Why have I given up wine making at home?

[Dutto]

Here's a photo of our Lidl Receipt from last Saturday afternoon in France.

This time we managed to give the bottles of Nuits St George a miss at €24 a bottle and went for the ones indicated.

The 'expensive' ones at the top are for 5 litre boxes, the next seven items are for 3 litre boxes and the eight at the bottom are for 1.5 litre 'bricks'.

Only 43 litres to last us until September when we will re-stock ... :whistle:

... but that works out at about £1.27 a bottle ... :thumb:

... and I can't see me making an equivalent wine at that price.

 

[Rincewind]

Fair enough. For me though, I get pleasure from knowing that I've made it myself?
That said, Viva Lidl.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

but that works out at about £1.27 a bottle ...

Supermarket juice wine at £2.50 for the juice and 50p for the yeast etc works out at 50p per bottle.

My how to guide - http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=49462


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[chewie]

Early to say but i would reckon brexit could see an end to the booze cruises across the channel or at least enough of a curb to it to make the amount you can bring back so low as to not be worth it. One thing it does highlight though is the ridiculous level in differences between EU countries when it comes to taxation, so much for economic equality.

 

[Dutto]

Supermarket juice wine at £2.50 for the juice and 50p for the yeast etc works out at 50p per bottle.

My how to guide - http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=49462


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Agree on price ... :thumb:

... but what about all that work and "extras" like pectolase ...

... and the stress of wondering what it will taste like? :whistle:

France is getting to be a very expensive place to visit and about the only two things cheaper over there is vehicle fuel and wine ...

... which, luckily for me, is about all I need to buy! :thumb: :thumb:

 

[Gerryjo]

Early to say but i would reckon brexit could see an end to the booze cruises across the channel or at least enough of a curb to it to make the amount you can bring back so low as to not be worth it. One thing it does highlight though is the ridiculous level in differences between EU countries when it comes to taxation, so much for economic equality.

We're not out yet and still an EU country so I wouldn't think that counts as it's the taxation laws in this country.You want to try going over the border which is minutes away for myself and see that tax on alcohol is even higher to the point where you bring your own or buy in the North to drink in the South (Ireland).

 

[Gerryjo]

Here's a photo of our Lidl Receipt from last Saturday afternoon in France.

This time we managed to give the bottles of Nuits St George a miss at €24 a bottle and went for the ones indicated.

The 'expensive' ones at the top are for 5 litre boxes, the next seven items are for 3 litre boxes and the eight at the bottom are for 1.5 litre 'bricks'.

Only 43 litres to last us until September when we will re-stock ... :whistle:

... but that works out at about �£1.27 a bottle ... :thumb:

... and I can't see me making an equivalent wine at that price.

Hey @Dutto welcome back as we have missed your banter.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I started to make wine to save money but soon got hooked and it became a hobby, I like to experiment with different juices each to their own.

 

[Gunge]

I started to make wine to save money but soon got hooked and it became a hobby, I like to experiment with different juices each to their own.

Ye - I'd still be knocking it out even if it was free. It's a hobby, chrissake.

 

[Bigjas]

Ye - I'd still be knocking it out even if it was free. It's a hobby, chrissake.

This ^

I would brew my own even if it worked out more expensive than buying it in the shop/boozer. I love this hobby.....

 

[Fore]

I guess a lot of us first started to save money, then the bug caught. In the long run we end up spending more, but then, it is a hobby. I live in France and can get hold of really really cheap beer (in my case the cheapest is actually across the border in Germany), but I'm still hooked on brewing.

 

[chthon]

... but that works out at about �£1.27 a bottle ... :thumb:

... and I can't see me making an equivalent wine at that price.

Depends of course. I made last year six bottles of wine, but I had my own grapes. The only thing that I needed to buy (in addition to the brewing gear I had) was a sachet of wine yeast, a flask of pectinase (can be used several times) and an extra brewing bucket of 10l. I hope to make this year 12 bottles of wine.

 

[Tau]

Nice prices, what i would do with some of them is mix with some sloes and blackerries and make some decent wine of them...lol, bl00dy fench what do they know about wine :lol:

 

[GDog]

Brilliant! We drive down the Dordogne every year, and can't believe the supermarket prices for Lager and wine.

I brought a selection back last year, c5 euro a bottle or less. The best of the lot was 1.50 euro !!! Got a few boxes of JP Chenez for a lad at work as he likes it, bit sweet for me but over there it's their cheap crap (£6 a bottle here).. Even picked myself one up for about £8 (the box) and it was actually quite nice!..

Beer too was reasonable, Pelforth Brun for me, and Kronie for the Mrs (not 1664) - was peanuts !