Wolf Blass Cabernet Sauvignon 2009

Duly Noted 

 

And a very good cabernet as well, go get some!!

I left opinion aside because that only invokes dispute- but yes,it is good in my and obviously your view also.Enjoy.

All of the major supermarkets deploy the usual trick of marking up wines that have no business being sold for circa £8 to £10 a bottle then marking them down to create the illusion the customer is getting a bargain.

Articles from many wine writers, particularly Tim Atkin, suggest the supermarkets are leading us down a blind alley in terms of wine quality/price. Apparently there are a significant amout of wine producers who don't even bother with the UK market as they wouldn't be able to turn a reasonable profit due to the supermarket's pricing structure.

If you believe a fiver for a bottle of Wolf Blass represents a bargain then happy shopping, personally I'd rather up my budget by a few pound and go for something a little more interesting. Unless you have a time machine you're never going to get back the time spent drinking bland, mediocre, mass market wine.

scissor digits - agree with you - its priced high and then discounted to give impression of a bargain.  

Although for everyday drinking and people who aren't really snobbish about wine -wolf blass is excellent value. Asda also have it for a fiver. Their president selection is also worth a punt.

Whereas I agree with the general principle of your first para about supermarkets,I only posted this because it is generally about the £8/9 mark except for a couple of "websites" where it is allegedly nearly £6 or £7.So it still represents good value and is very drinkable. I mostly pay £4/5 for normal drinking wine and this Wolf tops a lot of them.

As for your last para,not really necessary. 

Sorry, last para was maybe a little OTT. Just trying to make the point that if you set your budget slightly higher than a fiver you will get much more interesting wines

No worries- and I do push it out on occasions when required.

Dave, nice to see you enjoying a drop or 2. Thanks for the heads up - i like a bit of Wolf! Martin

Hope you are well Martin- dropped into Morrisons to stock up and the deal has ended there.

There now doing a Hardy's Crest for a fiver but that is nowhere near as good  and deffo not worth the alleged original tenner.

Having recently drunk Blossom  hill and Sainsburys basic red (just don't), the Wolf Blass is clearly a long way from the bottom of the pack and a real bargain for £5 and as you say much nicer than Crest.