What low/medium price wine do you recommend.

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15 hours ago, matchar said:

Funnily enough, I was just in Gourmet Market planning to buy the Riddle Creek Shiraz that was recommended on here.

I hope you like the Italian wine, mainly because I find them a little insipid at the lower price range, whereas the Riddle Creek even at the lower price range is still quite a "bigger" wine – – IMO.

 

 

15 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Red wine in the fridge????

Absolutely no problem putting red wine in the fridge in this country, as I keep all of my bottles in a wine fridge and remove about an hour before I'm due to uncork/open and drink it. I also let it breathe for a while, which can improve the taste no end.

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On 12/6/2024 at 6:27 PM, Tord55 said:

I used to be an avid red wine drinker, but as my wife has stopped drinking I have just a couple of bottles of wine a year, but the last one was fairly cheap and very drinkable. It was the Australia-made Jacob's Creek. It does taste wine, and not alcohol mixed with juice like some cheap ones do, and it leaves no bad taste in the mouth afterwards.

At home (back in Sweden) I usually drink Italian and Spanish wines. 

There was also a mention of Jacobs Creek wine being reduced in price a few posts back, but I can't find it right now.

 

However in Lotus's a few days ago I noticed that Jacobs Creek had been reduced to 445 baht and also that a wine by JJ McWilliams, also from Australia, was now down to 395 baht – – not my normal drinking wines, however many years ago in my youth they were the type of wines that I would buy, not now however, BUT I decided to buy a bottle of each so that I could try them with my Thai spicy dishes and Indian food, because they should be bold enough to counter the taste of those dishes – – I will post when I have tasted them and those folk who are interested may want to try them.

 

On that note, it's amazing how tastes change over the years and with experiences, because when I was in my early 20s I was buying the type of wine mentioned above and also other wines from France, especially Cotes Du Roussillon Villages which I found to be particularly enjoyable.

 

In the late 70s and through to the 80s I was buying Bordeaux Premier cru wines, en primeur (before they were released onto the market) and I bought and tasted a great number of these wines before moving onto the quality Rhône wines like Cote Rotie and Chateauneuf du Papes.

 

I never really got round to the Burgundy wines until later on in my life when I went over to France with a French wine merchant and sampled some absolutely gorgeous burgundies, which proved to be a mistake because that spoilt me for any other Burgundy/Pinot Noir which was on the market, including those from my newly adopted country of New Zealand!

 

Now as I've gotten older and wiser (I hope) I have moved onto the more full-bodied wines like those from Australia, and in particular Appassimento wines from southern Italy, and the Petite Sirah wine from the USA which I have recently discovered here, which I find absolutely delightful.

 

Sorry to ramble on, but it's been a hobby of mine for over 50 years, so I do like to share some of my experiences!!!!

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Back on topic.........what-lowmedium-price-wine-do-you-recommend

 

Sorry about the previous ramble, but I have had chance to taste the Jacob's Creek Merlot and it is a very pleasant easy drinking red wine, with no discernible strong tannins and perhaps a little bit of oak treatment with "oak staves or oak chips", but don't quote me on that!

 

Would I buy it for an everyday wine, based on this one bottle, yes I would as it would complement just about every dish one wished to serve it with. And at 445 baht a bottle it is at the cheaper end of the wine scale here, apart from the "fruit wines".

 

I didn't find any hints of "black fruits" (often mentioned by wine tasters) in it, but a good everyday drinker, all the same.

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On 12/4/2024 at 9:19 AM, superal said:

A good quality wine would be wasted on me because my palate cannot really know if I am drinking a fruit wine or not .  Just recently I found out the benefits of Pinot Noir which has a high level of the antioxidant resveratrol . I managed to buy a bottle of Casillero del Diablo for 599 baht . Very easy to drink . I went back the next day to buy some more but someone had bought the lot , so I settled for the same companies Merlot .I just wish that I had a discerning palate to appreciate the various tastes and qualities . 

I did post regarding my comments on the newly priced Jacobs Creek wine, and just last night I tried the Shiraz/Cabernet by JJ McWilliams (2022) and I was pleasantly delighted by this wine as it was not unduly tannic, but was smooth and very well made, showcasing the "black fruits" that are often mentioned, so this will be my every day/go to wine, and at 395 baht a bottle it is a steal......so I can definitely recommend this wine for those folks looking for a wine which is great value for money IMO.

 

Mind you, I will still be sticking with my Appassimento and Gnarly Head wines as my favourite wines – – to date anyway!

 

 

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McWilliams range are 359 Baht in Makro I discovered over Xmas.

 

I've been buying 5 bottles at a time from Villa Markey at 405 per bottle !

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39 minutes ago, YorkshireTyke said:

McWilliams range are 359 Baht in Makro I discovered over Xmas.

 

I've been buying 5 bottles at a time from Villa Markey at 405 per bottle !

Thanks for the heads up YT I will pop along and check out the price in Makro here in Patong because it is great for an "everyday drink" and to complement spicy food! A good standby wine IMO.

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I'm posting on this wine thread because it's the only one that I can remember at the moment that deals with wine – – and I need some help in this regard.

 

In the main I order my wines through a couple of companies who deliver and who specialise in "wholesale prices" to the consumer and yesterday put an order in to "Vines to Vino" (vinestovino.com), selected my wines and paid for them by bank direct credit – – all well and good I thought.

 

Although my funds have been paid into their bank account, I have had absolutely no luck in getting in touch with them either via email, website or by a personal phone call to the MD and I am beginning to worry that there is something drastically wrong here as they usually get back to me almost instantly after payment, to confirm my order.

 

Perhaps they've gone bust??? Now this would be sad because I will have lost 9000 baht which I've already paid into their account.

 

SO my question to any wine enthusiast here who has used this company before, or has knowledge of it, is: – are they still in operation?

 

If they've done a runner after going bust, then there's not much I can do about that because my money has already gone into their account so I'm pretty well stuffed if that is the case – – any help would be greatly appreciated.