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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 | Photos | 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. |
| 2015/05/06 | Conde Noble | 2013 | [fabricado para Lidl] | white | 11.0 | 0.52 | Lidl | 2 | 4 | yes | Poor-quality table wine, OK for cooking. | ||
| 2019/07/15 | Montepulciano d'Abruzzo | 2017 | CVSC Coop, Ortona, Italy | Montepulciano d'Abruzzo | red | 12.5 | 4.75 | Tesco | 4 | 2 | yes | Every-day table wine. | |
| 2019/07/21 | Riesling | 2018 | Tesco | Rheinhessen | white | 11.0 | 4.00 | Tesco | 4 | 2 | yes | They also sell a Tesco Finest Riesling at 8.75. | |
| 2019/07/23 | Borgo dei Trulli Salice Salentino | 2018? | Orion Wines | Salice Salentino | red | 13.0 | 6.99 | Waitrose | 4 | 2 | yes | Posh people liked it. | |
| 2019/07/23 | Pecorino Superiore | 2018 | Allegedly Fenaroli, bottled Citra Vini, Ortona | Abruzzo | white | 13.0 | 7.49 | Waitrose | 4 | 2 | no | Reasonable village coop wine. | |
| 2019/08/06 | Chenin Blanc | 2018 | Fairtrade vineyards, it says. | Breede River Valley, South Africa | white | 12.5 | 6.00 | Tesco | 3 | 3 | no | SO opposed. | |
| 2019/08/06 | Corte Aurelio Nero d'Avola | 2018 | A.VI.P. SpA, Cossano Belbo | Sicilia | red | 13.0 | 4.79 | Lidl | 2 | 4 | no | Worse than the comparable Tesco product. |
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