Boxes Of Wine

[Who2002uk]

Hello!

Think I'll be taking a few boxes of wine this year to see me through, but can anyone recommend or know of a place that is the cheapest place to buy them?

I'm not too fused what type/colour of wine it is to be honest, but ideally I'd like them to be at least 10%. I've had a quick look in Sainsburys & Tesco, but they're around £15, which is fine, but I thought I'd ask if there's somewhere that do great deals on them.

Thank you!!

[fur_q]

I don't think you'll find 3litres of wine >10% for much less than £15, not in this country anyway.

Remember that you have to pay duty and on a 3litre box of win that's £8 then there's VAT @ 20% on top. so in a £15 box the actual value of the wine would be £3.36 after tax

[musky]

Lidl are doing Cabernet Sauvignon Pinotage for £14.49 (13.5% ABV). As a rule of thumb you're best off sticking to wines above 12%.

[Thearg]

Tesco Australian red £14,12% easy drinking plonk.

[artl]

Lidl are doing Cabernet Sauvignon Pinotage for £14.49 (13.5% ABV). As a rule of thumb you're best off sticking to wines above 12%.

[Bubblecup]

Dunno if you have tried any of the wines from Lidl - the stuff i have would make good floor cleaner - every bottle has been awful

Edited May 20, 2013 by AoifeX

[MrZigster]

White wine is horrible warm.

I would suggest taking red if you have no means of coolage.

This annoys me, as I love white and have never really found a red wine I like (though I could drink port all night and frequently do at Christmas).

I compromise with 3 ltr boxes of scrumpy.

[Who2002uk]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone.

I think a few decanted bottles of Port, mixed with some on-site chilled bottles of Lemonade/Sprite might be a winner.

I love Red Wine, but I will inevitably go through at least three quarters of a box a day, and that's some serious hangover to contend with.

Edited May 21, 2013 by Who2002uk

[cham08]

This is what we take.

Only 2.25L so 3 bottles but it makes them easier to carry around. They have 3 whites, 3 reds and 1 rose I think

http://groceries.asda.com/asda-estore/catalog/sectionpagecontainer.jsp?departmentid=1214921923747

Works out to be £3.80 a bottle and it is reasonably drinkable.

[James Bolivar]

White wine is horrible warm.

I would suggest taking red if you have no means of coolage.

This annoys me, as I love white and have never really found a red wine I like (though I could drink port all night and frequently do at Christmas).

I compromise with 3 ltr boxes of scrumpy.

[jeffie]

Morrisons usually have good deals on boxes

[jeffie]

http://www.morrisonscellar.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/KeywordSearchResults?storeId=10701&catalogId=11802&langId=-1&fcd=set&Ntk=primary&N=0&Ns=Relevance%7C1&pageView=&sourcePage=keywordSearch&Ntt=box&x=-946&y=-69

Some as cheap as £9.99 for 2250 mls - read it carefully it is talking about boxes, just not a very good website.

Also free delivery

[frostypaw]

Never white... every year you can find some group of girls trying to finish their box of white that noone's dared touch since Thursday

I usually take a box of light red, as long as you remember to rehydrate with cider it's brilliant, many fewer loo sprints

[matt_berr]

Morrisons merlot is not bad @ 11:99 a box, the pinot grigio is also ok (didn't make me blind) at the same price but I can't imagine it working well in the heat with no cooling

[bsolxiv]

We froze a box of rose in 2011. Stayed cold thurs to sun in a crappy morrisons coolbox. Just thaw what you want every day.

[funkyuk]

Tesco Australian red £14,12% easy drinking plonk.

[ukdaasfan]

Nipping to France before Glastonbury. Using the excuse that my kids want to go on a ferry to the missus. Steak and Chips, bit of shopping and back home for bed.

[mattw]

For those that are close to Dover (me) a day trip with car is just £22 with dfds

[ktj_sbs]

Lidl are doing Cabernet Sauvignon Pinotage for £14.49 (13.5% ABV). As a rule of thumb you're best off sticking to wines above 12%.

[Guest]

I'll be taking mainly red wine and a few spirits, I'll warn you that cheap red wine will paint your entire mouth red for the weekend. BUT WHO GIVES A SHIT?

[char90]

have a gander in aldi, they do some decent deals. not sure on wine quality though! if not, I've picked up a box of rose for around 12 quid in asda before.

[Who2002uk]

Wish I had a car, would love a nice journey to Adinkerke in Belgium. 50g of Amber Leaf for a fiver!

[coma girl]

I always take red wine as it is the best choice when you can't keep your drink cold. Sainsburys sometimes do some cheap wine boxes so worth looking there. In my area Lidl and Aldi are the best value for bottled wine and Aldi does a pretty reasonable boxed red. Another option is the 1litre tetrapacs of wine that Asda and Tesco sell, it isn't the best quality wine available but they are handy for carrying about without having to decant it into anything else first.

Edited May 21, 2013 by coma girl

[rexclark]

I'll be getting a couple of boxes of Sainsburys own brand red wine. Pretty decent and only £11.50 each.

[Guest]

Most useful thing about wine is that you can remove the bag from inside the box and carry it round in a small backpack.