Need to buy wine

Loblox

Meeting my girl's parents this Christmas. Really need it to go well. Mother is sorted, and she said wine for her dad. I don't know wine. Books have been written about what I don't know about wine.

What's a good wine, and how do I store it? Can I just stick it in the fridge? I am completely at sea.

Slaphead07

Loblox wrote: »

Meeting my girl's parents this Christmas. Really need it to go well. Mother is sorted, and she said wine for her dad. I don't know wine. Books have been written about what I don't know about wine.

What's a good wine, and how do I store it? Can I just stick it in the fridge? I am completely at sea.

Go to a local independent wine shop and ask what's best in your budget. You'll be sorted in minutes.

Jimmy Garlic

Go to Aldi and spend about 12 quid on a bottle of red. Job done.

Slaphead07

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

Go to Aldi and spend about 12 quid on a bottle of red. Job done.

as a gift for his girlfriend's dad? Classy.

Jimmy Garlic

Slaphead07 wrote: »

as a gift for his girlfriend's dad? Classy.

It would do the job grand shur. Spending any more than that on a bottle of wine is in the realm of pretension. You would get just as merry on it as you would with a 50 quid bottle of wine. It won't taste much different neither.

The Hill Billy

I beg to differ. It depends on how 'educated' your palate is. There can still be some right ropey wines out there for €12.

gandalf

Ask your girlfriend what kind if wine does her Dad like? Does he drink red, if so does he like Bordeaux or Rioja for example. Get a little more detail and come back to us and we can give you a few recommendations or you'll have enough for a reputable wine shop to advise you at the budget you have set as well.

Personally if I got a present of a Lidl or Aldi wine labeled as such I would consider the giver of the present a bit of a skinflint no matter what the bottle actually cost them.

Geuze

Note that the bottles in Lidl may not refer to Lidl on the label.

Also note that Lidl stock plenty of pricey French wines 12-25 euro.

Geuze

Lidl Christmas wines 2013:

http://www.lidl.ie/cps/rde/SID-8040FFF2-B87486D5/www_lidl_ie/hs.xsl/3206.htm

including some scored 90/100, ranked as "outstanding"

dub_skav

Find out Red or White, go to independent wine store ask for advice and spend between 16 and 20 euro.
That's what I would do.

I wouldn't go near Aldi or Lidl as it could come across as both cheap and lazy.

Melendez

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