Good bottle of wine - cheapish

lolly5648

I am going to dinner on Saturday with friends who are very knowledgeable about wine. I want to take a bottle of red costing around £7 (or less) which is on special offer somewhere and has been reduced to around that price so it doesnt look like I am a cheapskate.

Anyone got any suggestions

Anne_Marie_2

You can't go far wrong with a Shiraz in my opinion, or a Grenache-Shiraz. Lots of good bottles about and hard put to say a particular one, Australian are usually a good bet. Not sure about offers at the moment, but there are bound to be some on the go.
To be honest, just get what you like and would drink yourself. Am sure that your friends want your company - not for you to be splashing out on expensive wine!

Ivrytwr3

Pop into your local Tescos, they always have wines on offer ie (£9.99 down to £4.99 or £7.99 down to £3.50).

A lot of people may disagree, but generally the more expensive the wine the better (my aunt never touches anything £20 or below !!!!)

So you really don't need to be knowledgable about wines, just find the one with the best saving for you.

zombiecazz

go for a bottle of Durius Tempernillo, get it in any supermarket.

superb wine, £6.99, thoroughly worth it.

or if you can find it, Kendall Jackson californian is superb wine (usually around £9 a bottle, but worth it).

tawnyowls

I really like Wolf Blass - costs about £7.99 as well.

windym_2

I go along with the Wolf Blass suggestion, smooth and velvety. Wine is a very personal choice and it does not always follow that quality comes with price.

Alternatively, take some nice after dinner chocs, like Bendicks or Green & Blacks along with a nice bunch of flowers for the hostess. I always prefer flowers and/or chocs.

lolly5648

Thanks everyone

I have made a note of the names and I will go round the Supermarkets.

I am not trying to impress but as we owe them quite a few meals I want to get something they will appreciate and enjoy. Any old plonk does for me :D - thats why I needed help.

Lolly

kittiwoz

I'd buy something from Marks and Spencer. If you're like me and don't know what to look for M&S gives you some sort of guaruntee of quality. They don't sell anything horrible because they ave got a reputation to maintain. I've managed to impress my housemate, who was brough up in a delicatessen, with wine from there. They often have offers on as well.

sablade

I understand a bottle of tesco finest wine reduced from say £14 to £7 was never
a £14 bottle of wine but only ever equivalent to another £7 bottle, also what's with all these more expensive wines with awful screw tops?

gerretl

Don't knock screw tops. We asked this question when at a wine tasting in New Zealand, and were told there is a world shortage of cork. Eventually most bottles will be screw top, starting with whites, and then reds (since red wine has to breathe through the cork or something like that, we'ed had a few er...samples at this point)

tawnyowls

And many wine experts believe screw tops are actually better - stops any chance of the wine 'corking'.

Opinions on wine and its storage are bound to change over time - for instance, the notion that you should take red wine out of a fridge isn't necessarily true, or to be more precise for the length of time recommended; it dates from the time when rooms were a lot colder than they are now, and generally half-an-hour before drinking is fine now.