The Virtual Pub
Come Inside... => The Restaurant => Topic started by: TG on September 25, 2010, 04:16:48 PM
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After my recent visit to France I have decided I will never buy a bottle of wine in the UK again.
We were able to buy good quality plonk red/white/rose whatever for about 80p a bottle from supermarkets.
I have just been into Sainsbury's where they were trumpeting some plonk at half price. In this case normally 10 quid but as a special offer to customers: half price. I.e: 5 quid.
They can feck off.
Wetherspoons. Buy 2 glasses you can have the whole bottle for 6 quid.
They can feck off.
Bargain Booze. 3 bottles of piss for a tenner.
They can feck off.
You get the picture.
French cider is shite by the way.
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Never buy Cypriot wine... noooo:
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After my recent visit to France I have decided I will never buy a bottle of wine in the UK again.
We were able to buy good quality plonk red/white/rose whatever for about 80p a bottle from supermarkets.
I have just been into Sainsbury's where they were trumpeting some plonk at half price. In this case normally 10 quid but as a special offer to customers: half price. I.e: 5 quid.
They can feck off.
Wetherspoons. Buy 2 glasses you can have the whole bottle for 6 quid.
They can feck off.
Bargain Booze. 3 bottles of piss for a tenner.
They can feck off.
You get the picture.
French cider is shite by the way.
Have you ever worked for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office?
You sound just like a chap I know who did. point:
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After my recent visit to France I have decided I will never buy a bottle of wine in the UK again.
We were able to buy good quality plonk red/white/rose whatever for about 80p a bottle from supermarkets.
I have just been into Sainsbury's where they were trumpeting some plonk at half price. In this case normally 10 quid but as a special offer to customers: half price. I.e: 5 quid.
They can feck off.
Wetherspoons. Buy 2 glasses you can have the whole bottle for 6 quid.
They can feck off.
Bargain Booze. 3 bottles of piss for a tenner.
They can feck off.
You get the picture.
French cider is shite by the way.
Have you ever worked for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office?
You sound just like a chap I know who did. point:
Dippy? eeek:
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Indeed ~ the Rigsby of Reading himself.
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But seriously you get what you pay for.
Local wine can be bought cheaply in France but it does not keep for more than a couple of months so no point in bringing back a car load. You need to pay a bit more to get something that will be worth drinking in a few months time if you want to get the best out of a trip to buy wine. That said much of what we pay in the UK goes in tax.
Duty Levels:
UK VAT is 17.5%
French VAT is 20.6%
The big cost difference is in the duty:
UK duty on a bottle of Champagne: £1.60
UK duty on a bottle of Sherry: £1.40
UK duty on a bottle of still wine: £1.44
French duty on any of the above: £0.04
And don't forget the VAT is added after the duty so you pay tax on tax when you shop in the UK.
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Indeed ~ the Rigsby of Reading himself.
Rigsby! happy001
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After my recent visit to France I have decided I will never buy a bottle of wine in the UK again.
We were able to buy good quality plonk red/white/rose whatever for about 80p a bottle from supermarkets.
I have just been into Sainsbury's where they were trumpeting some plonk at half price. In this case normally 10 quid but as a special offer to customers: half price. I.e: 5 quid.
They can feck off.
Wetherspoons. Buy 2 glasses you can have the whole bottle for 6 quid.
They can feck off.
Bargain Booze. 3 bottles of piss for a tenner.
They can feck off.
You get the picture.
French cider is shite by the way.
Have you ever worked for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office?
You sound just like a chap I know who did. point:
Dippy? eeek:
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
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Only teasing ... happy100
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After my recent visit to France I have decided I will never buy a bottle of wine in the UK again.
We were able to buy good quality plonk red/white/rose whatever for about 80p a bottle from supermarkets.
I have just been into Sainsbury's where they were trumpeting some plonk at half price. In this case normally 10 quid but as a special offer to customers: half price. I.e: 5 quid.
They can feck off.
Wetherspoons. Buy 2 glasses you can have the whole bottle for 6 quid.
They can feck off.
Bargain Booze. 3 bottles of piss for a tenner.
They can feck off.
You get the picture.
French cider is shite by the way.
Have you ever worked for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office?
You sound just like a chap I know who did. point:
Dippy? eeek:
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Are you sure...? rubschin: