Wine offers

[Mrs M]

Tesco have some good wine offers on at the moment.

Our house/quaffing wine, Brancott Estate Sauvignon blanc comes in at £7.50, [£2 off] not particularly wow'ishly cheap, but deduct the 25% offer if buying 6 or more bottles and it becomes a very good buy. I have ordered two cases, to be delivered. No charge for delivery on a £40 or more purchase.

[Haworth, Wokingham]

Thanks, some decent offers there, only problem is that once it's in the house it tends to get opened, never mind.

John

[mike, lanarkshire]

Not in Scotland .....Queen Nicola dictates we can’t be trusted to drink responsibly. We’ve also had a couple of Majestic offers via Amex recently but declined at the checkout when applying our post code.

[annie, Glasgow]

Not in Scotland .....Queen Nicola dictates we can’t be trusted to drink responsibly. We’ve also had a couple of Majestic offers via Amex recently but declined at the checkout when applying our post code.

This is one of the only 2 SNP policies with which I agree.

Possobly time to roll out RUK??

Annie

[1fifthavenue, birmingham]

This is one of the only 2 SNP policies with which I agree.

Possobly time to roll out RUK??

Annie

personal choice? Why should the state dictate these things?

[annie, Glasgow]

personal choice? Why should the state dictate these things?

To save the NHS money??

We apply lifestyle taxes to cigarettes - I just view it as an extension of that policy.

Better still, maybe we should follow the example of Oz with bottle shops??

Annie

[1fifthavenue, birmingham]

To save the NHS money??

We apply lifestyle taxes to cigarettes - I just view it as an extension of that policy.

Better still, maybe we should follow the example of Oz with bottle shops??

Annie

Perhaps fund better services for problem drinkers, no need to punish everyone for the sake of the few? Not everyone who buys 6 bottles of decent wine drinks them all in one sitting for goodness sake.

[annie, Glasgow]

Perhaps fund better services for problem drinkers, no need to punish everyone for the sake of the few? Not everyone who buys 6 bottles of decent wine drinks them all in one sitting for goodness sake.

Have we found a money tree??

Annie

[1fifthavenue, birmingham]

Most of the cost of a bottle is duty - https://www.wsta.co.uk/resources/facts-figures

That's why when you look at wines at about £8 a bottle they're double or triple the quality of £4-5 a bottle wines

[1fifthavenue, birmingham]

Have we found a money tree??

Annie

FGS don't turn it in to politics! I'm meaning fund alcohol services with the duty already being charged

[annie, Glasgow]

FGS don't turn it in to politics! I'm meaning fund alcohol services with the duty already being charged

Honestly I am not turning it into a politics thread

I just wish we all paid sufficient tax to fund the NHS properly - really don't care the about the source of the funds.

I think this was the reason for the policy:

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/...years-1.718406

I am not advocating Prohibition

Annie

[Mrs M]

Thanks, some decent offers there, only problem is that once it's in the house it tends to get opened, never mind.

John

Luckily for my liver, I'm becoming a cheap date.

I can't knock it back as much as I used to so a bottle doesn't have The Pringle effect [can't open without finishing it off] anymore. However, we do like to be hospitable and the Tesco offer helps.

[carol, welwyn garden city]

Not in Scotland .....Queen Nicola dictates we can’t be trusted to drink responsibly. We’ve also had a couple of Majestic offers via Amex recently but declined at the checkout when applying our post code.

I hadn't realised you couldn't buy multiple amounts. How many can you buy in one go?

I hope that doesn't come in in England, it's nice to buy in bulk to save a bit of money, I like to have drink in for guests, .................................................. ..............Carol

[mike, lanarkshire]

I hadn't realised you couldn't buy multiple amounts. How many can you buy in one go?

I hope that doesn't come in in England, it's nice to buy in bulk to save a bit of money, I like to have drink in for guests, .................................................. ..............Carol

Carol, it’s very frustrating as the vast majority of Scots drink in moderation, myself included, but to be dictated to by the SNP government is unfair and undemocratic. It’s to save money for the NHS (allegedly) but minimum pricing on alcohol doesn’t work in my opinion. Heavy drinkers will continue to drink no matter what the price is.. We can walk into Tesco and buy 30 bottles of wine if we wanted to but obviously at a much higher cost than anywhere else in the UK. Very few bargains exist nowadays and wine prices in particular are through the roof. It is what it is, we simply can’t avoid it other than travel to Carlisle to make our wine purchases

[annie, Glasgow]

Carol, it’s very frustrating as the vast majority of Scots drink in moderation, myself included, but to be dictated to by the SNP government is unfair and undemocratic. It’s to save money for the NHS (allegedly) but minimum pricing on alcohol doesn’t work in my opinion. Heavy drinkers will continue to drink no matter what the price is.. We can walk into Tesco and buy 30 bottles of wine if we wanted to but obviously at a much higher cost than anywhere else in the UK. Very few bargains exist nowadays and wine prices in particular are through the roof. It is what it is, we simply can’t avoid it other than travel to Carlisle to make our wine purchases

JMO - I don't think change of government in Holyrood will reverse the 2012 legislation.

We need a roll-out in RUK.

Annie