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It's time to start digging up those Squirrelled Nuts!!!!
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Bravepants wrote: »My partner and I have additional SIPPs specifically for retirement wine and beer!
SIPP's to pay for your sips!!! :rotfl:
(I'll get my coat)How's it going, AKA, Nutwatch? - 12 month spends to date = 2.60% of current retirement "pot" (as at end May 2025)0 -
Our wine budget is strictly Aldi!! We pay approx £5 per bottle.
Today was the Hardy's Chapter & Verse Merlot. We make it last 2 days.
Our other favourites are the Makaraka Sauvignon Blanc, and the Castellore Prosecco (orange label).
We only have a bottle a week, on average, so we're not a couple of lushes!! (honest!!)
A better option than Aldi is to buy in bulk at Sainsburys when they have 25% off which is usually around Xmas, Easter and August. The minimum spend is 5 quid a bottle and six bottles. I usually buy 30 or 36 bottles (the max) and that lasts for months at one bottle a week. At a big Sainsburys there's a lot of wine choice too.0 -
Definitely. Their 'Taste The Difference' wines tend to all be very decent and many of them are at great prices once you have the 25% off. For some reason though, they don't last the wife and I anywhere near as long as they last Joe. Maybe the bottles are smaller where I live?JoeEngland wrote: »A better option than Aldi is to buy in bulk at Sainsburys when they have 25% off which is usually around Xmas, Easter and August. The minimum spend is 5 quid a bottle and six bottles. I usually buy 30 or 36 bottles (the max) and that lasts for months at one bottle a week. At a big Sainsburys there's a lot of wine choice too.0 -
May I suggest you raise the bar a little for their "Exquisite Argentinian Malbec" (£5.99). A *very* nice taste!
We have managed to win about a dozen bottles of red this year from coming second in our local in our weekly pub quiz.....not a bad taste, but not the Malbec.....
Of course first prize is MONEY!
(#WeSpendMoreThanThatOnAlcohol-NotAMoneysavingSuggestion!)
I think we have had that one before, and I think it was nice, but we've gone onto the Merlot (can't remember why, DH usually picks the wines)JoeEngland wrote: »A better option than Aldi is to buy in bulk at Sainsburys when they have 25% off which is usually around Xmas, Easter and August. The minimum spend is 5 quid a bottle and six bottles. I usually buy 30 or 36 bottles (the max) and that lasts for months at one bottle a week. At a big Sainsburys there's a lot of wine choice too.
To be honest, I can't be bothered with that. We'd have to try before we buy, and Sainsbury's is a bit out of our way, just to pop in and buy a few random bottles at full price to test first. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!! We just drop a bottle or two into our trolley each week.Aldi has a nice fleurie at the moment bit it is a little over yoru budget. We dont have Aldi here, so i ordered a case of the fleurie- will be my OH christmas present.
We have wine with dinner 5 nights a week. Not quite lushes as we dont drink for 2 days lol.
I'm not sure we've tried the Fleurie, but I have heard of it. What grape(s) is that?
We don't have a BUDGET as such, it's more a case of we've tried a few over the years, and those bottles happen to be the ones we liked. I'm the first to admit i'm no wine connoisseur!!
Our total Grocery shopping comes to about £215 per month on average, including the wine. We did a BIG shop this week, and still that only came to £67!!How's it going, AKA, Nutwatch? - 12 month spends to date = 2.60% of current retirement "pot" (as at end May 2025)0 -
I think I want to shoot whoever it was that coined the phrase "A problem shared is a problem halved"
Well, that's as maybe for the person doing the "Sharing", but spare a thought for the person you've unloaded your baggage onto.
Now that's 2 people who can't sleep, rather than one. Cheers!!How's it going, AKA, Nutwatch? - 12 month spends to date = 2.60% of current retirement "pot" (as at end May 2025)0 -
I think I want to shoot whoever it was that coined the phrase "A problem shared is a problem halved"
Well, that's as maybe for the person doing the "Sharing", but spare a thought for the person you've unloaded your baggage onto.
Now that's 2 people who can't sleep, rather than one. Cheers!!
It certainly never works in a project consortium (the epitome of problem sharing)!
Where other, more appropriate phrases, come into play such as:
"Herding cats!"
"Left-hand doesn't know what right-hand is doing!"
"Pointless waste of space!" etc.
(I'm not bitter!)If you want to be rich, live like you're poor; if you want to be poor, live like you're rich.0 -
JoeEngland wrote: »A better option than Aldi is to buy in bulk at Sainsburys when they have 25% off which is usually around Xmas, Easter and August. The minimum spend is 5 quid a bottle and six bottles. I usually buy 30 or 36 bottles (the max) and that lasts for months at one bottle a week. At a big Sainsburys there's a lot of wine choice too.
Tesco had 25% off on Friday, dont know how long for. Bought six bottles incl one Chablis that was 10 down from 15 on sale, now 7.50.0 -
I'm not sure we've tried the Fleurie, but I have heard of it. What grape(s) is that?
Fleurie is one of the beaujolais cru wines - it is made from the Gamay grape. It is very nice (along with other beaujolais cru wines like Brouilly and Morgons) - well worth buying when they are on offer.
We came back with a case of award winning french wines that included Brouilly and Morgons from our recent visit to our friends in France - supermarket wines there for around €4.95 that we would have expected to pay £11 or £12 for here - so premium supermarket quality. Unfortunately the fuel and road tolls meant they were not such a bargain all in all but it was all about visiting good friends and spending time with them.Save £12k in 2025 #2 I am at £4863.32 out of £6000 after May (81.05%)
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I am at £1286.68/£3000 or 42.89% of my annual spend so far
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the Grow your own thread
My new diary is here0 -
JoeEngland wrote: »A better option than Aldi is to buy in bulk at Sainsburys when they have 25% off which is usually around Xmas, Easter and August. The minimum spend is 5 quid a bottle and six bottles. I usually buy 30 or 36 bottles (the max) and that lasts for months at one bottle a week. At a big Sainsburys there's a lot of wine choice too.
I do exactly the same. Campo Viejo Rioja Reserva sold there for £10 reduced to £8 and with the 25% only £6. I drink 2 bottles a week, but use the "may reduce cholesterol levels" as a good excuse. BTW the campaign occurs every 6 weeks these days - 24th is the next.0 -
Maybe I should rename my thread Alcohol and Running Anonymous.
It's not all I do honest....but running does give me an excuse to have a drink!!! (and an extra biscuit)
A unit of alcohol is approx 100 calories, which equates to roughly a mile on foot (running or walking)
Most wines are actually nearer 10 units per bottle (rather than the 6 you might think), so a large glass (250ml) is about 330 calories.
So about a "Park Run's" worth!!!!
Get in!!!:beer:How's it going, AKA, Nutwatch? - 12 month spends to date = 2.60% of current retirement "pot" (as at end May 2025)0
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