Good and Bad Buys at Lidl and Aldi stores (***Please don't expire***)

Rosa_Damascena

maman said:

I'd go along with your ' pick a price point' rule @Brie and then add ' wait for a 25% off promotion'. 🤣

If anyone wants a really good bottle of fizz for 🎄 then I can thoroughly recommend the Aldi Cremant du Jura. It's made on champagne principles but not in the region. Good value at IIRC £8.99.

You've recommended this several times over the years. Aldi regrettably does not discount its vino.

@Brie - foxy? Explain? (Not a fan of reds at the best of times but the descriptor "foxy" sounds vile).

Brie

maman said:

I'd go along with your ' pick a price point' rule @Brie and then add ' wait for a 25% off promotion'. 🤣

If anyone wants a really good bottle of fizz for 🎄 then I can thoroughly recommend the Aldi Cremant du Jura. It's made on champagne principles but not in the region. Good value at IIRC £8.99.

I'll second the vote for Cremant!!!

Brie

Rosa_Damascena said:

@Brie - foxy? Explain? (Not a fan of reds at the best of times but the descriptor "foxy" sounds vile).

Ummm foxy.....  well having grown up in a grape district I used to walk to school through the vineyards.  And in the autumn there were grapes and we would eat them on the way.  Unfortunately these were not the nice green grapes you buy in the shop as the area was known originally more for grape jelly rather than wine.  So while the fruit inside a grape was nice no one ever ate the skin.  It had a tough texture and gave the fruit a taste that was somewhat citrusy and powdery all at the same time.  Maybe with a flavour of apricots.  It's hard to describe but that's what I think of every time I taste Californian or Aussie/NZ wines - and the term foxy springs to mind.  

This from a wine forum describes it better than I do and while I think the "odour of fur coat" is interesting I still stick by the citrus/powder/apricot idea.  And all the grapes were concord then unlike now when the production of white wine in the area has become recognised as gold medal standard world wide beating out the French and Germans frequently.  

The term “foxy” refers to a very distinctive note found in some wines, a sort of wild, musky, animal smell that reminds me of the odor of a fur coat. It’s often found in American grape varieties like Concord or Catawba, and it’s usually paired with a pure grapey note.

Because it’s associated with certain grapes and the wines made from them, it’s generally an accepted component ... to a point. Too strong a foxy note can make a wine seem out of balance or disjointed, or it can detract from the rest of the wine’s personality. Scientists have identified the “foxy gene,” which means you might see foxy-free Concord wine in the future.

maman

Rosa_Damascena said:

maman said:

I'd go along with your ' pick a price point' rule @Brie and then add ' wait for a 25% off promotion'. 🤣

If anyone wants a really good bottle of fizz for 🎄 then I can thoroughly recommend the Aldi Cremant du Jura. It's made on champagne principles but not in the region. Good value at IIRC £8.99.

You've recommended this several times over the years. Aldi regrettably does not discount its vino.

Yes, that's right. I have recommended it before but it disappeared for a while but has now reappeared for Christmas. 

The 25% offers are not in Aldi sadly but they have discounts occasionally. I like their prosecco which had £1 off at Valentines and Easter, which at Aldi prices equated to about 20 %. 🤣

fatbelly

There's a good wine deal from Lidl next weekend (Fri - Sun)

South African Sauvignon Blanc £2.99

https://www.lidl.co.uk/p/pick-of-the-week/south-african-sauvignon-blanc/p55122

Rosa_Damascena

Brie said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

@Brie - foxy? Explain? (Not a fan of reds at the best of times but the descriptor "foxy" sounds vile).

Ummm foxy.....  well having grown up in a grape district I used to walk to school through the vineyards.  And in the autumn there were grapes and we would eat them on the way.  Unfortunately these were not the nice green grapes you buy in the shop as the area was known originally more for grape jelly rather than wine.  So while the fruit inside a grape was nice no one ever ate the skin.  It had a tough texture and gave the fruit a taste that was somewhat citrusy and powdery all at the same time.  Maybe with a flavour of apricots.  It's hard to describe but that's what I think of every time I taste Californian or Aussie/NZ wines - and the term foxy springs to mind.  

This from a wine forum describes it better than I do and while I think the "odour of fur coat" is interesting I still stick by the citrus/powder/apricot idea.  And all the grapes were concord then unlike now when the production of white wine in the area has become recognised as gold medal standard world wide beating out the French and Germans frequently.  

The term “foxy” refers to a very distinctive note found in some wines, a sort of wild, musky, animal smell that reminds me of the odor of a fur coat. It’s often found in American grape varieties like Concord or Catawba, and it’s usually paired with a pure grapey note.

Because it’s associated with certain grapes and the wines made from them, it’s generally an accepted component ... to a point. Too strong a foxy note can make a wine seem out of balance or disjointed, or it can detract from the rest of the wine’s personality. Scientists have identified the “foxy gene,” which means you might see foxy-free Concord wine in the future.

That's what I took it to mean, and its enough to put me off alcohol 

alicef

Good things from Lidl

They sorted out an issue we had with Lidl Plus - very pleased about that
I love the 1kg bags of coffee beans - sometimes XXLto 1.2kg also the Bon Gelati Premium Chocolate ice cream
Frozen fish section is excellent as is the wine section 
Bakery croissants, sour dough loaves, Portuguese style custard tarts
Discounts on soon to go past use by date are good
I'm a fan of the £1.50 fruit/veg boxes

Not a fan of some of the fresh produce... Carrots going mouldy very soon after purchase ditto on the bagged lemons, wish they would stock loose leaf tea.

MisterPym

Celery was soggy, really disappointed as I like it when I'm making Minestrone.

robrymond

Another week, another set of Aldi rises. Pasta is now £1.25 for the standard range. Was only 45p a few weeks ago. Weirdly it's nearly as expensive as the posh pastas.

Rosa_Damascena

A positive for Lidl: I picked up 4 pints of SS milk on Sunday before last without paying much attention to what was left in the chiller cabinet. Was away last week and realised when I returned and made a cup of tea that it was organic and expired on 15.11.22 (last Tuesday). 

I finished it today, and am pleased to report it was fine in hot drinks