Because life’s too short for pious bollocks about life being too short to drink bad wine.
Review date
Product name
Year
Producer
Region
Genre
Alcohol
GBP/75cl
Retailer
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Drinkable?
Hangover?
Buy again?
Comments
2012/06/09
Blanc de blancs seco
2011
Conde de Caralt
Catalunya
white
11.5
2.02
Eroski
2
5
no
2012/06/09
blanco
2011
Castillo de Olite
Navarra
white
12.5
1.61
Eroski
2
5
no
2012/06/09
Tinto jóven
2011
Echave
Navarra
red
13.0
1.61
Eroski
3
3
yes
2012/06/12
Pazo de Xigard
2011
Viña Costeira
Ribeiro
white
11.0
1.92
Eroski
3
3
yes
Bit watery, but that's 11% for you
2012/06/19
Tinto / Tempranillo
2011
Faustino Rivero
Castilla
red
13.0
1.77
Eroski
2
4
maybe
2012/07/19
Riosal cosechero
Masía Can Palet?
San Juan Despí?
red
12.5
1.37
Sorli Discau
4
2
yes
Can Palet is a restaurant in Terrassa which I assume has some land in Sant Joan and sells off what it doesn't consume. Cork by Bellod Celler, to confuse matters.
2012/08/23
Cañador
2011
Bodegas 1890
Jumilla
red
12.0
1.62
Eroski
1
5
no
Pure piss, but acceptable thusly: http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2012/08/23/only-sensible-use-for-cheap-red-wine-at-30c/
2013/06/03
generic
unknown
generic
Tarragona
red
12.0
0.90
La Bodegueta, Torrijos 16, Barcelona
4
2
yes
1.40/l out of the barrel, also a fine basis for tinto de verano etc. This is now my default.
2013/06/09
Quinta das animas
2011
Bodegas Alanis
Ribeiro
white
11.5
1.79
Mercadona
1
5
no
Subsidised by malevolent Galician dentists?
2013/09/03
Store brand
Alcampo
donkey
can\'t remember
0.75
Alcampo
1
4
yes
The rest of the cooking wine got drunk. It\'s boring and not very nice, but better than some more expensive product. Is it better than bodega wine, though?
2014/01/04
Ederra Reserva
2009
Bodegas Bilbaínas
Rioja
red
13.5
6.49
Alcampo
1
5
no
Absolutely horrible. Dominated by oak, if by that is meant it tasted like drinking antifreeze.
2014/01/05
Estola
2009
Mancha
red
13.0
2.32
Mercadona
4
2
yes
Does all the right things, tho GFs say smells excessively of alcohol.
2014/01/06
"tarragonés"
Tarragona
red
12.0
0.87
La Bodegueta, Torrijos 16, Barcelona
4
2
yes
Is there any regulation of what bodegas sell out of barrels? How do we know it is Tarragona plonk and not goat urine mixed with anti-freeze?
2014/01/12
Criança (3l bag in box)
2011
Celler el Masroig
Montsant
red
14.0
2.49
Alcampo
4
2
yes
Excellent (price is equivalent for 75cl)
2014/11/12
Red on tap
2013
Celler Cooperatiu la Granada
Penedès
red
?
0.70
Celler Cooperatiu la Granada
4
2
yes
Hearty stuff. The agrobotiga opens in the afternoon now, so you can go for a walk, buy stuff, and then get the train to Bcn. The bar just up the road is a great favourite too.
2015/02/10
Extra Brut
2012
Arestel
Penedès
cava
11.5
2.00
Lidl
4
2
yes
Excellent. When is a DOM a cartel: http://www.verema.com/foros/foro-vino/temas/1149486-polemica-cava-arestel-0-99-lidl-que-esta-pasando-estos-precios
2015/03/11
Rojalet (3l bag in a box)
2013
Celler el Masroig
Montsant
red
14.5
2.12
Alcampo
2
4
no
Remarketed version of the successful crianza tried above.
2015/03/28
Albariño Salneval Barrica
2013
Condes de Albarei
Rías Baixas
white
12.5
5.09
Lidl
1
5
no
Horrible oaky wine clearly produced for morons who'll pay high prices for something in a heavy bottle from a "low-cost" supermarket.
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