Cheapest wine ever in ASDA

Norman_Osborn

One thing to keep in mind when buying cheap wine is that the first £1.28 of every bottle is duty. Therefore, if your bottle only costs £1.60, just 32p is going into producing the wine (grape growing, bottling, export, marketing etc, etc). I would suggest plonk this cheap is only good enough to cook with or take somewhere you don't want to be invited to again!

mike_paterson

On the other hand it could be close to its sell by date and with the duty and cost of everything already paid for by Asda, they could be cutting their losses and making what they can quickly now - In which case it may not be as bad as you make out.

N9eav

Norman_Osborn wrote:

One thing to keep in mind when buying cheap wine is that the first £1.28 of every bottle is duty. Therefore, if your bottle only costs £1.60, just 32p is going into producing the wine (grape growing, bottling, export, marketing etc, etc). I would suggest plonk this cheap is only good enough to cook with or take somewhere you don't want to be invited to again!

True, but this is half decent supermarket plonk. No doubt heavily discounted to get rid of it, but I think it's very tasty and went well with a 1lb of char grilled rump steak last night!!

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this was one of them on offer.

Andrew Peace, Mighty Murray red 14%

Geoggy

cases are discontinued by asda - therefore they are clearing old stock.

you comment on duty is therefore irrelevant.

cousinjack_2

N9eav wrote:

My first official post:j e-mail link. I just hope you all can find some wine that I mentioned. Our store is now out of stock, so I presume it was a last weekend thing. I will keep my fingers crossed for you all

was this the falmouth asda? I went this week and could not find any!?
Thanks

N9eav

To the last, It was St Austell. On sunday there was 4 huge pallets, but by Wednesday it had all gone. Hence the grabbit while you can posting... pity,

sc52

jdee23 wrote:

Loads in Asda, Hyson Green, Nottingham last night

Went to this store yesterday - none on display.

Collared chap workin in wine section who said that whilst there was none on display there was a pallet of each wine in the back.

When I asked whether he could get me some he said that they (the staff in the booze section) were under instructions not to sell any more because the store were making a loss on it!

Something about each store having to buy it in from an upper level within Asda and Hyson Green Asda were paying, I think he said £16 per case, and were therefore lossing £6 a case.

The Boss had put the sale of the wine on hold whilst he quieried it with Asda headoffice.

So it may be worth asking, if theres none on display in the store you're visiting, whether theres any in the back and when it's likely to be put on sale.

SC

mike_paterson

None in either Pipps Hill or EastGate stores

oxter

Geoggy wrote:

cases are discontinued by asda - therefore they are clearing old stock.

you comment on duty is therefore irrelevant.

I don't think it's old stock. The comment on duty is accurate, NOT irrelevant.
But it IS very drinkable. All 4 I bought were good.

thriftmaster_mark

Me being a sophisticated moneysaver with a discerning pallette, I can confirm that this is a lovely drop of red.
I'm off to asda to buy a trolley-load and get battered - Hoorah!!