Where to Buy Mont-Clair Red Wine by the Box

[Mark Hopkins]

Anybody know if you can buy wine (pref by the box) in Thailand via website please?

I live pretty remote and little choice / high prices around here!

[bluemoon58]

23 hours ago, henrik2000 said:

Hello, where can I buy Mont-Clair red wine by the box (3 or 5 liters) in Jomtien (preferred) or Pattaya? (I believe not at 7-11 or Lotus Express?)

 

Can I compare prices online? Is there online ordering and home delivery? ('d love delivery to condo reception, don't mind reputation drop.)

 

If you recommend certain wine-compatible nibbles from that store, I'd be interested too.

 

No Alcohol for Sale 2- 5 PM?

 

Once I wanted to buy a 5 L box of red wine in a huge hi-way side mall near Phetchaburi. But the cashier could not scan it. She looked a the box puzzled and asked me, "This, na? Alcohol?" And they were not allowed to sell alcohol between 2 – 5 pm. She put the box aside.

 

I've seen this enforced in SOME supermarkets and small stores, while others ignore it obviously (incl small western supermarkets in Jomtien). If you do recommend supermarkets – are you aware if they do NOT sell alcohol 2 – 5 pm?

 

Other Red Wine Brands?

 

I find Mont Clair still okayish, and last year the boxes were much cheaper per liter than regular or half bottles. I'll have glass bottles/pitchers to keep the wine for the next evening.

 

I'd try other affordable red wine brands preferredly by the box (stay 3 months), but of course would love to sample a bottle or glass first. My preferred grapes in the west are Primitivo, Sangiovese, Nero d'Avola and some other Italians, NOT Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon (meaning I wouldn't drink Mont-Clair in the west).

 

I have sampled eminently drinkable Thai wines in Khao Yai from PB Valley, Khao Yai Winery, Alcidini, but can't afford them on a regular basis. Foreign tipples seem so much cheaper, otherwise I'd love the Thai wines. (Hash cookies, whiskey, beer no option either.)

 

Thanks!

 

Makro, Villa Market, Tops to name but a few. 

[NowNow]

14 minutes ago, Mark Hopkins said:

Anybody know if you can buy wine (pref by the box) in Thailand via website please?

I live pretty remote and little choice / high prices around here!

 

https://french-wine-thailand.com/product/sensa-tempranillo-bag-in-box-3-liters/

https://french-wine-thailand.com/product/sensa-airen-bag-in-box-3-liters/

https://french-wine-thailand.com/product/sensa-rose-bag-in-box-3-liters/

 

https://shop.villamarket.com/product/223162

https://shop.villamarket.com/product/202348

 

 

[Mark Hopkins]

Makro only supply Thai owned registered businesses. 

[Bundooman]

On 10/20/2024 at 1:18 PM, Will B Good said:

 

Yellowtail,Penfold's et al are not priced much above Mont-Clair and taste much better.

 

Isn't Mont-Clair a fruit wine?

Aren't grapes part of the fruit family?

[Will B Good]

Just now, Bundooman said:

Aren't grapes part of the fruit family?

 

 

Hahaha fair point......I do prefer 'all grape wine' as opposed to the stuff topped off with Ribena.

[KannikaP]

On 10/20/2024 at 2:00 PM, hotandsticky said:

 

 

At Makro you used to be able to buy outside those hours. I don't know if that is still the case.

NO, not even 0% beer.

[KannikaP]

5 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

 

Hahaha fair point......I do prefer 'all grape wine' as opposed to the stuff topped off with Ribena.

Does it really matter, as long as the ABV is correct.

Actually, I have made vino using Ribena in the past, and it was quite OK.

[Will B Good]

Just now, KannikaP said:

Does it really matter, as long as the ABV is correct.

 

To my refined and somewhat delicate palate.....yes!

 

So you are just as happy with a $2 dollar bottle of wine as a $20 bottle.....cheap date. 

[KannikaP]

32 minutes ago, Mark Hopkins said:

Makro only supply Thai owned registered businesses. 

Rubbish. I go there on my own twice a week. No card needed.

[Will B Good]

36 minutes ago, Mark Hopkins said:

Makro only supply Thai owned registered businesses. 

In Thailand, anyone can shop at Makro without needing a formal membership. Historically, Makro operated as a wholesale store primarily for business owners, requiring a membership for access. However, this policy has relaxed significantly over time.

 

Currently, you can enter Makro and shop without being a member, though some advantages are offered to those who do have a membership. For instance, members can receive full VAT receipts for tax purposes and get access to promotional offers. If you do wish to obtain a membership, it typically requires providing a passport and proof of a Thai address, but there’s no cost associated with it   .

 

Overall, while having a membership can provide benefits, it’s not necessary to shop at Makro, making it accessible to a wider audience  .

[KannikaP]

2 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

To my refined and somewhat delicate palate.....yes!

 

So you are just as happy with a $2 dollar bottle of wine as a $20 bottle.....cheap date. 

2 x Nuboon concentrated grape juice @ Bht 720, 6 litres water, 1/2 packet of Lalvin 1118, ferment for 1 week, decant into demijohn, with or without oak chips. After 2 months put into beer bottles + crown cap. After the first swig you wouldn't know the difference. 555

[Will B Good]

2 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

2 x Nuboon concentrated grape juice @ Bht 720, 6 litres water, 1/2 packet of Lalvin 1118, ferment for 1 week, decant into demijohn, with or without oak chips. After 2 months put into beer bottles + crown cap. After the first swig you wouldn't know the difference. 555

 

On it.....555

[ujayujay]

On 10/20/2024 at 2:00 PM, hotandsticky said:

 

 

At Makro you used to be able to buy outside those hours. I don't know if that is still the case.

No, it isn´t.

[henrik2000]

3 hours ago, NowNow said:

https://shop.villamarket.com/product/223162

https://shop.villamarket.com/product/202348

 

It seems that these wines - and also the 3L Montclair bag they offer - are "Store only" and can't be home-delivered. I also would have loved a home delivery, simply out of laziness.

[KannikaP]

1 hour ago, henrik2000 said:

It seems that these wines - and also the 3L Montclair bag they offer - are "Store only" and can't be home-delivered. I also would have loved a home delivery, simply out of laziness.

Get on your bike and pick it up.

[NORDO]

Don’t need to buy Mont Clare.     Just put a pan under buffaloe when he urinates.    It’s the same stuff 

[jacko45k]

14 hours ago, Will B Good said:

 

 

Hahaha fair point......I do prefer 'all grape wine' as opposed to the stuff topped off with Ribena.

Most of the wines I have tasted from a box would benefit from a bit of Ribena. 

[Pattaya57]

Drinking 19 crimes Cab Sav for 599 baht a bottle from Central. If only they made that in 5 litre casks as yummy 😀

 

[Mike Teavee]

3 hours ago, Pattaya57 said:

Drinking 19 crimes Cab Sav for 599 baht a bottle from Central. If only they made that in 5 litre casks as yummy 😀

 

Cab Savs give me a raging hang-over & 19 Crimes is (for me) particularly "Offensive" (as in raging hangover next day, it's an easy drink), but my Brother & Mother both swear by it as it's one of their regular tipples. 

 

Too each their own, I get on much better with a nice Barolo, D'asti, D'alba, Malbec, Merlot (probably in that order) & would move on to the Whites before I got to Cab Sav (Though I'd drink my own p155 before a Rose).

 

 

[hardblogger]

On 10/20/2024 at 7:59 PM, henrik2000 said:

Hi all, thanks for some good recommendations – shops wise and wine wise, including the link to another discussion!

Well I did half like Mont Clair when considering its price. Now hearing it's fruit wine makes me not want to like it any more. As said on top, I wouldn't drink it in the west. I tried to get online information about what's in Mont Clair red wine, but didn't come to a final conclusion; one site said there's 20% non-grape fruit in it.

The bags of wine in my non-English-speaking country are called "bag in box" – in English; I simply used "box" here, not considering that could be understood as a crate containing 6 or more glass bottles. So indeed, to say "bag" would have been much clearer, or better yet "bag in box". Also I had prepared the picture below to go with my initial post, but forgot it.

I buy this one, from Lotus's South, Pattaya its 950 baht so works out to about (give or take) 240 baht a 70cl Bottle.Its 399 a bottle in 7/11. Its keeps great in the bag, fits well in the fridge. (in Villa Market its 993 baht) 2 glasses gets my GF pretty happy and sleepy lol. Ok its not everyones taste, but for a cheapish wine to sip on the balcony its pretty alright. They have 3 or 4 choices (also White) One is 850 baht. La Vida (Chile) I got one in the fridge, not tried it yet. The others are over a 1000. 

[5davidhen1]

If you're in Jomtien, Koonjae supermarket (really a minimart) have been selling it for THB950 for several months now. They are open 24/7, have a green and white sign and are on the south spar of Thappraya Road, just after "Country Road 3 bar" on the way to the police box on Jomtien beach road.

Yes, it is what is known as a "fruit wine" but it's 12% strength and personally, I find it quite palatable.

I refuse to pay the extortionate prices (because of tax and freight charges) for any of the other bottles of wine. Also, there is the problem that some wines don't travel well --- add that to "paying through the nose" for them.

[henrik2000]

On 10/21/2024 at 4:13 PM, NORDO said:

Don’t need to buy Mont Clare.     Just put a pan under buffaloe when he urinates.    It’s the same stuff 

Unlike you, not all of us are mini-Elons.

[PoorSucker]

On 10/20/2024 at 1:51 PM, Upnotover said:

Nowhere can legally sell between 2 and 5pm.  Nor between midnight and 11am.  All supermarkets follow this rule.

My Tops daily will sell to me.