Champagne Price Wars

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Nov 28, 2014 13:40

asfish wrote:

They are not even good TV's either some make I've never heard off.

You've never heard of Blaupunkt?

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

Grim... wrote:

asfish wrote:

They are not even good TV's either some make I've never heard off.

You've never heard of Blaupunkt?

Not until today no! I have a TV that I'm happy with. my local Tesco is one of the mega ones and used to have the TV's placed so you sort of had to go past them to get to the food. At that time they were all Samsung and other brands I'd heard off.

Now they have moved all the TV's etc somewhere else in the store so I never walk past them anymore

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38463

Cool story, bro.

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Nov 28, 2014 14:58

DavPaz wrote:

Queueing only works as long as everyone in the queue thinks they have a chance of getting what they're queueing for. The mistake that these shops have made is having a pile of the tellies or whatever that people can see whilst they queue. Someone say 30 people from the front does a quick tally in their head and realises that they're unlikely to get what they've waited for and they get anxious. This anxiety transmits down the queue in both directions and order breaks down.

They should hand them out from a stock room one by one.

Or! Send fucking Black Friday back over the pond where they're used to this fucking madness.

A pallet is often the only way to get stock on to a shop floor for stunt deals, though. The idea being to clear the stock ASAP, stacking shelves just takes too long.

GazChap · **Posted:** Fri Nov 28, 2014 15:19

Grim... wrote:

You've never heard of Blaupunkt?

"Hey, let go of the mayor and we'll even throw in a Blaupunkt."

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38463

GazChap wrote:

Grim... wrote:

You've never heard of Blaupunkt?

"Hey, let go of the mayor and we'll even throw in a Blaupunkt."

Stop jerking me off!

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

The sound of all those marbles clashing down through the sticks into the plastic dish just makes an earsome racket. I prefer Buckaroo.

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

Curiosity · **Posted:** Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:10

FEWER shit TVs

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

Saw on Twitter by @danmentos:

Hey I just met you
And this is crazy
To get this TV
I kicked your baby

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

One person was bitten and a women in a wheelchair also punched in the face at my local Tesco during the Black Friday TV scrambles.

TheVision · **Posted:** Sat Nov 29, 2014 12:00

Bitten?!? What is wrong with people?

Kern · **Posted:** Sat Nov 29, 2014 12:07

Twilight has a lot to answer for.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Sat Nov 29, 2014 15:34

Kern wrote:

Luis Suarez has a lot to answer for.

FTFY

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Now you're talking about football in the champagne thread! Gat the actual fuck out!

Grim... · **Posted:** Sat Nov 29, 2014 18:27

Now we're talking about Indian classical music!

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Duh, Saint's Row.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22270

Tesco had loads of the cheap champagne last night, it seems the mad rush is over.

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

They also have some ok offers on more expensive stuff. Lanson Pink was £25 I think and Moet Pink £27.

Usually give Moet a wide berth as its overprice for what it is, the Pink is really nice though, my wife was given a bottle as a present.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

They've got Heidsieck-Monopole blue top for £17 too, which I really like.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22270

I might pop back tonight and have a better look. I just picked up a couple of bottles of the £8 while I picked up stuff for dinner last night.

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

Trooper wrote:

I might pop back tonight and have a better look. I just picked up a couple of bottles of the £8 while I picked up stuff for dinner last night.

Sainsbury's are doing good deals, but a lot of them are 25% off if you buy 6 bottles.

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

A few years ago I found a deal on champagne in a Threshers shop in Ascot

I ended up paying around £45 a bottle for some Taittinger 1998 vintage, it costs around £120 now

There has never been an occasion good enough in my wife's eyes to crack it open my 40th, the birth of our first child etc

Thinking about it, its been it the cupboard so long I'm not 100% its Taittinger!! its defiantly 1998 and vintage and the price is right as I looked it up a couple of years ago.

Problem is my dad told us that the vintage can be kept for years hence it costing more, I should check this and maybe get it cracked open at Xmas!

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22270

It can be kept for years if you keep it right, i.e. in the dark and cool and on it's side so the cork doesn't dry out.
If you haven't been doing that, then it's probably still ok, but you might as well drink it as it won't get better over time, and could possibly be a bit crap if the cork has dried out.

You should always open a special bottle whenever you want to, rather than waiting for a special occasion.
Bored on a wet wednesday afternoon? Open the special champagne, now it is a special wet wednesday afternoon!

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

The rule on champagne is typically that you can keep it for as long as it's been laid down for. Finding out how long that bottle was laid down for is the tricky part

However! It ain't going to have been 10 years - so drink it soon, because it'll be right at the end of it's shelf life by now.

Trooper wrote:

Bored on a wet wednesday afternoon? Open the special champagne, now it is a special wet wednesday afternoon!

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

asfish wrote:

its defiantly 1998 and vintage

Heh. If it's definitely 1998 then yes, it would definitely be vintage

If it was definitely 2011 it'd be vintage, too

KovacsC · **Posted:** Tue Dec 02, 2014 16:30

asfish wrote:

They also have some ok offers on more expensive stuff. Lanson Pink was £25 I think and Moet Pink £27.

Usually give Moet a wide berth as its overprice for what it is, the Pink is really nice though, my wife was given a bottle as a present.

I might have to get a bottle, as I have been seeing MissKov a year now

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

If you've been seeing her for a year then I'd suggest you're beyond the champagne and presents 'just because' stage. About a year beyond it.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

If you've been seeing her for a year then I'd suggest you're beyond the champagne and presents 'just because' stage. About a year beyond it.

Shhh... Russell reads this forum and I've still got him convinced it's normal behaviour.

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

Cras wrote:

The rule on champagne is typically that you can keep it for as long as it's been laid down for. Finding out how long that bottle was laid down for is the tricky part

However! It ain't going to have been 10 years - so drink it soon, because it'll be right at the end of it's shelf life by now.

Trooper wrote:

Bored on a wet wednesday afternoon? Open the special champagne, now it is a special wet wednesday afternoon!

Its Taittinger and is in a dark cool place on its side, can't believe I had all that done, there is also a bottle of Veuve Clicquot 2002 Vintage in there that I had forgotten about, but is in there for the same reasons. It will be drunk at Xmas

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22270

Tesco had run out of cheap stuff again, so I bought expensive stuff instead...

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

I like your moxie.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Dec 02, 2014 23:05

I like to lie on my side in a dark place when I've had a skinfull.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Tue Dec 02, 2014 23:13

Mimicle on 34th St wrote:

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

If you've been seeing her for a year then I'd suggest you're beyond the champagne and presents 'just because' stage. About a year beyond it.

Shhh... Russell reads this forum and I've still got him convinced it's normal behaviour.

Yes. I have been told it is normal.

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

I found the same Taittinger on Tesco for £129 a bottle, it says in the information that it can be kept for 10 years

We must have bought this 1998 around 6 years ago when I guess the 10 years was up for these bottles so that explains the sale price

So not sure what it will taste like but will have a backup bottle of something else in the fridge on Xmas Day!

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

Tesco doing Lanson Pink for £25 and Lason Black Label for £22

The bottles are a 2014 Wimbledon Edition and come with some sort of cooling jacket, still good to drink for 2 years though.

Cavey · **Posted:** Wed Jun 10, 2015 19:47

Bleh, Lanson too sweet for my tastes (both white and esp. rose), but cheers for the info anyway

Curiosity · **Posted:** Wed Jun 10, 2015 20:12

I like the Nicolas Feuileieurieueieuete stuff. Always enjoy when that comes on offer.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Agreed, it's lovely and a right bargain.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

I've don't see what everyone sees in champagne. I mean I've tried it lots of times, and it's alright. I always think it tastes vaguely Diamond White-y myself.

I think cheap sweet sparkling wine is a much nicer drink.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Jun 11, 2015 9:43

I'd rava have cava.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Pundabaya wrote:

I think cheap sweet sparkling wine is a much nicer drink.

Well champagne's not meant to be sweet, so if you like sweet sparkling wine it's no real surprise you're not a champagne fan.

Cavey · **Posted:** Thu Jun 11, 2015 18:41

Pundabaya wrote:

I've don't see what everyone sees in champagne. I mean I've tried it lots of times, and it's alright. I always think it tastes vaguely Diamond White-y myself.

Dom P tastes....... Diamond White-y?

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

I much prefer prosecco, but I'm clearly some sort of pleb.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

KovacsC · **Posted:** Fri Jun 12, 2015 0:01

Oh god. I agree with Mr Chris.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

about the prosecco or that I'm a pleb?

Jem · **Posted:** Fri Jun 12, 2015 10:22

I'm not fussy, I'll drink whatever someone else has paid for.

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

Jem wrote:

I'm not fussy, I'll drink whatever someone else has paid for.

That's a good way to look at things

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Jun 12, 2015 15:09

Nothing better than lying out in a beer garden with a Sémillon.

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