Great 'Your fave sub-£5 wines' Hunt

MSE_Jenny

As long as you know where to look, you can get some cracking wines for under a fiver. To help sort the stonkers from the stinkers, we MoneySavers to name their favourite sub-£5 plonks. You don’t need to be a conniseur, just let us know which vinos hit the spot.

Please include:

Name of the wine
Year
Price
Where to buy
Why you like it

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Rela_2

Ooooh, my kind of thead!!! I'll be here all day LOL.

Red from NZ.

Name of the wine: Montana Cabernet Merlot
Year: No idea.
Price: Its usually around the 6 quid mark but if you shop around you can get it for a fiver.
Where to buy: Tesco usually have it on offer
Why you like it: Very dark, fruity, and no harsh tannins.

And I usually dislike american wine, but:

Name of the wine: E&J Gallo Ruby Cabernet
Year: No idea
Price: Around the £4.30ish mark
Where to buy: Everywhere
Why you like it: Tastes just how you naively think red wine should taste when you're younger, like alcoholic ribena. LOL. My friend who can't stand wine will drink this quite happily...not sure if thats good or bad.

Spanish Red:
Name of the wine: Campo Viejo Rioja
Year: 2006 (I think)
Price: Around £5
Where to buy: Anywhere
Why you like it: Thick and fruity and is just delicious.

Italian White:
Name of the wine: Il Cortiagano Pinot Grigio
Year: No idea (must start noticing this).
Price: £4.50ish
Where to buy: Only seen it in Sainsburys so far.
Why you like it: I'm not really one for white wine but this is just right, dry without being harsh on your throat, buttery and crisp. Delicious!

I'm going to stop now before I look like an alchy (honestly I'm 10 years in the pub trade and like my wine...LOL).

babs2008

Name of the wine: Argentine Malbec - San Juan - Coop Select
Year: Doesn't say
Price: £4.29
Where to buy: Co-operative Foods
Why you like it: Easy drinking and tasty.

milliemonster

Name of the wine Zinfandel
Year dunno!
Price £3 - £3.79, it's on offer at £3 quite often
Where to buy Lidl
Why you like it they do a rose and white version and I love them both, great for chilling out with a glass after a stressful day

Zandee

Does mulled wine count?

Ikea, £1.50 a bottle. (Not sure of the usual price but it's reduced to £1.50 now).

It's really tasty but very, very sweet, i'm not much of a wine drinker but i like this, you can really taste the cinnamon.

johncaduk

My fave's a jubbly Spanish red/white from Tesco's bottom shelf called Marques de Leon, at £2.87 for 70cl (plus 4 Clubcard points per bottle) Although it's probably the cheapest plonk on there shelves, I've never had a bum bottle in 3 years of use (with the occasional day off.Lol)



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competitionscafe

Most of my favourites are around £5.99 unless on offer so will have to go for these two, a cheap French red and an Italian white (my 2 favourite Old World wine countries):

Name of the wine: Classic Côtes du Rhône
Year: 2008
Price: £3.99 (bargain!)
Where to buy: Waitrose
Why you like it: Nice fruity, easy drinking red.

Name of the wine: Verdicchio di Castelli Classico
Year: 2008
Price: £4.99
Where to buy: Waitrose
Why you like it: Nice citrusy dry white to drink with fish or chicken.

bassray

Wolfblass Yellow Label - superb Australian white (Chardonnay) and red (Cab.Sauv) wines.
Usually £8.99 each, on offer at Morrisons currently for £3.99!
Bargain or what!

Martin_Walters

Wine: Latitude 35 South Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot
Year: 2008
Price: £3.99 on offer at moment (was around £7 to £8)
Where? Sainsbury
I generally like Merlot and this is a soft, easy drinking red. Great for Late Autumn evenings. Please leave some for me.:rolleyes:

Ihatebanks_4

My current fav is the South African brand Stormhoek, priced at £4.99 for the Pinotage or the Cabernet Sauvigon. The Pinotage is currently on sale in Tesco at £3.99, and this brand is currently well promoted so the special prices tend to crop up quite frequently.

scubadiver_3

Wine: First Cape (South African)..... Red & Merlot (they do a white as well)
Year: ?????
Price: 3 for £10 (normally about £6 a bottle)
Where: Tesco's on special (or Asda)

Wine: Isla Negra (Chilean)..... Merlot & Cabernet Sauvigon
Year: ?????
Price: 3 for £10 (normally about £7 a bottle)
Where: Tesco's on special (or Asda)

First Cape & Isla Negra are very sloshable and at 3 for 10 quid you can't go wrong!!