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| French forced out of UK’s top ten wine list |
| 2004-07-14 |
| Sorry, couldn’t resist this... Not one of the top ten wine brands sold in British supermarkets and off-licences is French, a survey showed yesterday. The growing market is dominated by New World brands, with the Australians taking six of the 10 places. Their domination of the premier league is challenged only by the Americans, who take two of the top places and are enjoying the fastest growth in the £3.6 billion take-home market, which is expanding by six per cent a year. [Snipped: griping about New World success being all down to branding and advertising] Top Ten Brands: 1 Hardys (Aus), 2 Blossom Hill (US), 3 Jacob’s Creek (Aus), 4 E&J Gallo (US), 5 Stowells (various), 6 Kumala (S Africa), 7 Lindemans (Aus), 8 Banrock Station (Aus), 9 Rosemount (Aus), 10 Wolf Blass (Aus). |
| Posted by:Bulldog |
| #19 Get back white folks, nothing wrong with Ripple. I make a special drink with it. Mix my Ripple with Bacardi 151. I call it Cripple. |
| Posted by: F Gee Sanford 2004-07-14 3:41:47 PM |
| #18 Where's the hell is Ripple? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-07-14 3:31:57 PM |
| #17 Chilean, anyone? |
| Posted by: .com 2004-07-14 3:31:41 PM |
| #16 Ah, Thunderbird! |
| Posted by: dreadnought 2004-07-14 3:27:35 PM |
| #15 The problem with the top 10: they're all bad. Drink Italian! |
| Posted by: someone 2004-07-14 2:48:06 PM |
| #14 I love, love, love Aussie wines. But I haven't had Jacob's Creek for a few years now. Why? They're owned by Pernod Ricard, a frog company. |
| Posted by: growler 2004-07-14 12:38:15 PM |
| #13 J.Lohr - Paso Robles - 2001 Cabernet last night...delicious |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-07-14 12:36:27 PM |
| #12 Gallo? Barbarians. Try Sebastiani or Mondavi... |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-07-14 12:21:01 PM |
| #11 Aaaaah. Bingo BD - good spot, many thanks. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-07-14 10:16:32 AM |
| #10 Wheres Boons on that list??? |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2004-07-14 10:08:38 AM |
| #9 If I Calculate Correctly. I just made it up. It's actually £102.03 for a case. You get twelve bottles for your ton sterling. Not too bad really. That big figure just gave me the willies. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-07-14 8:55:28 AM |
| #8 IICC? Not going to spend a £100 on a bottle of wine, no way - now where's that Jacob's Creek?.. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-07-14 8:52:35 AM |
| #7 I suppose at £8.50 per bottle, that's not too bad then. You were paying a bit more on hols, IICC. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-07-14 8:42:42 AM |
| #6 Kaping - the version I had on holiday was 15 |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-07-14 8:33:30 AM |
| #5 Howard, is this what you're after? Blimey, it's not cheap... |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-07-14 8:10:00 AM |
| #4 No worries BD - will keep seraching. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-07-14 7:56:56 AM |
| #3 Australia and the US round out the top 5. France isn't even in the top ten. This adds up to the fallout from French opposition to the Iraq War. |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-07-14 7:54:09 AM |
| #2 A garage? Sorry Howard, I'm no wine buff. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-07-14 6:58:53 AM |
| #1 Anyone know where I get a Ca'Rugate Soave Classico 2003 in the UK? |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-07-14 6:52:10 AM |
