farquah 0 Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Anybody managed to try a tipple yet? Supposed to be going to a party tonight for it. I remember at uni we used to have a big black tie event starting at about 7am with the wine and it would go on all day. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 It arrived 2 days ago at the supermarket. I saw the boxes but they would not sell until the 3rd Thrsday of November. Gonna get a bot tonight for nostalgia sake. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 On the news this morning. (Does it always make the news). I won't say no to trying wine or beer. Link to post Share on other sites
gerard 6 Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 The Noveau stuff doesn't taste very good to me. Best to drink it chilled. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Originally Posted By: ger The Noveau stuff doesn't taste very good to me. Best to drink it chilled. I personally think its shite Link to post Share on other sites
gerard 6 Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 And it's expensive too. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 I treat it as a fruit juice drink. It is not wine, it is just fermented grape juice. Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 i tired some at Jusco last night...Thursday is correct its just grape juice Link to post Share on other sites
keba 0 Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 The whole "nouveau" concept is a beat-up by the Beaujolaise to sell this rubbish as some sort of special treat for a special occasion. It's very ordinary wine, made with a very nondescript grape variety, and I don't know why anyone bothers, except it's another excuse to get drunk, cheaply. It's like with Champagne - "Mmm... here we have all this unripe Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grape juice, what shall we do? Let's ferment it again to make it fizzy to hide the acidity, and put a premium on the price! Suckers..." It's all in the marketing, like the Emperor's new clothes. Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Originally Posted By: keba The whole "nouveau" concept is a beat-up by the Beaujolaise to sell this rubbish as some sort of special treat for a special occasion. It's very ordinary wine, made with a very nondescript grape variety, and I don't know why anyone bothers, except it's another excuse to get drunk, cheaply. It's like with Champagne - "Mmm... here we have all this unripe Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grape juice, what shall we do? Let's ferment it again to make it fizzy to hide the acidity, and put a premium on the price! Suckers..." It's all in the marketing, like the Emperor's new clothes. Hallelujah!!! Well said Link to post Share on other sites
gerard 6 Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Just watching it on the news now. This year's batch has 'rasberry overtones'. Hasn't been a good year. Smallest batch since 1975 so the price may be a little higher too. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 I had my first bottle of NV when in Uni. It was cool then. Now, it's just naff. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Notice in OZ it doesn't get any attention. Keba... Bubbles and bog NV just ain't in the same class. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 piss water that not even the poor homeless frenchman would drink. Link to post Share on other sites
sunrise 0 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 I'd never heard of it until I got booked to do an event for it at a hotel on Wed nite. I thought it was just a promotion for the hotel, didn't realise it went beyond that till I saw this thread. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 In the sun yesterday (someone showed me honest) there was a pic of some Japanese people have a party in a bath of beaujolais. huge bath it was too, like a swimming pool. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 great. An acid bath. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 had another bottle last night. still aweful even when drunk Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 actually was drinking this last night, it was advertised everywhere!!! I didn't know anything about it....give it a whirl, its ok, drinkable but I thought it was kinda watery in flavour. I'm no wine buff tho, I cut my wine teeth on boxes of Coollabah as backpacker in Australia!! Link to post Share on other sites
keba 0 Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Originally Posted By: Indo Notice in OZ it doesn't get any attention. Keba... Bubbles and bog NV just ain't in the same class. It used to get some attention a few years back, the we moved on to Shiraz/Viognier blends... No, they're definitely not in the same class, Champagne is a much greater rip-off by an order of magnitude. Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts