Originally Posted by
regis80
It depends on how well you are into your wines, but as a general rule I tend to avoid supermarket wines. It’s mass produced and the cost of grapes for majority of those bottles in supermarkets come to a about a quid.
The NZ and Aussie wines, if you read the labels on them they’ll all say.. ‘bottled in the UK’. They arrive here in huge tanks and are bottled here. It is easier to transport in tanks considering how far they come. Now imagine what efforts they go through to preserve those wines on that journey. I’m by no means a wine snob and drink a wide range of drinks. However for wines, it’s best to go to your local bottle shop where the local guy can give you more info about that wine.. might cost more, but you’ll get a better quality wine.
So, my point.. if we no longer get the EU wines which is on our doorstep (easily transported here) then i’m afraid we may start seeing more cheaper stuff from overseas. Just my belief. You might then ask what about wines from South America, especially Argentina and Chile.. apart from a one or two varieties, they don’t compare with wines from France, Spain or Italy.