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Re: Aldi wine report
Reply #15 - Aug 13^th, 2015 at 2:45pm

bogarde73 wrote on Aug 13^th, 2015 at 1:38pm:

Just sampled a Sauvignon Blanc from what I think is a new range at Aldi - their Patisserie du Vin range.

Young, promiscuous and eager to please. (God you're a goose Bogarde!)

Also they have a Syrah (Shiraz) in the range. Bought but not yet sampled.

PS If you try the Syrah, they now have a very small portion Roquefort cheese to go with it. They did have, may still, a Stilton, but the portion was too big for me to get through in a reasonable time. This one is ideal size though.

I can just see you in your smoking jacket.. hopefully without the cigar..looking out over the plantation as you indulge your taste buds....you didnt say how much the booze was..

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Aldi wine report Reply #16 - Aug 13^th, 2015 at 3:58pm I'm sorry to disappoint. No smoking jacket. Cigars were back in the day, as were pipe and cigarettes. Flannelette shirt & jeans, just came in from some chainsawing. About $8-9, something like that.
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Soren Gold Member Offline Posts: 25654 Gender:	Re: Aldi wine report Reply #17 - Nov 8^th, 2015 at 1:29pm 'Taste the Bush' wine ad banned for being 'sexist and degrading' Is this sexist and degrading of women??
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Ajax Gold Member Offline CO2 has never controlled temperature on Earth Posts: 11070 Australia Gender:	Re: Aldi wine report Reply #18 - Nov 8^th, 2015 at 1:32pm I take my chances with clean skins from Dan Murphy's. Sometimes you get a delight....!!!
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Ajax Gold Member Offline CO2 has never controlled temperature on Earth Posts: 11070 Australia Gender:	Re: Aldi wine report Reply #19 - Nov 8^th, 2015 at 1:41pm Soren wrote on Nov 8^th, 2015 at 1:29pm: 'Taste the Bush' wine ad banned for being 'sexist and degrading' Is this sexist and degrading of women?? It may be in the strictest of terms but I don't mind it. Men always make jack asses of them selves in beer commercials. Imo its ok....
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Soren Gold Member Offline Posts: 25654 Gender:	Re: Aldi wine report Reply #20 - Nov 8^th, 2015 at 7:09pm Enticing men to enjoy L'Origine du Monde is sexist and degrading?? Patrick Suskind wrote a novel about the essence of perfume. If someone could actually make a wine that recalled L'Origine du Monde t the drinker, it would make us all 'lotus eaters', as it were.
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Black Orchid Moderator Offline Posts: 5826 Gender:	Re: Aldi wine report Reply #21 - Nov 8^th, 2015 at 9:48pm Apparently the ASA received eight complaints about the advert. Eight?
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Aldi wine report Reply #22 - Nov 12^th, 2015 at 11:36am Just sampling a Loire Valley Sauv Blanc 2014. They're just a regional blend of course but it's very nice. And of course it's the allure.
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 154435 Gender:	Re: Aldi wine report Reply #23 - Nov 12^th, 2015 at 11:42am Soren wrote on Nov 8^th, 2015 at 1:29pm: 'Taste the Bush' wine ad banned for being 'sexist and degrading' Is this sexist and degrading of women?? Cool ad.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: Aldi wine report Reply #24 - Nov 13^th, 2015 at 8:13pm Instead of shopping for flipping wine and cheese and so on at {shudder} supermarkets go and visit some bloody wineries and dairies and bakeries etc. Super markets are debbils work! Christ, get a bit real, eh?
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Re: Aldi wine report
Reply #25 - Nov 14^th, 2015 at 4:39am

Black Orchid wrote on Mar 21^st, 2015 at 12:26pm:

My local store is pretty small but it has still managed to make a small section for alcohol. I am hoping a bigger store is opened up in the area eventually and I might frequent it more.

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EXCLUSIVE: Australia’s biggest wine snobs have sniffed, sipped and spat their way through more than 2000 wines — only to judge six bottles from Aldi as among the best the country has to offer.

The Sydney International Wine Competition found a $6.99 Cabernet Savuingnon from South East Australia and a $9.99 Semillon, blended specifically for the Aldi discount supermarket chain, to be in its top 100
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And Aldi’s $4.99 Spanish Tempranillo snagged a Blue Gold award — the equivalent of a silver medal.

A panel of 14 international and Australian judges presided over the competition with no knowledge of the identity or prices of the wines they were tasting.

Of the 2000 wines tasted, 280 earned top-100, Blue Gold (silver) or Gold (bronze) status.

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/six-of-aldis-cheap-wines-judged-among-best...

Absolutely. Take the labels and price tags off the bottles and the House of Cards comes falling down.

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Aldi wine report Reply #26 - Nov 14^th, 2015 at 7:29am That is so true of many products. Take furniture. True you can seek out crafts man-made pieces, though these days that probably means going antique. But for average furniture go to Fantastic rather than somewhere that will charge you 2x or 3x for same quality. Disclosure: interest held
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