(17-12-2009, 07:17 AM)marathondan Wrote: Thanks for the tips, EG. I might make a quick pre-Christmas trip to the new, and doubly glamorous, Aldi Bracknell.
Beware.
Aldi sell some good value wines but they are totally unequipped for customers. They usually have no empty boxes available if you want to buy more than a couple of bottles, and no staff to help if you need to move something. I usually end up taking off my jacket and remerchandising the odd stack just to dig out what I need. THey don't mind though, because there are no staff to mind.
Also, know that they don't like credit cards, so you'll need cash or a debit card.
Worth persevering with, but they can be hard work.
Also, if they have any of their cheap 50cl bots of eiswein, or beerenauslese or trockenberrenauslese (German dessert wines of fabulous richness), just buy them. I bought a couple of cases 2 years ago. Had a press release a month ago saying they were getting 'em in again but I haven't seen 'em. Amazing value at about £5 or £6. Usually double or triple the price for a smaller bottle.
I had something new and excellent last night in a restaurant in Nottingham. A shiraz - viognier blend. Weird as viognier is a white grape and shiraz is red. Never heard of the producer before: Red Dot. Australian. MLCM may know of them. Maybe it was the ambience, but this was the best Aussie wine I've had in a long long time.
