Right, i was in sainsburys doing my shopping (as you do...) and was looking for a cheapish bottle of red to use for cooking with our sunday dinner. As i was browsing the shelves i was drawn to something which made me do a double take in, on the bottom shelf they had plastic bottles of wine. Not so unusual i hear you say, well maybe not, but when i say plastic bottle, i mean the ribbed ones in which you get 2 litres of vegetable oil, ot the extra large bottles of mineral water.
Now i'm not normally an over the top snob (though i do have my snobbish ways) this just seemed so wrong.
Has anyone else seen them? Ami being a right OTT snob?????

Right, i was in sainsburys doing my shopping (as you do...) and was looking for a cheapish bottle of red to use for cooking with our sunday dinner. As i was browsing the shelves i was drawn to something which made me do a double take in, on the bottom shelf they had plastic bottles of wine. Not so unusual i hear you say, well maybe not, but when i say plastic bottle, i mean the ribbed ones in which you get 2 litres of vegetable oil, ot the extra large bottles of mineral water.
Now i'm not normally an over the top snob (though i do have my snobbish ways) this just seemed so wrong.
Has anyone else seen them? Ami being a right OTT snob?????


Wine still wine,whatever its in. Its what it tastes like that matters.Mind you I do like a nice looking bottle & label.I often spend time looking at all the labels on bottles in Tescos.

In rural europe you would typically take an empty plastic bottle to your local shop and get if filled up with wine for 50p.

It's quite nice!

HOWEVER

I would suspect this wine your talking about is to be compared to tescos better buy 2% lager. The kind of stuff you would get given in a church raffle.

i only noticed that one was a merlot - wish i knew somewhere to get filled up for 50p tho - perhaps i was a tad hasty...

whats the best wine thats white and sweet (like lambrussco) but i find lambrussco a bit tangy.

not too expensive :>)

Hope the plastic was "0" grade, not one for drinking commercial ****e moreso if its oxidised :gag: :gag:

I like a nice bottle but if push came to shove .... id suck a good claret out of a sponge :hihi:

If wine can come in those awful boxes why not plastic bottles they can still be recycled

I always say that the first bottle of wine you have should be a good one. After that, you really don't notice the difference unless its truely vile, but by then you'll probably still drink it anyway. Also, you could put it in a pretty caraffe and nice glasses. It's mostly about presentation and airing...!

I buy all my wine from my local shop they have agreat selection and the quality for the price is very good. I am drinking a bottle of Bellingham-pinotage at the moment it cost £3.99 and its fantastic.

If wine can come in those awful boxes why not plastic bottles they can still be recycled

I have had wine in plastic bottles in spain and france and the wine is normally the cheap stuff. But if you can but wine in boxes and plastic bottles then why not promote it. I guess people are just used to having glass bottles.

I've seen red wine in a can...:gag:

Thats just wrong :D

I've seen red wine in a can...:gag:

Thats just wrong :D

No:gag: that is just wrong how can anybody think that is right. Wine must react with the metal as its acidic.

No:gag: that is just wrong how can anybody think that is right. Wine must react with the metal as its acidic.

Same as all canned drinks, the metal is coated, so it doesn't react with the liquid inside.

We do have our familiar ways. The idea of wine in a can sounds wrong, but does it really make any difference what receptacle it's in? If it tastes the same, then it tastes the same.

When I was in Tuchan (French village), we used to take a 5 litre, plastic, carrier and fill it up at the local wine place. £1 a litre. It was awesome; tasted lovely regardless of the receptacle. :)

I often spend time looking at all the labels on bottles in Tescos.

You wanna get out more then.

You wanna get out more then.
Where to morrisons or asda maybe? only joking couldn`t resist

Now i'm not normally an over the top snob (though i do have my snobbish ways) this just seemed so wrong.
We buy that for cooking though I must admit that a few glasses often go missing during the preperation of a meal. It's not a wine to savour, but it's fine for a bit of quaffing while you're tasting food and chasing about the kitchen :)

I've seen red wine in a can...:gag:

Thats just wrong :D
yeah i vaguely remember seeing it in a shop in town (home bargains i think).
'Wine in a can' for the more discerning alchie....

Right, i was in sainsburys doing my shopping (as you do...) and was looking for a cheapish bottle of red to use for cooking with our sunday dinner. As i was browsing the shelves i was drawn to something which made me do a double take in, on the bottom shelf they had plastic bottles of wine. Not so unusual i hear you say, well maybe not, but when i say plastic bottle, i mean the ribbed ones in which you get 2 litres of vegetable oil, ot the extra large bottles of mineral water.
Now i'm not normally an over the top snob (though i do have my snobbish ways) this just seemed so wrong.
Has anyone else seen them? Ami being a right OTT snob?????

These large plastic bottles have been in Sainsbury's for years. They're just larger containers for their own brand Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon - you'll see these in standard 75cl bottles as well. I've bought the occasional plastic bottled wine around Christmas time and it doesn't seem to affect the taste.

I wouldn't buy a bottle of wine with a screw top let alone one in a plastic bottle or a can!! (Ok maybe I'm a snob.......)

I wouldn't buy a bottle of wine with a screw top let alone one in a plastic bottle or a can!! (Ok maybe I'm a snob.......)

Screw tops are becoming quite acceptable as are the plastic corks

I'm pretty clueless when it comes to wine, but I like it! :hihi:

Can anyone recommend an easy-to-drink red wine? I often find that most really 'burn' on the way down and end up giving me indigestion, even if I spend up to a tenner a bottle. Any tips?

Can anyone recommend an easy-to-drink red wine? I often find that most really 'burn' on the way down and end up giving me indigestion, even if I spend up to a tenner a bottle. Any tips?

stop drinking wine, seriously, if it always gives you indigestion you're beter of not having it.

stop drinking wine, seriously, if it always gives you indigestion you're beter of not having it.

:cry: Stop drinking wine altogether? Seems a bit final, especially when I've had various wines that go down a treat in restaurants and the like. I always forget the name of them though and then get dazzled by choice in off licences. That's when I end up with a bottle of paint stripper rather than tasty wine.

Merlot/Claret/Shiraz? :help:

i like a nice rioja myself - tesco do a nice one a £5.99

Belinkabelle, try the old fashioned way - add water! Unless you are a serious expert you will be (unpleasantly?) surprised at how much you can add without being able to tell.

The same goes for beer. From memory, most people will get up to 40 -50% water before they an tell in a blind tasting.

I'm pretty clueless when it comes to wine, but I like it! :hihi:

Can anyone recommend an easy-to-drink red wine? I often find that most really 'burn' on the way down and end up giving me indigestion, even if I spend up to a tenner a bottle. Any tips?

Could you get up to The Dramshop at commonside?. They have a very nice range of quality wines. Try some of the Bordeaux they stock for around 4 or 5.99. Alternatively 'Cuvee des Princes de l'orange' for the same price. Very nice reds!.

I wouldn't buy a bottle of wine with a screw top let alone one in a plastic bottle or a can!! (Ok maybe I'm a snob.......)

Nothing wrong with the scrwe caps I buy a lot of wine and I think the screw top is the way forward. A lot of wine makers are now using a plastc cork as real cork is too expensive and can react with the wine.

I wouldn't buy a bottle of wine with a screw top let alone one in a plastic bottle or a can!! (Ok maybe I'm a snob.......)

At one time I would have agreed with you about screw tops, as it used to be only cheap naff wine that had them. I think these days there's a lot of good quality wine with screw tops. Corks seem to be going out of favour, maybe because of the amount of wine that was spoiled by contaminated corks.

Could you get up to The Dramshop at commonside?. They have a very nice range of quality wines. Try some of the Bordeaux they stock for around 4 or 5.99. Alternatively 'Cuvee des Princes de l'orange' for the same price. Very nice reds!.

Thanks very much Chrisp, I live 5 minutes away from The Dramshop so I'll give it a closer look. I'll be a lush by Christmas with any luck :hihi:

I'm pretty clueless when it comes to wine, but I like it! :hihi:

Can anyone recommend an easy-to-drink red wine? I often find that most really 'burn' on the way down and end up giving me indigestion, even if I spend up to a tenner a bottle. Any tips?

Easy to drink and very tasty reds that slip down your throat like velvet don't usually come any better (or certainly not more widely available) than the "cru" Beaujolais wines, Fleurie, Julieanas, Chiroubles are the ones seen most commonly in Sheffield supermarkers - the ones by Georges Duboef (in screw cap bottles) are generally very good - but especially when the price is reduced from the usual £7.99 to £5.99. Waitrose do about three or four offers a year on this wine so worth stocking up when there's an offer on.

Also Tesco's had the Louis Jadot "Comb aux Jacques" Beaujolais Villages in at under £6 last weekend - certainly worth a pop at that price.

Sainsburys have been doing wine in plastic bottles for at least 15 years. Not the nicest, more like quaffing wine.

I went to watch a match at Headingly once. A friend had a bottle of wine like you described in his picnic because glass bottles wern't allowed.

Thanks very much Chrisp, I live 5 minutes away from The Dramshop so I'll give it a closer look. I'll be a lush by Christmas with any luck :hihi:

I think you'll have a reeeeal nice Christmas (hic) :) !!.

Seriously, The Dram Shop gets its vino from an importer out toward Attercliffe called 'Le Bon Vin'. They supply loads of restaurants round Sheffield and its all good stuff. Some of their wine is very expensive, aswell.

One bonus if you go for the 'Princes' cuvee is it comes in a real nice 'wonky' bottle that looks like its been hand made by a Frenchman - with his feet!!!. Very picturesque!.

Save your money and have a nice cold bottle of Lanson Black Label, in my humble opinion the best non-vintage champagne on the market. Serve chilled in flutes that have also been chilled. I could do one of them now.

Ami being a right OTT snob?????

No! You need a proper wine bottle... and a cork. I hate wine that does not have a cork.

We drink mostly Australian/ New Zealand or Californian red. Very rare do we get a naff one even if they only cost £3.99.

Oh cool and where do you go sultana?

I've had red wine out of a carton (like a Ribena carton) in Italy. It was horrible!

I like a nice bottle but if push came to shove .... id suck a good claret out of a sponge :hihi:
Get ya coat, you've pulled :love: