I just had delivery of a shipment from Majestic Wines the other day. Vintage champagne for £15 each which is 50% off. I got a couple of bottles each of Duval-Leroy, Heidsieck Gold Top and Nicolas Feuillatte. As vintage Champagne they are well worth their price at £15. 50% discount is alw[...]
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November 25th, 2006 - 12:47 pm § in Drink
On the sauce guides
Do you want to know what to drink, the best bottles, cocktail recipes and a bit of history? These people, Diffords Guide formerly known as Sauce Guide, do fantastic thick magazine-type publications that are stylish, informative, comprehensive and witty. They are fit enough to grace any discerning co[...]
November 2nd, 2006 - 11:37 pm § in Drink
St. Hallett wines
I ordered a mixed case of St Hallett wine from the Tesco Wine Club and found that they are some of the best wines I have had from them so far. The case was about £36 for six so averages out as £6 per bottle. I have only had two so far and they have [...][...]
September 23rd, 2006 - 12:26 pm § in Drink
Japanese Green Tea
OK, so this is not of the alcoholic kind and maybe it could even go into the Health section but I just wanted to get a few notes down on Japanese green tea as it is really nice and supposedly very good for you. Don't confuse Japanese green tea to those that are packaged as [...][...]
September 9th, 2006 - 5:57 pm § in Drink
Majestic Wines, Autumn newsletter out
Majestic Wines have just released their new newsletter for Autumn. Highlights are 20% off a range of South African, Spanish, Portugese and Argentinian wines. I'm tempted to go for a few bottles of the Lanson Gold Label 1997 vintage champagne. We received two cases of Gold Label as a wedding gift[...]
September 8th, 2006 - 5:41 pm § in Drink
Long Island Iced Tea
This has got to be the best cocktail out there, well maybe not the one with the most finesse but it blows your socks away. I love it. I even fell asleep on the walk back from the toilet after spending most of the night drinking the ones I made myself. My forehead took a [...][...]