Faustino I is generally superior to Faustino V, but not always sufficiently better to warrant the price difference. On the other side of the border, I’ve enjoyed some very good wines from Matsu, but again the “Old Guy” (El Viejo) is not always enough better than the “Richard Hammond” (El Recio) to warrant the price increase. https://www.reversewinesnob.com/matsu-el-picaro-recio-viejo
buckfast have stopped production due to the, you know what. I guess something good has come out of it, and I am all out of Malbec. coffee it is. there's a lot of alkies down your way aint there?
No love for NZ wines on here? I am ignorant of wine, hate the stuff, all tastes like vinegar to me, I am a Beer drinker when I drink, which is rare these days.
Looks like we might have to start drinking our own wine to be fair it’s much improved from 10 years ago, Quoins in the Cotswolds for example we also have a local cider producer over the border in Dorset who makes Dorsecco! It’s a bit rough tbh but needs must
I've never cottoned to Cider, which is a shame as I have a good friend who is an artisan Cider brewer, he makes a Heritage brew from apples only from trees which are old breeds unchanged for at least 150 years, they tell me it is magnificent. Luckily he also brews several Lagers, Draughts and Stouts.
Pinot Gris too. The wife is quite partial to Greywacke Pinot Gris when available, though their Sauvignon Blanc is good too. https://www.99wines.co.uk/wines/Gre...-E7mWLrYWPdrECnMqUk086svQQJTgzixoCg78QAvD_BwE
NZ whites were very highly sought after, cloudy bay and the like initially, but these days they seem to largely comprise perfectly decent, but samey sauvignon Blancs , with the odd pinot thrown in, unless you know what you're at (which I don't) There's little variation or subtlety the the wines which arrive in Europe, but that is almost certainly grossly skewed, and I haven't as yet been to NZ.
The huge variation in European wines makes it by far the most interesting region to buy and taste from, though value is getting harder to find. I generally won't drink a bottle that costs less than a tenner these days at home, as so much goes on tax,bottling, transport etc, that any less than that and only about a pound goes into the wine itself. When you go to mainland Europe, which to my mind is the most varied, interesting part of the world, and as beautiful as anywhere on the globe if you look about, you get some lovely wine for very little, especially by the carafe in the small local restaurants, which I doubt has ever seen the inside of a bottle. I try to find sulphite free wine where possible, but it's hard
Agreed Flatty.I have enjoyed Cloudy Bay in the past but have found a number of others equally as good for a lot less.In addition Chilean Sauvignon Blanc is also very good to my inexperienced taste buds.
