Another price increase for wine, it's getting silly now.

[quake]

Post 683, hello

 

Your advice is not required thank you.

bring on the Thunderbird, mad dog 20/20 and mont clair.

and leave the wee wee,  to the wine snobs and pansies. 

[quake]

12 hours ago, Susco said:

 

 

The only thing wrong with your quote is that it are 1.5 Litre bags, reduced from 2 litre, so no price reduction at all

 

https://www.worldofwines.co.th/en/our-wines/_our-wines-products/mc-14/_product-list/mc_red_2l

 

Also looks like a drop in alcohol content !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

 

[sirocco]

POST 691, bonjour, 

 

but my freedom to have a different opinion, yes.

[jacko45k]

48 minutes ago, quake said:

Post 683, hello

 

Your advice is not required thank you.

bring on the Thunderbird, mad dog 20/20 and mont clair.

and leave the wee wee,  to the wine snobs and pansies. 

Why all the fuss about added fruit juices, I squeeze a bit of lime into my San Mig Light, lovely at sunset. 

Edited May 18, 2020 by jacko45k

[quake]

39 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Why all the fuss about added fruit juices, I squeeze a bit of lime into my San Mig Light, lovely at sunset. 

A splash of soda in Mont clair, jobs a good'n. 

Lime in beer,  no thank you. 

[xylophone]

1 hour ago, quake said:

Also looks like a drop in alcohol content !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

 

If I'm not mistaken a similar box/bag wine was down to 10% alcohol!

[Henryford]

1 minute ago, xylophone said:

If I'm not mistaken a similar box/bag wine was down to 10% alcohol!

All the cheap fruit wines are 10%. I think there are extra taxes if over 10%.

[ChipButty]

Have you tried Hulu? not to sad before the lockdown Makro was selling it at 285 baht a bottle then they put it up to 320 baht

[quake]

13 minutes ago, xylophone said:

If I'm not mistaken a similar box/bag wine was down to 10% alcohol!

I have not bought boxes of Mont clair for a long time now.

but i thought it was about 13.5% alcohol,  but could have been mistaken. 

 

[Susco]

3 minutes ago, quake said:

I have not bought boxes of Mont clair for a long time now.

but i thought it was about 13.5% alcohol,  but could have been mistaken. 

 

All those fruit wines have lowered alcohol at the last tax increase, because taxes are calculated on the alcohol content.

 

If they had kept at 13.5% the price would even be more ridiculous than now.

 

The Mont clair bag was also 2 liter previously, and now only 1.5 liter, to give the false impression that there was a price reduction

[quake]

1 minute ago, Susco said:

All those fruit wines have lowered alcohol at the last tax increase, because taxes are calculated on the alcohol content.

 

If they had kept at 13.5% the price would even be more ridiculous than now.

 

The Mont clair bag was also 2 liter previously, and now only 1.5 liter, to give the false impression that there was a price reduction

ok, that explains it, thanks. 

[jacko45k]

3 hours ago, quake said:

A splash of soda in Mont clair, jobs a good'n. 

Lime in beer,  no thank you. 

Been popular with Corona for a long time.....

Soda in wine, why not add a spoonful of sugar too?

[Yellowtail]

12 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Been popular with Corona for a long time.....

Soda in wine, why not add a spoonful of sugar too?

 

We used to drink tomato juice in beer, and peppermint schnapps in beer. 

Thunderbird coolers were pretty popular, T-bird with grapefruit juice...

[quake]

15 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Been popular with Corona for a long time.....

Soda in wine, why not add a spoonful of sugar too?

you must be from the land of Trump

I was referring to soda water.

[jacko45k]

3 hours ago, quake said:

you must be from the land of Trump

I was referring to soda water.

Nope, but spent some time there. I understood soda water.  

[Yellowtail]

So in the "land of Trump" if you order a scotch and soda they ask you what flavor soda? 

[ChipButty]

23 hours ago, quake said:

A splash of soda in Mont clair, jobs a good'n. 

Lime in beer,  no thank you. 

Back in the mid 60's it was Lager and Lime 

[jacko45k]

Just now, ChipButty said:

Back in the mid 60's it was Lager and Lime 

Good point, although I rather scorned at those who drank such, as I savoured my bitter!

[Pilotman]

1 minute ago, ChipButty said:

Back in the mid 60's it was Lager and Lime 

and that was truly foul stuff.  

[Pilotman]

11 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

So in the "land of Trump" if you order a scotch and soda they ask you what flavor soda? 

It you asked for 'Scotch' in a pub in Scotland, you would be thrown out on your ear. If by some miracle you happened to get served and then put anything in it other than a few drops of water, you would be flayed alive before being dumped on the street. As an Englishman who loved Single Malt, a visit to a Scottish pub, especially in Glasgow,  was quite an experience, both pleasurable and fraught with danger.  

[quake]

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

Nope, but spent some time there. I understood soda water.  

well in that case then,

why the comment about putting a spoon of sugar in wine then 

or is that something you just like to do ? 

 

[Yellowtail]

12 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

It you asked for 'Scotch' in a pub in Scotland, you would be thrown out on your ear. If by some miracle you happened to get served and then put anything in it other than a few drops of water, you would be flayed alive before being dumped on the street. As an Englishman who loved Single Malt, a visit to a Scottish pub, especially in Glasgow,  was quite an experience, both pleasurable and fraught with danger.  

Never liked scotch, never ordered it. I bourbon up water back or a gin gimlet.

[jacko45k]

1 minute ago, quake said:

well in that case then,

why the comment about putting a spoon of sugar in wine then 

or is that something you just like to do ? 

 

Hardly... the idea of putting soda (water) into wine strikes me as odd enough. I have seen regular water added in Europe, for a lunchtime drink, or a glass for a minor. 

A squeeze of lime works well in light lager beer in hot climates. 

[quake]

Just now, jacko45k said:

Hardly... the idea of putting soda (water) into wine strikes me as odd enough. I have seen regular water added in Europe, for a lunchtime drink, or a glass for a minor. 

A squeeze of lime works well in light lager beer in hot climates. 

Look, stop the nonsense.

Put a splash of soda water in Mont clair and it takes the edge off. 

[vogie]

5 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Hardly... the idea of putting soda (water) into wine strikes me as odd enough. I have seen regular water added in Europe, for a lunchtime drink, or a glass for a minor. 

A squeeze of lime works well in light lager beer in hot climates. 

Not odd, quite a popular drink in the UK, Spritzers are very common, white wine and soda, not to my taste but the ladies seem to find the drink refreshing

[giddyup]

59 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

and that was truly foul stuff.  

I liked it.

[Yellowtail]

How is it so many drinkers have never heard of wine coolers?

[xylophone]

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

Hardly... the idea of putting soda (water) into wine strikes me as odd enough. I have seen regular water added in Europe, for a lunchtime drink, or a glass for a minor. 

A squeeze of lime works well in light lager beer in hot climates. 

I saw some Russians in a top restaurant in Auckland order a bottle of Ch Margaux and mix it with Coke (in the glass)......pay $8000+ for a bottle of wine and mix it with Coke???

 

29 minutes ago, giddyup said:

I liked it.

Me too, and a trip to the local pub at lunchtime, when at college serving my apprenticeship, for a lager and lime was "heaven"!!!

[xylophone]

2 hours ago, xylophone said:

Me too, and a trip to the local pub at lunchtime, when at college serving my apprenticeship, for a lager and lime was "heaven"!!!

OOPS........just remembered, back in those days it was light (ale) and lime!! Still good and refreshing though!

[Pilotman]

5 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

Never liked scotch, never ordered it. I bourbon up water back or a gin gimlet.

yuk