I don’t normally buy wine, or anything else, for fancy labels. In fact, I have a prejudicial view that it is likely to be poor value if it has an attractive or engaging label, or ‘clever’ name. You know the sort of thing. A French wine given the Anglo-Saxon treatment with a punning name. But how could I resist this (in Aldi)?
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| Grenade. Sponton. Mousquet. |
Too soon to tell if this is any good.
Irresistible indeed! I must have a wee look in my local branch.
ReplyDeleteYears ago there wines with military labels to celebrate the anniversary of the French Revolution. I bought some with Vendeans on them. I still have the labels somewhere.
I’m tempted to peel the label off but I’m not sure what I’ll do with it afterwards.
DeleteThat's fun and in a shop where we do our weekly shop, but we are not allowed to buy any wine until we've drunk all we have,a rule I stick to in virtually everything else too!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Oh we never have ‘stick’. All goes the day of purchase except at Christmas. Not sure that’s self-discipline though rather than a lack of it.
DeleteI hope it does taste as good as the label looks!
ReplyDeleteIt doesn’t come with a recommendation from Schloß Nundanket.
DeleteOh dear - well at least you gave it a go!
ReplyDeleteAt least the label was above par... I'd soak it off and put it in a scrap book, but that's just me, I suspect...!
ReplyDeleteI should have done so James. I'm not very good at delicate things like that though. The bottle has since gone the way of the Spanish tercios at Rocroi.
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