| More wine advice 18:04 - Aug 18 with 2255 views | unbelievablue |
I'm attending a BBQ tomorrow in Sleepy Suffolk. Knowing the hosts it'll be a very good spread. What wines would you suggest go best with a varied, mixed meat/veggie BBQ? |  |
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| More wine advice on 18:11 - Aug 18 with 2225 views | GeoffSentence |
Blue Nun or Mateus Rosé |  |
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| More wine advice on 18:50 - Aug 18 with 2171 views | Basuco |
For white Asda do a very nice Chablis at £10.48 and for red go for a Louis Jadot Bourgogne at £10.50, both are light fruity, very pleasant and not too expensive either, but taste like they are very much more expensive than they really are. |  | | |
| More wine advice on 18:54 - Aug 18 with 2158 views | lowhouseblue |
if you're near an adams shop their own label bacchus is good. and it's grown in the waveney valley. |  |
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| More wine advice on 18:59 - Aug 18 with 2145 views | Lord_Lucan |
For white you simply can't beat a Villa Maria. For red I would pick up a nice Shiraz.
Don't know why you didn't just text me you heathen. |  |
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| More wine advice on 19:25 - Aug 18 with 2117 views | unbelievablue |
| More wine advice on 18:59 - Aug 18 by Lord_Lucan |
For white you simply can't beat a Villa Maria. For red I would pick up a nice Shiraz.
Don't know why you didn't just text me you heathen. |
Sorry milord. Shiraz it is. | |
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| More wine advice on 19:29 - Aug 18 with 2107 views | connorscontract |
The first bit of advice would be to just buy what you like drinking. It's a barbecue, a relaxed social occasion, so you should be laid back about it. Whilst Red is more "correct" with grilled meats, if you don't like Red wines buy a White you'll enjoy.
Lucan's suggestion of Villa Maria is a really good, easy to find better quality brand sold in Supermarkets: I really like their Sauvignon Blanc. Usually around 10 quid list price but also on offers around the £7.99 mark.
But if you like Red wine then that is more normal with a Barbecue, but it's relaxed and you should go for something not too flash. Your use of "very good spread" suggests the hosts are generous and you don't want to appear tight, but you would be better off putting money into flowers alongside a bottle than taking a very expensive bottle to a barbecue.
Red grape varieties with a little bit of spice: Shiraz (also known as Syrah) or maybe a Malbec or Grenache. Zinfandel is also a good red grape for Barbecues. It's hard to recommend a particular wine without knowing which shops you have access to. I'd look online for the shop you'll go to, type Shiraz etc into the search bar and read reviews.
Riojas tend to be really pleasant and easy to drink, and for a Red Rioja you can't go wrong with a solid brand like Campo Viejo. I really like CVNE (sometimes listed as CUNE) and Lan brand Riojas as well, if you can find them. Riojas are graded by how long they have been reserved in Oak: Crianza through Reserva to Gran Reserva. A Campo Viejo Crianza should be about 7 or 8 quid in a supermarket, the Reserva 8 to 10 quid. The oak gives a vanilla (and some people say "cigar box") quality to the wine and make it really pleasant and smooth.
It's summer, so you could go with Rose wines, if you like them. They'll go well with Pork and cope with Beef or Chicken. [Post edited 18 Aug 2017 19:33]
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| More wine advice on 19:30 - Aug 18 with 2104 views | connorscontract |
| More wine advice on 18:54 - Aug 18 by lowhouseblue |
if you're near an adams shop their own label bacchus is good. and it's grown in the waveney valley. |
I'm loving the Bacchus this Summer. In the next ten years or so everyone will be drinking it. | | | |
| More wine advice on 19:31 - Aug 18 with 2101 views | MedwayTractor |
I'm not much good on whites, but for reds, for something a tad different, you could try Majestic's Primitivo Natale Virga, £7.99 each or £6.99 per bottle for a half case.
If pink is your thing, try Majestic's Zinfandel Route 88, £8.49 or £7.49 for a half case.
For more safety, Majestic have a several labels of Tempranillo (same grape as Rioja, but cheaper) at or below these prices.
I've always found the Majestic staff really helpful and knowledgable, something you will never get at Tesco! |  |
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| More wine advice on 19:52 - Aug 18 with 2057 views | bluelou |
| More wine advice on 18:50 - Aug 18 by Basuco |
For white Asda do a very nice Chablis at £10.48 and for red go for a Louis Jadot Bourgogne at £10.50, both are light fruity, very pleasant and not too expensive either, but taste like they are very much more expensive than they really are. |
villa Maria Sauvignon is on special at Asda. It's perfect.
Better than bottles twice the price | |
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| More wine advice on 20:01 - Aug 18 with 2046 views | jeera |
It's a bbq.
Red, malbec.
White, sauvignon blanc.
Paying over 8 for a bottle of wine just isn't necessary nowadays. It just isn't. Not for a bbq anyway.
Which athlete was it who said something along the lines of once you get over 70 quid mark for trainers you're just trying to impress others. |  |
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| More wine advice on 20:01 - Aug 18 with 2046 views | Lord_Lucan |
| More wine advice on 19:25 - Aug 18 by unbelievablue |
Sorry milord. Shiraz it is. |
Shiraz will be fine but I meant to say Riocha
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| More wine advice on 20:03 - Aug 18 with 2040 views | blue_oyster |
Red and white. |  |
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| More wine advice on 20:06 - Aug 18 with 2033 views | Herbivore |
Malbec. Love a good Malbec. |  |
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| More wine advice on 20:14 - Aug 18 with 2018 views | jeera |
| More wine advice on 20:06 - Aug 18 by Herbivore |
Malbec. Love a good Malbec. |
Absolutely!
Though I do like shiraz.
And merlot. Though it gives me a headache nowadays. | |
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| More wine advice on 20:49 - Aug 18 with 1975 views | Burwell_Blue |
No one wants to be be drinking red when the sun is out, BBQ or not.
Take a Rose and a nice Spray and you are sorted. |  | | |
| More wine advice on 20:50 - Aug 18 with 1972 views | unbelievablue |
| More wine advice on 19:29 - Aug 18 by connorscontract |
The first bit of advice would be to just buy what you like drinking. It's a barbecue, a relaxed social occasion, so you should be laid back about it. Whilst Red is more "correct" with grilled meats, if you don't like Red wines buy a White you'll enjoy.
Lucan's suggestion of Villa Maria is a really good, easy to find better quality brand sold in Supermarkets: I really like their Sauvignon Blanc. Usually around 10 quid list price but also on offers around the £7.99 mark.
But if you like Red wine then that is more normal with a Barbecue, but it's relaxed and you should go for something not too flash. Your use of "very good spread" suggests the hosts are generous and you don't want to appear tight, but you would be better off putting money into flowers alongside a bottle than taking a very expensive bottle to a barbecue.
Red grape varieties with a little bit of spice: Shiraz (also known as Syrah) or maybe a Malbec or Grenache. Zinfandel is also a good red grape for Barbecues. It's hard to recommend a particular wine without knowing which shops you have access to. I'd look online for the shop you'll go to, type Shiraz etc into the search bar and read reviews.
Riojas tend to be really pleasant and easy to drink, and for a Red Rioja you can't go wrong with a solid brand like Campo Viejo. I really like CVNE (sometimes listed as CUNE) and Lan brand Riojas as well, if you can find them. Riojas are graded by how long they have been reserved in Oak: Crianza through Reserva to Gran Reserva. A Campo Viejo Crianza should be about 7 or 8 quid in a supermarket, the Reserva 8 to 10 quid. The oak gives a vanilla (and some people say "cigar box") quality to the wine and make it really pleasant and smooth.
It's summer, so you could go with Rose wines, if you like them. They'll go well with Pork and cope with Beef or Chicken. [Post edited 18 Aug 2017 19:33]
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Much obliged, a fulsome reply. | |
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