£40 voucher for Virgin wines

[DimPrawn]

Laithewaites and Virgin wine is tulipe. Sourced from the same crappy vineyards.
And if you knew anything about wine you would know that corked wine is not necessarily superior to screw-top. In fact it doesn't matter.

HTH, but IDI

I must say I was a virgin wine member, but as you say, found all their wine "not to my taste", some of revolting infact, and so soon gave them the boot. I like to buy my wine from the vintage section in Waitrose which is 5 minutes from my house.

[sasguru]

I've had so many wank wines for under a fiver at Tesco, than good ones...

If you consider that the duty on a bottle of wine is about £3 regardless of quality when you buy a £5 pound bottle you're buying tulipe.
HTH

[sasguru]

I must say I was a virgin wine member, but as you say, found all their wine "not to my taste", some of revolting infact, and so soon gave them the boot. I like to buy my wine from the vintage section in Waitrose which is 5 minutes from my house.

Some of it is unacceptably bad. But it's packaged and marketed well so appeals to the ignorant wannabes.

[DimPrawn]

Some of it is unacceptably bad. But it's packaged and marketed well so appeals to the ignorant wannabes.

That's why I posted the voucher here.

Captive audience.

(plus I get a 10% kickback on every penny spent).

[d000hg]

Laithewaites and Virgin wine is tulipe. Sourced from the same crappy vineyards.
And if you knew anything about wine you would know that corked wine is not necessarily superior to screw-top. In fact it doesn't matter.

I said I like corks better, I didn't make any comment on how they affect the wine. Since opening the wine is part of the pleasure though, it makes a difference.

Saying Virgin/Laithwaites are the same because they have the same owner is like saying these are equivalent:

[mudskipper]

I said I like corks better, I didn't make any comment on how they affect the wine. Since opening the wine is part of the pleasure though, it makes a difference.

Saying Virgin/Laithwaites are the same because they have the same owner is like saying these are equivalent:

Yep - agree. They have different buyers / marketeers / systems / call centre. Direct Wines just happen to have bought Virgin.

I drink a fair bit of Laithwaites wines - IMO some are pretty good for the price.

[sasguru]

I said I like corks better, I didn't make any comment on how they affect the wine. Since opening the wine is part of the pleasure though, it makes a difference.

Saying Virgin/Laithwaites are the same because they have the same owner is like saying these are equivalent:

So you think Laithwaites is like a Jag? Or is that Virgin?
It's mugs like you marketing was designed for.
Mind you you even fell for that old Jewish ad agency: the Apostles
You truly are a spectacular moron even by CUK standards.

[sasguru]

Yep - agree. They have different buyers / marketeers / systems / call centre. Direct Wines just happen to have bought Virgin.

I drink a fair bit of Laithwaites wines - IMO some are pretty good for the price.

Same vineyards though.
I haven't had a single decent Laithwaite wine in the 2 crates I sampled.
Mind you decent is relative - I'd call a £15 Barolo decent.

[MarillionFan]

£3.80 for a pint of stella in my local! Jesus. I'm going to be buying cheap wine instead.

Thanks for the voucher. Can you recommend the £2.99 Polish Semillion Anti Freeze?

[norrahe]

Same vineyards though.
I haven't had a single decent Laithwaite wine in the 2 crates I sampled.
Mind you decent is relative - I'd call a £15 Barolo decent.

Stopped buying off them years ago, as the quality went downhill.

Though Naked wines look a good option