Champagne Price Wars

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

http://www.champagneguru.co.uk/latest-offers/

This guy keeps a good list of supermarket offers.

Cheapest is Tesco they are doing a bottle of Champagne for £8! From today until the 2nd December

Despite it being a school night I bought one to try later tonight for the purpose of review :DD

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

There's some very good tokaji at Aldi for £18 a bottle this week. Or there was anyway.

No aldi near me

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

Although its 5.22pm I just poured the first glass of the £8 Champagne from Tesco

Its very dry and quite sharp, which is what the supermarket specials tend to be like.

Personally I probably won't get any more as it gives me the impression I would end up having to take a load of Gaviscon if I drank any amount of it

It still worth £8, but nowhere near the £25.99RRP Tesco are trying to bullshit people with.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49251

Believe it or not I pay some attention to the price of champagne. Annoyingly the tesco stuff is sold out all over. It's pretty decent stuff, too.

The £18 Tokaji is a lot more interesting. Time to hunt for an Aldi. Damned living in middle class areas.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49251

Surprised by your assessment, I've had it before and it's perfectly palatable.

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

Cras wrote:

Surprised by your assessment, I've had it before and it's perfectly palatable.

To be fair the 2nd glass was better, thinking maybe it wasn't cold enough.

There was a mountain of it at the entrance to my Tesco. I had gone there for Yoghurt, but for the mountain of cheap champagne before me I would have left with only Yoghurt as well!

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

Cras wrote:

Believe it or not I pay some attention to the price of champagne. Annoyingly the tesco stuff is sold out all over. It's pretty decent stuff, too.

The £18 Tokaji is a lot more interesting. Time to hunt for an Aldi. Damned living in middle class areas.

Get me one if you do. I own far too many unopened dessert wines but its worth a punt.

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

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

Cras wrote:

Believe it or not I pay some attention to the price of champagne. Annoyingly the tesco stuff is sold out all over. It's pretty decent stuff, too.

The £18 Tokaji is a lot more interesting. Time to hunt for an Aldi. Damned living in middle class areas.

Get me one if you do. I own far too many unopened dessert wines but its worth a punt.

I'm banking on this not been too popular in the Slough branch, could be wrong though if the Windsor shoppers have got down wind of it!

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49251

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

Cras wrote:

Believe it or not I pay some attention to the price of champagne. Annoyingly the tesco stuff is sold out all over. It's pretty decent stuff, too.

The £18 Tokaji is a lot more interesting. Time to hunt for an Aldi. Damned living in middle class areas.

Get me one if you do. I own far too many unopened dessert wines but its worth a punt.

Ha, likewise. Somehow doesn't seem to stop me, however.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Nov 26, 2014 22:21

I can pick some up tomorrow if it will survive posting.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Nov 26, 2014 22:22

Because there is an aldi in batley. Only vintage shops here in Saltaire

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

For reference

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Nov 26, 2014 22:50

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

For reference

Ok. Not posting this to you though.

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

Right. I'm getting a train to bradford.

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

Objective trufax - prosecco is better than champagne.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Nov 26, 2014 23:10

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

Right. I'm getting a train to bradford.

There's a craft beer any vinyl café there now selling cold meats

Curiosity · **Posted:** Wed Nov 26, 2014 23:34

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

For reference

Oooh, 6 is the good shit! That's 30 quid for a 35cl one in my wine shop (admittedly, different actual wine so YMMV, but still a fantastic punt).

Curiosity · **Posted:** Wed Nov 26, 2014 23:35

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Objective trufax - prosecco is better than champagne.

Better value for money than rubbish to average champagne, yes.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Nov 26, 2014 23:42

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

For reference

Send me your address and I will see what can be done

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

Curiosity wrote:

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Objective trufax - prosecco is better than champagne.

Better value for money than rubbish to average champagne, yes.

Or any champagne, really. I've had most sorts of champers, and I would still rather a bottle of half decent prosecco.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49251

Well yes. But you're an ignorant prole.

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

Curiosity wrote:

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

For reference

Oooh, 6 is the good shit! That's 30 quid for a 35cl one in my wine shop (admittedly, different actual wine so YMMV, but still a fantastic punt).

Yeah. Realised belatedly that saying tokaji without confirming it was 6 was not giving the complete story.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38697

I feel so Northern right now

LaceSensor · **Joined:** 2nd Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 3137

not arsed about champagne but I do 90% of my shopping at Aldi these days
its just ridiculously good value, excellent quality stuff.

Nothing to do with class, it just makes financial sense.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Nov 27, 2014 10:12

Curiosity wrote:

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

For reference

Oooh, 6 is the good shit! That's 30 quid for a 35cl one in my wine shop (admittedly, different actual wine so YMMV, but still a fantastic punt).

Wife just bought the last three in shipley store

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Nov 27, 2014 10:21

There are 3 Aldis near me.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Thu Nov 27, 2014 10:52

MaliA wrote:

Curiosity wrote:

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

For reference

Oooh, 6 is the good shit! That's 30 quid for a 35cl one in my wine shop (admittedly, different actual wine so YMMV, but still a fantastic punt).

Wife just bought the last three in shipley store

I'll send you my address

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

Cras wrote:

Well yes. But you're an ignorant prole.

Well, so's your face.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Nov 27, 2014 11:03

Curiosity wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Curiosity wrote:

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

For reference

Oooh, 6 is the good shit! That's 30 quid for a 35cl one in my wine shop (admittedly, different actual wine so YMMV, but still a fantastic punt).

Wife just bought the last three in shipley store

I'll send you my address

Ok

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11909

No, you must bring them to the Christmas Quiz!

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Nov 27, 2014 13:06

I can't believe this thread exists and is so popular yet my Amiga kickstarter book thread languishes somewhere in the darkest pits of the forum.

I remember when this place was cool.

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

I feel the same way about my money clip thread

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Nov 27, 2014 14:25

I feel the same way about...

Nah, every one of mine is gold.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49251

Grim... wrote:

Nah, every one of mine is gold.

DISAGREE, SON.

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Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Nov 27, 2014 14:38

GOLD!

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Nov 27, 2014 16:17

Huh. They didn't have any £8 champagne so I bought metro 2033 for the ps4 instead.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Nov 27, 2014 17:16

How does it taste?

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11909

A bit young.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Nov 27, 2014 19:27

Bobbyaro wrote:

A bit young.

Hush, you.

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

On the topic of price wars there is over an hours wait just to access curry's website at the moment

Others like John Lewis are the same

Black Friday mania!

Curiosity · **Posted:** Thu Nov 27, 2014 23:40

asfish wrote:

On the topic of price wars there is over an hours wait just to access urry's website at the moment

Others like John Lewis are the same

Black Friday mania!

John Lewis is working fine for me.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13386

Not champagne related but Black Friday related, civil disorder as idiots fight over tellies in Tesco.

The video footage really is quite something.

FUCKING IDIOTS.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22405

Saw than on the tellybox this morning, it was amazing.
Very un-english, I almost spilt tea on my house coat.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13386

But what kind of imbecile would get into a squabble over a telly? In fact, who even goes out at midnight to buy a telly?

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

Amazon appears to be overloaded today which is fairly ludicrous. Also annoying as I have to buy something work related from there today.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38697

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.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49251

Also stop talking about tellies in the champagne thread, peons.

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

Hearthly wrote:

Not champagne related but Black Friday related, civil disorder as idiots fight over tellies in Tesco.

The video footage really is quite something.

FUCKING IDIOTS.

They are not even good TV's either some make I've never heard off. I would also guess that what ever price they are flogging them today will be repeated through out the year. That's my big problem with RRP the shops just make it up.

EDIT just watched the video, what a nasty environment that was to shop in!

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

You'd really be pissed off if you'd met someone in the pub last night and taken them home, having decided that the best place to stop off for condoms was the 24 hour Tesco at the end of your road, arriving at 12:01.

Did YOU leave the pub with a guaranteed shag last night but had to stop off at the supermarket for prophylactics only to be hampered by Black Friday shoppers? Let us know by texting or tweeting us. Please take care to follow all applicable road safety rules before sending us your comments, videos or pictures.

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

I really should have pursued that original planned career in journalism. I'm a natural.

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