I have never really been happy about buying my wine at a discount German supermarket, but sometimes time and circumstances prevail.
New Zealand supermarkets are improving their wine selections, and the Frankton New World wine department has to be one of the best in the country.
English supermarkets are miles better than their Irish counterparts when it comes to wine selection, and I always enjoy visiting "bona-fide" wine shops in this part of the world. Neither country is renowned for their wine production so the shelves are filled with selections from all over the world with equal status. Makes for for some interesting searching and occasional bargain.
However I have now discovered a new method of buying wine, albeit unsustainable as it only happens once a year locally!! The Auction house!
The local auction rooms has a fortnightly sale, mainly deceased estates etc, and they keep the wines for a pre-Christmas "knock down".
I ended up buying 5 lots, totalling 20 bottles for just over £300. Some bottles could be stunning, like a '98 Bordeaux and a '94 CA Cab Sav, but some bottles will be unpalatable, but we will have an adventure for a few weeks each time we get the cork screw out. The decanter will get plenty of use!
So the Lucky Dip starts tonight....and not a screw cap in sight!
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