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Offline JohnF

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Spanish wine in the UK at Spanish prices...!
« on: May 01, 2016, 19:39:38 PM »
I got well hacked off at paying a tenner a bottle for a decent bottle of Fino, and six or seven quid for a wine I know costs €4 in the Spanish equivalent of the local bakkal, so had a look at whats available online.  With a wee bit of help from Jancis Robinson, I had a good start and it appears buying direct from the country/producer is nothing new.

Her list for Spain: http://www.jancisrobinson.com/learn/where-to-buy/spain

The biggest issue is carriage - the majority of online suppliers who ship to the UK use couriers like UPS, Hermes etc, and shipping 12 bottles wine for many of them isn't cheap.

Have a look yourself, but the outright winner for me is: http://www.decantalo.com/  with https://www.vinissimus.com/ coming a close second.

Depends what you order, but our last order with Decantalo was a total of 62 bottles (wine & sherry) and the carriage was €46 with UPS.

Join their newsletter and you'll get 5% off your first order.  They also do spirits, so if you like good rums there are some decent prices compared to the UK and Duty Paid shops.

Buena salud!

JF





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Re: Spanish wine in the UK at Spanish prices...!
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2016, 09:51:38 AM »
Depends what you order, but our last order with Decantalo was a total of 62 bottles (wine & sherry)
You rolled two weeks' orders into one then?

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Re: Spanish wine in the UK at Spanish prices...!
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2016, 11:03:37 AM »
Yes.  How did you know  ;)

JF

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Re: Spanish wine in the UK at Spanish prices...!
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2016, 11:31:29 AM »
Thanks for the link.
Campo Viejo Rioja :Tesco  £8 per bottle
Decantalo website £5.20 inc delivery :D :D




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