Three Mills wine £1.99 Tesco

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garyevans wrote: »

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.

Is it always this price. How can the company make a profit?

dinerouk

If you buy it just for cooking, then cider is better value

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I have been thinking about that.

caitybabes

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 have a great Delia coq au vin recipe which calls for a whole bottle of red so this would be a good cheap alternative. However, just a tip from OS, if you have any wine leftover you can freeze it in ice-cube trays and pop a cube in your sauces when cooking but thanks for the sherry tip too as I have just bought a bottle to make a cake for my bf's grandad's bday so I shall have plenty leftover!

tiff

I put a post about wine in Grabbit. Bought some in Tesco this morning, Lateral Cab Sauv/Merlot for £2.14 a bottle, cant remember the full price. No idea what its like though, anyone tried it?

janet6267

Speedie wrote: »

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

Even the drains would complain.....it really is not nice!!!
I can normally drink anything but not this.

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tiff wrote: »

I put a post about wine in Grabbit. Bought some in Tesco this morning, Lateral Cab Sauv/Merlot for £2.14 a bottle, cant remember the full price. No idea what its like though, anyone tried it?

I haven't tried it. Tescos have got some really nice quality wines 3 for £10. I know its not £1.99 but theres a lovely rose which is normally £5.99 (a saving of £8 on 3 bottles!).

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caitybabes wrote: »

I have a great Delia coq au vin recipe which calls for a whole bottle of red so this would be a good cheap alternative. However, just a tip from OS, if you have any wine leftover you can freeze it in ice-cube trays and pop a cube in your sauces when cooking but thanks for the sherry tip too as I have just bought a bottle to make a cake for my bf's grandad's bday so I shall have plenty leftover!

Thanks for that. I've just remembered a chicken baked with 40 garlic cloves recipe I used to do. (My version used 1/2 a bottle of white wine!). I am going to try it again.

Stanai

I don't usually drink a lot of wine so when I was scanning Tesco's special offers today I couldn't believe the Three Mills Rose, white and red wines are reduced to £1.99. I thought that is a bargain for people who don't often drink wine to drink a nice bottle for a low price.

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Karl_Chapman wrote: »

I don't usually drink a lot of wine so when I was scanning Tesco's special offers today I couldn't believe the Three Mills Rose, white and red wines are reduced to £1.99. I thought that is a bargain for people who don't often drink wine to drink a nice bottle for a low price.

Have you tried it?