aldi offers brilliant value especially on whites at around the £7 mark
     
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    You’ll never go far wrong with a NZ Marlborough ..
    Brancott Estate is £8 approx
     
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    Yes, I’m fine if I buy from either of those.
    Chenin Blanc
    Pinot Gris

    Asda/ Tesco and Coop are shocking though.
    You can smell the sulphur as soon as you open their white wines.
    And ever since covid, red wine tastes like vanilla!
     
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