Booze Cruise (France)

NaturalBornHustler

I am visiting France this weekend to get some bottles of Wine for my wedding next year.
Planning to drive via Eurotunnel and spend a night in Paris (Saturday)

Can anyone suggest a good place to get decent wine at a decent price? I am thinking 30 bottles or so of Rose and 10 White

I am hoping to do the wine shopping on the Sunday - hopefully most places are open ?

joerugby

We generally use Auchan in Boulogne which has an excellent range but like many supermarkets it's closed on Sundays http://www.auchan.fr/magasins/boulogne/5/accueil/

As a general rule we find that French supermarkets are best for French wines.

If you are looking for new world wines you would probably be better off somewhere like Majestic in Calais (which does open on Sundays) but check their range first http://www.majesticwinecalais.co.uk/calais

Edit: I've just checked and Auchan are opening specially next Sunday for Christmas - you are in luck!

bryanb

Another vote for Auchan. Consider a few wine boxes as well, much lighter in the car than all the glass bottles.

InsideInsurance

Are you wanting to visit Paris or are you wanting to get cheap booze? With a 360 mile trip to Paris, eurostar ticket and back plus overnight accommodation you arent going to be making a saving on 40 bottles of wine.

Tarry

Not sure how handy this is, but Carrefour at Cite Europe is open Sunday's before Christmas

http://www.carrefour-calais.com/home

Dunroamin

InsideInsurance wrote: »

Are you wanting to visit Paris or are you wanting to get cheap booze? With a 360 mile trip to Paris, eurostar ticket and back plus overnight accommodation you arent going to be making a saving on 40 bottles of wine.

The OP is travelling on Eurotunnel, not Eurostar.

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NaturalBornHustler wrote: »

I am visiting France this weekend to get some bottles of Wine for my wedding next year.
Planning to drive via Eurotunnel and spend a night in Paris (Saturday)

Can anyone suggest a good place to get decent wine at a decent price? I am thinking 30 bottles or so of Rose and 10 White

I am hoping to do the wine shopping on the Sunday - hopefully most places are open ?

30 bottles of Rose ?
You must have a lot of gay hairdressers attending your wedding

mgdavid

Passing on a recommendation from a fellow MSE-er

http://www.boursot.co.uk/

Don't be fooled by the UK website, they are in Ardres, 15 minutes from Calais.
They don't do much under a fiver but the quality and value is superb, you'd spend a tenner over here for the equivalent in most cases.

PompeyPete

If buying wine is the main reason for the trip, then I wouldn't bother going past my nearest ASDA.

Three bottles of decent stuff for a tenner, and a good choice too.:beer::beer:

NaturalBornHustler

Hi all, some of these replies made me chuckle I must say!!

I have to use the eurotunnel ticket by the end of the year as myself and my good mate planned to drive to Monaco earlier in the year to watch the F1 but we could not go due to his wifes car getting stolen a few nights before which ruined the vibe for everyone!

so in theory the crossing to france is "free"

my wife to be and I have already purchased (over the past 18 months or so) around 40 bottles of bacardi, smirnoff vodka and famous grouse (got to love the £15 a litre offers!)
its just a few bottles of wine we need for the "hairdressers" and the ladies who will be at the reception party!

it is a bit of a mission but its a night away from the UK and will keep our partners happy!

so to clarify, the crossing has already been paid for last year, fuel will be around a tank of diesel (I drive a PD Golf which does 50+ mpg easily!)

thanks for the suggestions

InsideInsurance

Dunroamin wrote: »

The OP is travelling on Eurotunnel, not Eurostar.

Fairly evident as you cant take a car on the Eurostar - its called a typo. The principle remains, it costs money - just the OP has since clarified that this is a sunk cost for them having already paid for a crossing.