This week’s wine also has a funny name. It is a Bourgogne called Grand Ordinaire. It’s kind of like the chicken and the egg. If it’s Grand then why is it Ordinaire? If it is Ordinaire then how is it Grand too? I swear this was 1,25E at Lidl. I think some drunken farmers harvested some crappy grapes and said let’s bottle this, call it something ridiculous, put a “French” label on it complete with a coat of arms, and see who will buy it. It probably ended up at Lidl because no one bought it. Except stupid Americans like me. It is a 2006 so how good could it be, I mean it fermented for like 10 months, I had dustbunnies older than that in my house, when I had one. House that is. Oh yeah, the wine is barely acceptable. With so many others to choose from, i wouldn’t waste my time on this one.
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You don’t have to go to far about €1.25 for a better bottle. You can get some good stuff at the supermarket for around €3.00. And the best thing to do, in my opinion, is to go visit the local producers directly and buy from them.
We buy en vrac and bottle it ourselves at home. We’re talking less than €2.00 per litre of good quality local wine. We have the added bonus of getting to know our local growers.
And it’s fun!
Sorry, that should have said: …too far ABOVE €1.28.
Must. Proofread.
The Grand Ordinaire really opened up after 30 minutes. I wasn’t going to keep drinking it, I was just going to use it to cook with. I tried it a little later and it was good.
We will have to try en vrac, one of my French friends sweqrs that you get it early and still have to store it for months before you can drink it. We go to market tomorrow so we’ll ask around. Perfect for me would be to get wine mostly finished in a large quantity and bottle it myself.
I have given up on proofreading, I only go back and change obvious oversights and unfortunate errors. I. Understand.