Three Mills wine £1.99 Tesco

dancing.diva_2

bex2002 wrote: »

tried the white one a couple of weeks ago! has a strange flavour - almost tastes like it should be a rose! i probably wouldnt get it again!

"A strange flavour?" That doesn't sound too good lol

nesssie1702

It will do for cooking with by the sounds of things.

mandragora_2

I wouldn't buy wine for cooking with, I think its expensive, as I'd be unlikely to put a whole bottle of wine in any one dish, and wine doesn't keep well once opened. I'm not sure how 'cordon bleu' it is, but I put a glug of sherry into anything that I think would benefit from a bit of extra wine-type flavour. It seems to do the trick (to my untutored taste-buds anyway!) and will be fine stored for months!

Sublime_2

mandragora wrote: »

I wouldn't buy wine for cooking with, I think its expensive, as I'd be unlikely to put a whole bottle of wine in any one dish, and wine doesn't keep well once opened. I'm not sure how 'cordon bleu' it is, but I put a glug of sherry into anything that I think would benefit from a bit of extra wine-type flavour. It seems to do the trick (to my untutored taste-buds anyway!) and will be fine stored for months!

I bought the 1/2 price salmon fillets as well as the 1/2 price chicken fillets, so it looks like chicken chasseur, and lots of salmon in white wine sauce for me. :rolleyes:

northern_star

We bought a bottle of the red - seduced by the cheap price :rolleyes:. We opened it when preparing a chilli - the recipe calls for adding a glass of red wine & drinking a glass yourself (I kid you not ) As someone earlier said, it takes like ribena. It is only 8% as opposed to the more usual 11-13% so lacks body and kick but was fine in the chilli. Wouldn't buy it again as its not up to much for drinking and a bit expensive to put in the cooking!

Sublime_2

I've just used it in a chicken chasseur. It tasted really nice. The wine (white) itself smelled revolting :eek:, (I tried not to think of antifreeze!) so I tipped 1/2 the bottle in and shall use the rest in a sauce. I would definitely not buy for drinking.

tillymint

I like it with lemonade! Tastes a bit like parma violets.

Speedie_2

:eek: Bought Three Mills Red - just awful! Would not even use it to cook with. Might clean the drains though!

lb364

If you don't like this, I noticed lots of half price wines in Sainsbury's at the weekend, some were only £2 :beer:

garyevans

Three Mills is a British wine - the grape juice is imported and made into wine here in a factory. Not to be confused with English, Welsh and Scottish wines, made from grapes grown here in UK vineyards and normally made in small batches by the grower or by co-operatives.

As it is vinified only to 8%, it has a residual sweetness, and an unfortunate chemical taste.

Of the £1.99 cost, £1.60 is UK Duty and there are costs of production, bottling, transportation and so on, so even as a loss-leader there is precious little money spent on the wine itself.

The red can be made into an interesting jelly by adding leaf gelatine.