Beaujolais Nouveau

[mikey4444]

I went to M+S for a bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau this morning. I saw lots up on the shelf and picked one up to put into my basket. But it was empty !
So I picked another one and that was empty as well. What the flipping heck is going on here I thought...empty bottles back on the shelf.

But when I picked the 3rd one up and it was the same, I noticed that they were plastic bottles, not glass ! I am nearly 62 and I have never seen a plastic wine bottle before. I have bought some Vin Ordinaire from French supermarkets which sometimes comes in plastic milk container-like bottles but never this type.

Has anyone else come across this before ?

[bednobs]

so were they empty?

[murraymints]

quick puncture with a ballpoint ..insert straw..voila ! ..free wine !

[mikey4444]

Sorry bednobs...no, of course they weren't. But they weighed so little I thought they were ! Also there was a distinct lack of that cheery clinking sound from the boot of the car on the drive home.

[janbee]

No, never heard of that before. Suppose it's not a bad idea really for some wines.

[janbee]

I know what you mean. I love the sound of "clinking" bottles and glasses. Cheers ! Hic...

[janbee]

Mikey, the most important thing of course is - how does it taste?

[murraymints]

extra nice when it is free Jan :o)

[Old_Geezer]

I guess Beaujolais isn't left in the bottle for long enough to worry that it isn't glass.

[EcclesCake]

Having sampled this years offering on Thursday I would suggest it would have been a waste of glass :-(

[mikey4444]

Guys...I haven't opened it yet. It will go with lamb steaks tonight. But I expect it will taste like alcohol Ribena, just like it always does.

I will give a review tomorrow morning !

[janbee]

Mikey, if you would like us to help you with a tasting test, then we'd all be pleased to help.

[mikey4444]

Janbee...I will bear that in mind, if there is any left over !

[EcclesCake]

Count me out Janbee, it wasn't as fruity as Ribena.......more like Sarsons!

[janbee]

:-) mikey. I'll be waiting though... just in case.

[janbee]

Eccles, you make it sound so yummy. I know what you mean though. Sometimes it can only be used for toilet cleaning and unblocking a choked sink

[mushroom25]

I've always believed that Beaujolais nouveau was a con-trick by the French to get rid of their dodgiest wine to a gullible English - at least if they're selling it in the same plastic bottles that cheap cooking wine comes in, they've abandoned the pretence.

[Old_Geezer]

To change the subject slightly, the best home made wine I ever made was from a Boots (IIRC) Beaujolais kit. I was so impressed with the first few bottles I didn't open the others immediately but keep them for an appropriate occasion.

The, then was this time I had a new girlfriend, we were going to visit for the weekend and meet her parents. I decided to impress by bringing one of these wonderful bottles of wine. It was inevitable. I enthused about it, opened it, tried it and .... I have no idea if anything other that age dictated the different between the first bottles and the last, but let's just say it didn't impress, and was very embarrassing.

[janbee]

When it takes the enamel off your teeth, you KNOW it's not been a good year.

[mikey4444]

Early one morning, when I was in Paris about 20 years ago, I saw what I thought was a electric milk float going very slowly along the road, stopping every now and then. Thinking that only here in Britain did we have milkmen
( although not so many now, if any ! ) I was a tad surprised to see this chap.

But it wasn't milk he was delivering but wine ! If I wasn't impressed with Paris and the Parisiennes by then, I certainly was afterwards !

[DTCwordfan]

How to ship 5 million litres of crap young wine at exorbitant prices for what it is......then invest in Beaujolais.