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[bionicdog] 21/2/2007 08:29

Another quick one while I'm here. Has anyone noticed the Penfolds Thomas Hyland range for sale anywhere. I can only get it by buying a mixed case from Tesco and throwing 4 of the other bottles away. Apart from eating at a Beefeater that is , which is obviously not recommended , unless one sits at the bar with a cheese sandwich and a bottle of cab.

[bionicdog] 21/2/2007 08:20

Has anybody tried this?

Sounds like just the sort of thing that I like. A bit OTT at a tenner as you can't take it round anywhere due to the Tesco badge , but worth a punt at £8 in store.
I'll try one today and get some more before the weekend if it's any cop.

[bionicdog] 20/2/2007 19:57

Funny you mentioned it , I'm going tomorrow with a big empty boot.

[itsourpete] 20/2/2007 19:53

a decent 20% off 6 bottles of any wine at tescos at the mo. Bought some nice pinot noir on offer at £3.99 and campo viejo rioja at £4.40 odd LESS 20% = made it £3.20 for the pinot noir and £3.60 for the rioja. Nice lightweight reds for the Spring!

[ariane] 14/2/2007 06:51

nice post isis

cheers

[isis] 12/2/2007 13:07

If you like Rioja's Tesco are doing a good deal on one of their 'finest' ranges - the Berberana own version is usually around £9- a bottle:-

Tesco Finest Vina Mara Rioja Reserva

Catalogue no: 702-583-6

£45.54 £28.44

SPECIAL OFFER - save £17.10 off original price

28 Clubcard points

CASE OF 6 (equivalent to £4.74 per bottle)

add to basket

This has sweet plummy fruit with delicate vanilla flavours from spending three years maturing in American oak.
More info...

Storage instructions: This wine is ideal for drinking now but can be kept for up to 2 years

History: Made especially for Tesco by Berberana, one of the oldest and finest names in Rioja. Founded in 1877 in Cenicero in Rioja Alta, Bodegas Berberana produces wines of the highest standard, using modern winemaking techniques teamed with the tradition and history that has made Rioja one of the classic wine regions of the world.

Winemaking details: Fermentation is carried out under temperature controlled conditions never exceeding 28°C. The wine is initially kept in vats for a period of 12 months and then transferred to oak casks where it matures for 24 months. Further bottle ageing takes place before it is released.

[ariane] 12/2/2007 06:44

Allergy hope over wine preserver

Wine can trigger a number of allergies, including asthma
A new technique to preserve grapes for mass-market wine may prevent the drink causing allergies, a study says.
Spanish researchers found using ozone to keep grapes fresh for wine was 90% as effective as sulphur dioxide, which is currently used by producers.

Sulphur dioxide is often linked to allergies such as asthma and migraines, the journal Chemical and Industry said.

But experts said there were other properties in wine that could trigger allergic reactions.

Sulphur dioxide is a common cause of these reactions, but it is not the only one

Allergy UK spokeswoman

Histamines and tannins, both of which occur naturally in wine - especially red wine - are also thought to cause conditions such as itchiness, rashes, diarrhoea and asthma.

A spokeswoman for Allergy UK said: "Sulphur dioxide is a common cause of these reactions, but it is not the only one.

"So this method might not solve problems for everyone."

The researchers compared grape storage using sulphur dioxide and ozone treatment.

They found ozone treatment was 90% as effective but, as it is a water-based gas, it carries none of the side-effects of sulphur dioxide.

Antioxidants

They also found that ozone-treated grapes had up to four times more antioxidants than untreated grapes. Researchers could not say why this happened.

Lead researcher Francisco Artes-Hernandez, from the University of Cartagena, said the finding offered real hope.

"This is a new technique which could be used to preserve grapes and help prevent allergies and boost healthy compounds at the same time."

Andrew Waterhouse, an expert on the wine-making industry from California University, said not all wine growers used sulphur dioxide as grapes were no longer kept for long periods of time.

Instead, he suggested ozone may be better used in place of another preservative, sulphites, which has also been linked to allergies.

He said: "The ozone process could be tweaked to replace problematic sulphites during the liquidation process, presenting the possibility of healthier more hypoallergenic wines."

[itsourpete] 15/1/2007 20:06

dan - thanks for your sound advice - I entirely agree!!!

Pete

[bionicdog] 12/1/2007 22:31

Also get the Tesco finest Aglianico for only £2.99 before they clear it off the shelves.

[ariane] 12/1/2007 19:50

i do not thank-you for that public announcement.


cheers

[waldron] 11/1/2007 06:51

Thu 11 Jan 2007

UK a nation of wine lovers
AURA SABADUS
([e-mail])
BRITONS are set to become Europe's biggest wine consumers, splashing out almost £5.5 billion a year on their favourite tipple within the next three years, according to analysts.

Between 2001 and 2005, UK wine sales rose 25 per cent to £4.9 billion a year, and the trend is for further growth, according to forecasts from the drink researcher IWSR last night.

Experts say increases in the amount of wine bought, and the higher average price of a bottle of wine - £3.11 - will make the British market worth more than its French, German or Italian equivalents by 2010.

"The UK market is unique," said Rose Murray Brown, The Scotsman's wine expert.

"We do have a large range of wines from different countries. We're not a producing nation. We don't have any bias, whereas in France, for example, there is a lot of national pride in their own wines. They tend to focus within their region.

"The UK market historically has also been an important world auction centre for wine, so many brokers are based in the UK. There has also been a huge influx of wines from New World countries, which have been very popular," she added.

Ms Murray Brown said wine was becoming increasingly accessible in terms of price.

She said some of the favourite types were Spanish and Italian wines, particularly those from regions frequently visited by British tourists.

"Wines are becoming very accessible in supermarkets. People are also finding it easier to understand them because of the way they're labelled.

"The Australians are very good at marketing. Their winemakers came over here and they were brash and made an impact. There was an association in people's minds between the UK and Australia."

Analysts predict that in three years' time, annual wine consumption in Britain will reach 28.5 litres per adult, about 38 bottles a year, or 3.2 bottles a month.

Last year, British drinkers got through 1.7 billion bottles of wine, 53 per cent of it red. Sales of rosé showed rapid growth of 63 per cent from 2001-5 and are set to grow by a further 25 per cent by 2010.

Sales of vodka set to overtake whisky
SCOTCH whisky sales in the United Kingdom are expected to be overtaken by 2010 by other spirits, such as vodka, according to a market analyst.

IWSR, a drinks researcher, said whisky was still a top seller - but not for much longer.

The company claims that the recent decline of whisky sales - which have fallen 6.7 per cent over the past four years - is set to continue over the next three years.

Last night, however, Campbell Evans, director of government and consumers' affairs at the Scotch Whisky Association, said the drink was still Scotland's "main ambassador abroad".

"Scotland exports something like £2.3 billion worth of Scotch whisky around the world and sells a billion bottles.

"We're talking here about an international business that's an ambassador for Scotland abroad.

"What is going to drive the success for Scottish whisky and secure the 40,000 jobs that depend on Scottish whisky is our continuing international competitiveness."

However, Mr Evans conceded that while whisky remained a favourite spirit with consumers abroad, vodka was becoming a popular drink in Britain. He said: "We see an internationalisation of drinking. But there is more vodka drunk in pubs in the home market."

[itsourpete] 22/12/2006 15:40

yes Merry Christmas everyone.

Tis the season to be jolly!

And what better way than by sampling a few new wines - an a few old ones too!

regards

Pete

[ariane] 22/12/2006 08:23

cheers to all

bd, enjoy

[bionicdog] 22/12/2006 08:22

Merry xmas all.
I seem to have "accidentaly" accumulated 7 cases for the festive period , so it may not be possible to post for a while.

[waldron] 17/12/2006 09:19

that not very knarf of you,besides i wanted to show you what you had missed.

and now thats a knarf of this.

enjoy


knarf, knarf ,knarf when they had filled the glass to the brim


ps the wine was sancerre and saint amour

[knarf] 17/12/2006 08:57

ps score 3360

[knarf] 17/12/2006 08:45

Waldron ,thanks for posting this on the 17th as the offer finished 2 days ago ,so what wine have you been on,lol

[waldron] 17/12/2006 08:39

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[ariane] 13/12/2006 06:53

One glass of wine a day adds years to your life
12/12/06
By Victoria Fletcher
Health Editor

DRINKING at least one glass of wine or beer every day helps you live longer.

Men who drink up to four small bottles of beer or four small glasses of wine a day will cut their risk of dying by almost a fifth.

Women who drink two 100ml glasses of wine or 200ml bottles of beer will achieve the same benefit.

Doctors already knew that drinking red wine in moderation cuts the risk of suffering heart disease.

But the latest research into one million people shows that drinking alcohol every day cuts the risk of death from all causes.

Experts believe that compounds found in wine, beer and cider may protect the body against cancer, diabetes and heart problems because alcohol reduces levels of bad cholesterol while boosting the amount of good cholesterol in the blood.

Scientists who carried out the research said that alcohol can also act as an anti-inflammatory – reducing the inflammation in cells which is one of the biggest triggers for disease.

They said that polyphenols and anti-oxidants in wine and beer are believed to help cells repair themselves when DNA is damaged.

Professor Giovanni de Gaetano, director of the Research Laboratories at the Catholic University in Italy who worked on the study, said that moderation was the key.

"We already know that red wine is linked to reducing the risk of heart disease, but this study found that other alcohol such as beer is as good," he said.

"Alcohol contains substances that can protect the body from diseases such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease and this study underlines its beneficial effects.

"But the key is not to drink too much as excess immediately increases the risk of an early death."

The professor added other studies suggested that drinking spirits would not offer the same protective effects.

Last night, public health experts backed the findings.

Dr Becky Lang, a public health nutritionist, said: "This is good news because it shows you can enjoy a drink and know it is doing you some good.

"This builds on information we already had on the benefits of drinking red wine but extends it to beer... but only in moderation."

[waldron] 11/12/2006 07:00

What to Buy the Wine Lover Who Has Almost Everything Already

By John Mariani

Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- We live in an age of gadgetry and gimmickry, so why should wine be any different? Where once a good corkscrew and an ice bucket was all that was needed to enjoy a bottle of wine, we now have scores of gizmos for wine lovers with a bit too much money and a lot of time on their hands.

Consider, for instance, an ``authentic oak wine barrel bistro'' wine-tasting table ``handmade and finished in South Africa'' for $995.95. Or a replica of a 19th-century pewter wine opener for $119.95. Or the $59.95 funnel to prevent sediment from entering a $249.95 decanter named after Mozart, which, of course, you place in your decanter drying stand ($34.95) after having wiped it clean with a decanter brush ($8.95).

Then there's the ``Vino Bambino'' and ``Mom and Dad's Special Blend'' shirts for babies ($39.95 for infants 6-12 months) to go with Mom's ``Wine Diva'' V-neck ($24.95). Or ``Winery Dogs of Napa,'' a book with photos of 120 dogs that live at Napa Valley wineries ($34.95). You can even buy a pack of playing cards marked with 104 different grape varieties ($14.95).

These and 71 pages more of wine-related gifts are in the current International Wine Accessories holiday 2006 catalog, along with dozens of glasses, corkscrews and walk-in storage units costing thousands of dollars.

Unlike most of these items, temperature- and humidity- controlled wine-storage units make a lot of sense, and I would urge anyone with a collection of more than 100 expensive wines to consider getting one. Smaller units holding about 30 bottles can be found in the catalog for under $400. Designer models done up as oak credenzas go for $1,600 and up, while ``state of the art'' Vinotheque Wine Cellars, with capacities of 560 bottles, will run you as much as $9,395.

Gadgets for Paranoids

For the more paranoid oenophile, there is a wireless monitor to tell you the temperature and humidity in your wine cellar from up to 80 feet away, lest the Cellarmate cooling system you paid $5,995 for goes on the fritz (one-year limited guarantee).

Then there are several accessories I'm not so sure about. Some are little more than pricier alternatives to things you already have around the house, like the IWA Crystal Care 2000 cleaning solution -- $14.95 for two bottles. There is a laminated strip wine label remover ($49.95 for a set of 100), and bottleneck drip stoppers (three for $39.95) for those who don't want to use a paper towel or coaster.

Others are kind of handy, like the ``Vintemp Infrared Thermometer'' ($24.95, with key chain, $44.95), which looks like a penlight that you press against a wine bottle for an instant temperature reading. Not a bad little item if you're obsessed with serving your wines at exact temperatures.

Instant Aging

Then there is this ... thing called the Clef du Vin Wine Aging System ($99.95 for the Pocket Professional, $299.95 for the Elegance 3-Piece set). It purports to modify gradually ``the organoleptic qualities of your wine (taste, smell, flavours, bouquet)'' when you dip an amoeba-shaped piece of metal into a wine. Dip for one second, your wine is said to age by one year. Two seconds, two years, and so on.

The package says Clef du Vin won a silver medal at something called Lepine International Inventions Contest in Paris in 2004, and that 10 years of research went into four international patents to produce it. Not surprisingly, the alchemy of Clef du Vin is not explained in any of the package's literature, so before testing it out, I sent it to Roger Boulton, professor of oenology at the University of California at Davis, for an opinion.

Taste Test

``The implication that any and all wines you'd put the Clef du Vin into for one, two, or three seconds will somehow age them at the same speed and to the same extent is a sweeping generalization,'' he told me in a phone interview. ``One year of aging for a white wine, a big red wine or a young wine means different things, and different people will taste differently too. Certainly simply sticking a single metal into a wine won't do it, but if you left it in for a long time some oxidation would occur. If you can afford a bottle of Romanee-Conti, go ahead and try it, but I think you might potentially ruin the wine.''

Since I was not about to try Clef du Vin on a $1,000 bottle of Romanee-Conti, I tested it on a just-released Beaujolais Nouveau; a big-bodied, four-year-old Italian red; and a chilled two-year-old California white. I tasted the wines before inserting the Clef du Vin and after I dipped it for one second, then two seconds, then 10 seconds. I sipped, I wrinkled my nose, I concentrated hard, but I could detect no changes whatsoever in any of the wines.

After perusing the IWA catalog, I think I'll go with a sure thing and just give my wine-loving friends a bottle of wine.

(John Mariani writes on wine for Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are his own.)

To contact the writer on this story: John Mariani at [e-mail] .

Last Updated: December 11, 2006 00:09 EST

[knarf] 07/12/2006 17:56

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