Best fruit wine available locally

[torrzent]

Forget the wine snobs and all the complaint threads.  What is the best fruit wine about in terms of taste, bouquet, finish, ease on the palate and of course cost.

 

[tonray]

Actually the  best I have had was a locally produced brand..brown/red label various fruit variations..usually sold at those Mall Food events (ie Thai Cultural) like in Seacon Bang Khae. I will get the name of the brand next time they are around...

[Pungdo]

I recently tried a Mangosteen Wine a while back, very nice indeed, only a small bottle around half the volume of a normal wine bottle, but from memory, it was around 160 baht, I got it from a stall in the food court in Central on the right around the fast food places.

[HarrySeaman]

" taste, bouquet, finish, ease on the palate "

 

Forget those terms and substitute, "non-gag inducing" and you get a couple of the chateau d'cardboard fruit wine brands.  My current favorite is Mont Clair which I buy in a 2 L bottle, but which also comes in a 4 L box. It lasts for a couple of weeks in the refrigerator.  The red tastes best at cool room temperature so I warm it in the microwave a few seconds after pouring a glass.  Real class act!

 

The Thai produced wines have a yellow tax seal across the top.  The imported ones have blue tax seal.

 

If you want something better than the Thai produced fruit wines at a reasonable price (about 3 times a chateau d'cardboard fruit wine) go to Tesco-Lotus and get a bottle of their Australian house brand, which is real wine.  The label says Vineyards World Wines.  The imported Australian Shiraz I bought had a black and yellow label with a picture of a kangaroo on the yellow part, which I believe you will find on all their wines.  The taste was simple but clean and far better than the chateau d'cardboard fruit wines.

[Henryford]

I drink Mont Clair which i find perfectly acceptable especially as i usually only drink wine with a meal.

[Laza 45]

40 minutes ago, HarrySeaman said:

The imported Australian Shiraz I bought had a black and yellow label with a picture of a kangaroo on the yellow part, which I believe you will find on all their wines.

'Yellow Tail'.. a decent drop for the price..  Also from Tesco.. 'Nadin'  red (I didn't like their white) and the Kookaburra red in the 2 liter bottle are OK.. about 300 Bt for the Nadin.. I think 400 for the 2 liter Kookaburra.. 

[alien365]

I used to buy Nadin, but then changed to Robertsons Winery dry red. its about 280 per bottle or a 3L box for 800. 

[Andyfez]

Watch the list of contents .

I recently bought some . But the contents included fructose, colouring and flavouring.....

[dpdp]

They all are cheap cheap sh*t, so buy the cheapest, charles strong at lotus for 199.

 

[dpdp]

43 minutes ago, Henryford said:

I drink Mont Clair which i find perfectly acceptable especially as i usually only drink wine with a meal.

 

 

the worst of any worst fruit wine sold in this country.

 

 

 

[kokopelli]

The OP asked about the best fruit wines available locally.  Did you mean fruit wines made in Thailand?

Or fruit wines that are available in Thailand and made elsewhere? The stuff made in Thailand is of questionable character and I doubt it would please anyone.

[smotherb]

It seems " taste, bouquet, finish, ease on the palate" are available, but isn't it funny how, "of course, cost" seems to limit so many things.

[newatthis]

1 hour ago, Laza 45 said:

'Yellow Tail'.. a decent drop for the price..  Also from Tesco.. 'Nadin'  red (I didn't like their white) and the Kookaburra red in the 2 liter bottle are OK.. about 300 Bt for the Nadin.. I think 400 for the 2 liter Kookaburra.. 

Thanks for this info. Gotta go to Lotus tomorrow and get some reds for New Years. I'll try your suggestions.

[Hamuraii]

Found a nice Austrian Red, 4L box wine, named Gossips, has a good Shiraz'ism base to it, about 900baht, not a bad milking cow tbh.

 

in the Big-C

[torrzent]

3 hours ago, kokopelli said:

The OP asked about the best fruit wines available locally.  Did you mean fruit wines made in Thailand?

Or fruit wines that are available in Thailand and made elsewhere? The stuff made in Thailand is of questionable character and I doubt it would please anyone.

 

3 hours ago, kokopelli said:

The OP asked about the best fruit wines available locally.  Did you mean fruit wines made in Thailand?

Or fruit wines that are available in Thailand and made elsewhere? The stuff made in Thailand is of questionable character and I doubt it would please anyone.

It means what it means...some great responses already.  Unless you are a non-english speaker take your grammatical nonsense elsewhere

[khunPer]

11 hours ago, torrzent said:

What is the best fruit wine about in terms of taste, bouquet, finish, ease on the palate and of course cost.

Mainly a question of taste, and what wine one is used to; for example French wine, or Australian Wine, or...

 

I prefer "Peter Vella", comes for example in 4-liter cartons for 799 baht (red or white) in malls, and around 720 baht in Makro.

 

Tried "Mont Clair", which is very popular, but in my opinion not as good as Peter Vellea, or "Osborne" that is my second favorit at about same price. Perhaps because my taste is more for European wines, and not too dry ("very dry")...

[Acemaker]

5 hours ago, Henryford said:

I drink Mont Clair which i find perfectly acceptable especially as i usually only drink wine with a meal.

Get You Ducky!  

[SiSePuede419]

Trader Joe's House California Wine is 60-90B/bottle and is FANTASTIC. 

 

I recommend the Shiraz, Merlot or Cabernet Sauvignon:

 

 

I've personally BLIND TASTE TESTED it against $6, $16 and even $30 / bottle California wines of the same vintage and had a WINE SNOB refuse to tell me which one was better...

 

Because they might have chosen the cheap stuff.  Tsk, tsk, tsk.  Snobs are so predictable.?

 

Unfortunately, it's only available in America. [Sneer] ?

 

 

 

[Laza 45]

9 hours ago, torrzent said:

 

It means what it means...some great responses already.  Unless you are a non-english speaker take your grammatical nonsense elsewhere

..'available locally'... sounds pretty clear... 

[xylophone]

15 hours ago, HarrySeaman said:

Tesco-Lotus and get a bottle of their Australian house brand, which is real wine.  The label says Vineyards World Wines.

About the cheapest non-fruit wine one can buy here and not a bad swigger for the price.

 

But seems like the OP is only after fruit wine, so lots of casks from OZ in that category to choose from,

[Cranky]

3 hours ago, SiSePuede419 said:

Trader Joe's House California Wine is 60-90B/bottle and is FANTASTIC. 

 

I recommend the Shiraz, Merlot or Cabernet Sauvignon:

 

 

I've personally BLIND TASTE TESTED it against $6, $16 and even $30 / bottle California wines of the same vintage and had a WINE SNOB refuse to tell me which one was better...

 

Because they might have chosen the cheap stuff.  Tsk, tsk, tsk.  Snobs are so predictable.?

 

Unfortunately, it's only available in America. [Sneer] ?

 

 

 

This information is about as much use as a pushbike is to a fish.  

 

Aussie Shiraz, Castle Creek, 5 litre box from Makro 900 baht.  Pretty acceptable if decanted for 24 hours makes a big difference than swigging straight from the box (which you can also hide from guests)

[xylophone]

20 minutes ago, Cranky said:

Aussie Shiraz, Castle Creek, 5 litre box from Makro 900 baht.  Pretty acceptable if decanted for 24 hours makes a big difference than swigging straight from the box (which you can also hide from guests)

I've usually found that these fruit wines taste better cooler............but then again we all have different tastes.

[Laza 45]

45 minutes ago, Cranky said:

This information is about as much use as a pushbike is to a fish.  

 

Aussie Shiraz, Castle Creek, 5 litre box from Makro 900 baht.  Pretty acceptable if decanted for 24 hours makes a big difference than swigging straight from the box (which you can also hide from guests)

Castle Creek is ok.. but Makro built across the road from the university here and can't sell booze!

 

[Cranky]

1 hour ago, Laza 45 said:

Castle Creek is ok.. but Makro built across the road from the university here and can't sell booze!

 

Very difficult for a cheap fruit wine to be better than 'OK'!  Chilling it works fine with decanting.  It's also good for sauces.  Seeing as it works out around 135 baht a 75 CL bottle one can't really complain,  trouble is there is not much in between this and paying 6-800 Baht for something decent that is actually wine. 

[Laza 45]

1 hour ago, Cranky said:

Very difficult for a cheap fruit wine to be better than 'OK'!  Chilling it works fine with decanting.  It's also good for sauces.  Seeing as it works out around 135 baht a 75 CL bottle one can't really complain,  trouble is there is not much in between this and paying 6-800 Baht for something decent that is actually wine. 

Yes.. that is why I usually drink beer while here.. mind you.. the beer leaves a bit to be desired as well... but a cold one on a hot day goes down without too much trouble!  Anyway.. back to Adelaide in Feb for a couple of months.. looking forward to some nice wines.. :-)

[fvw53]

23 hours ago, HarrySeaman said:

" taste, bouquet, finish, ease on the palate "

 

Forget those terms and substitute, "non-gag inducing" and you get a couple of the chateau d'cardboard fruit wine brands.  My current favorite is Mont Clair which I buy in a 2 L bottle, but which also comes in a 4 L box. It lasts for a couple of weeks in the refrigerator.  The red tastes best at cool room temperature so I warm it in the microwave a few seconds after pouring a glass.  Real class act!

 

The Thai produced wines have a yellow tax seal across the top.  The imported ones have blue tax seal.

 

If you want something better than the Thai produced fruit wines at a reasonable price (about 3 times a chateau d'cardboard fruit wine) go to Tesco-Lotus and get a bottle of their Australian house brand, which is real wine.  The label says Vineyards World Wines.  The imported Australian Shiraz I bought had a black and yellow label with a picture of a kangaroo on the yellow part, which I believe you will find on all their wines.  The taste was simple but clean and far better than the chateau d'cardboard fruit wines.

...but Vineyard World Wines are still fruit wines...but they may be better than cardboard fruit wines

[xylophone]

1 hour ago, fvw53 said:

...but Vineyard World Wines are still fruit wines...but they may be better than cardboard fruit wines

I think you may be wrong on that according to all I have read on them.............no fruit juice added and no mention of it on the label, or the words "Fruit Wine" appearing anywhere on the label, which is the law if fruit juice is added/included.

 

Wines made from grapes only are not considered "Fruit Wines".

[khunPer]

On 12/29/2017 at 9:49 AM, xylophone said:

Wines made from grapes only are not considered "Fruit Wines".

Wasn't that a question about Thai taxation, rather than fruit or grapes..?

I believe many of the so-called "fruit wines" we buy, are made from grapes (or based on grape-juice).

 

Seemed to have learned from another tread about the color of the tax label, orange or blue, depending of it's a so-called "fruit wine" or a "real" wine; where I also mistakenly also thought that wine from grapes, where not fruit wine.

[xylophone]

1 hour ago, khunPer said:

Wasn't that a question about Thai taxation, rather than fruit or grapes..?

I believe many of the so-called "fruit wines" we buy, are made from grapes (or based on grape-juice).

 

Seemed to have learned from another tread about the color of the tax label, orange or blue, depending of it's a so-called "fruit wine" or a "real" wine; where I also mistakenly also thought that wine from grapes, where not fruit wine.

Wines made only from grapes are called "wine", If fruit or juice of any other fruit is used/added, then they have to be labelled "Fruit wine".

 

The Fruit Wines from the likes of Siam Winery (Montclair etc) are produced in Thailand so have the orange sticker on them, whereas fruit wines made in Oz, for example, are imported so have the blue sticker. These include casks of Berri Estates, Castle Creek, Bodegas Valley and so on; fruit wines also come from France, South Africa, Italy etc and can also be in bottles.

 

And I've even seen bottles of fruit wine from my home country NZ............whatever next!!!

[EdBellSmokeAndBooze]

On 12/28/2017 at 3:05 PM, Laza 45 said:

'Yellow Tail'.. a decent drop for the price..  Also from Tesco.. 'Nadin'  red (I didn't like their white) and the Kookaburra red in the 2 liter bottle are OK.. about 300 Bt for the Nadin.. I think 400 for the 2 liter Kookaburra.. 

 

In my opinion Nadin is more than basic and has nothing to talk about for someone who knows something about wine.

Would you recommend Montclair also ? :-) This is the same "quality"...