rich5315 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 dont have this problem i make my own!! nettle wine at the moment, its lovely and brewed at 16% i can make 6 bottles for 90p! i might get stung picking them but i wont get stung in a wine merchants !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 dont have this problem i make my own!! nettle wine at the moment, its lovely and brewed at 16% i can make 6 bottles for 90p! Is that the cost to yourself of making them, or are you intending to suggest that you will sell them to others at that price? I only ask because I think (and I could be wrong at that!) that if you are selling your home-brewed alcohol, you need a licence and to pay duties just as any pub or supermarket would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discodown Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Wine is and always has been one of those products that you don't necessarily get what you pay for. You can get some truly awful £20 bottles of wine and some genuine delights at £3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fake Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 dont have this problem i make my own!! nettle wine at the moment, its lovely and brewed at 16% i can make 6 bottles for 90p! i might get stung picking them but i wont get stung in a wine merchants !! Not too keen on nettle wine, have you tried Dandelion wine? Although the traditional day for picking is 23rd April I will be out picking them this weekend as there seems to be plenty about ATM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I don't want the wine, but how much will you charge for picking your dandelions out of my garden instead of the roadside? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaimani Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I have always thought some expensive wines were not better than many cheaper options. The below study on wine tasting seems to back up my case. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13072745 there was that thing when Cliff Richards got to taste 3 wines and rate them. the one he rated worst was the most expensive...and it was his own brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manofstrad Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Will you be having a Street Weddiing Wine Tasting No, fine wine is not for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 My point being that they were just as confident in their abilities as you are in yours. They've been exposed to a double-blind trial; have you? Sometimes, but I'm right more or less 80% of the time. I spent 9 months in France making wine, a very enjoyable time it was too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltic Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I've never yet heard of a double-blind study being performed on wine connoiseurs. The results might be interesting. A double-blind study on beer "experts" did prove conclusively that not a single one of them could tell beers apart from each other, but that was some years ago in the USA where "beer" usually means lager. A quick Google for blind wine tasting turns up a number of references which would tend to support the supposition that expensive is not always the best, usually to the chagrin of the French. e.g. http://www.businessday.com.au/executive-style/top-drop/kiwi-pinot-rated-the-worlds-best-20110412-1dc5u.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longcol Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 A quick Google for blind wine tasting turns up a number of references which would tend to support the supposition that expensive is not always the best, usually to the chagrin of the French. e.g. http://www.businessday.com.au/executive-style/top-drop/kiwi-pinot-rated-the-worlds-best-20110412-1dc5u.html Both those wines are expensive to nearly all of us unless someone classes $200 a bottle as cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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