Now this has tipped me over the edge! Absolutely unacceptable

[Spritztime]

Hi,

So in the process of trying to move. It's taken us 2 years to get to this point and the past couple of weeks have been a nightmare! Lots of stopping and starting. Lots of "we can exchange....no we can't" Just generally a stressful mess.

That, on top of everything else - home schooling a very hormonal DD, DP wfh and getting under each others feet driving each other insane , has lead to a much needed glass or two of wine, most evenings.

Anyway, shopping is delivered and I think my day is looking up, as the driver proudly announces only one substitute! Instead of the usual 20 something It's one sauvignon for another. No problem.

Or so I thought......

[essexmum777]

also the chances of a low alcohol new zealand white being a nice wine is incredibly low :-(

[BatShite]

This would piss me off. Almost as much as the time ASDA sent me pull ups that are meant for older kids (think they said 5_, something like that), as a substitute for baby sized nappies!

[saraclara]

During lockdown, I discovered that the independent wine shop five miles away delivers the same day! In fact twice I've ordered online and it's arrived within the hour! No delivery charge, no minimum order. Just a nice cheery lady arriving in her own car with my half a dozen bottles.
I'll never be ordering wine from tescos again.

So see if you have somewhere like that nearby. Because clearly you can't trust Morrisons ever again.

[ChardonnaysPetDragon]

My dads cider was substituted for Apples a few weeks ago 😂 APPLES!

The bastards.

[DisgraceToTheYChromosome]

WTAF!!! How are you supposed to get bestially drunk on 9%? I need proper loopy juice over 13!

[Grandmi]

Crikey I would be absolutely bloody furious...def a very quick sprint to the local corner shop !! 9%...I would be drinking tea instead!!

[GlamGiraffe]

You could dilute it with hand sanitizer to give it a bit of va va voom😁 You will feel great and have clean insides too, bonus!

[Corrag]

@Crockodoodle Glad I could be of service. I've tried to move on from the incident but there's always a frisson of fear when I rifle through my shopping.

[Iwantcollarbones]

^essexmum777

Hold on, OP you haven't actually told us which supermarket?????????????????????????????????

we need to know so we can avoid their online offerings.^

Yy, name and shame!

[PickAChew]

They could at least have given you two. It's like giving you a 2 finger twix when you ordered a 4 finger one.

[Natsel84]

I am livid on your behalf

[squeekums]

My dads cider was substituted for Apples a few weeks ago 😂 APPLES!

now thats criminal

[Happymum12345]

Oh dear!

[Aveisenim]

Now I want wine...!

[FuckYouCorona]

9% is hardly low alcohol. Personally all wine tastes like vinegar to me. If you just want effect you could always see if the corner shop have some White Lightening or similar if you're desperate. Cheapest way to get pissed. Tastes hideous but definitely does the job. Story of a misspent youth!

[Quirrelsotherface]

Unforgivable. I would write a strongly worded email.

[icebearforpresident]

C*nts. This is worse than the time my bottle of white wine one was subbed for a bottle of red. I don’t drink red wine!

I got an offer from Laithwaites just a couple of weeks before we went into lockdown, 12 bottles of NZ Sauvignon Blanc for £65. Turns out it was the introductory offer for their wine club (which I only realised after I ordered). Having 12 bottles of wine magically appear on my doorstep is pretty amazing even if they’re now £120 plus delivery.

[Louisainlockdown]

@CigarsofthePharoahs

I once got decaf Azeera instead of the normal stuff. Even the delivery driver agreed that was really not on!
Some while ago DH and I did a quick shop in Asda. Picked up some fizzy booze. Except normally with a fizzy wine I can have two glasses and I hit my limit. We'd drowned a whole bottle and had started a second and I wasn't feeling anything!
Took a closer look - I'd picked up something called "Charlemagne". Very low alcohol. We downed the lot and vowed to pay more attention in future.

Now decaf Azera...this would push me over the edge!

[Louisainlockdown]

@Herecomethehotstepper

I have an even worse story. Last week I put the kids to bed, tidied up, fired up Netflix and got my lovely bottle of chilled Savignon out of the fridge. Began pouring into the glass and the fucking bottle slipped out of my fingers and smashed onto the floor, taking the glass with it for good measure.
I wept.

Jesus, that is truly awful!

[BigSandyBalls2015]

what were they thinking!

[Arrivederla]

9% is not outrageously low for a white wine. Typically percentages will be between 11 - 13%. A few years ago it would have been 10 - 12% and you can still get German Riesling for 8%.

Go by taste not alcohol content!!

[Hopeisnotastrategy]

[quote Spritztime]@Hopeisnotastrategy, you're right. I'm completely unprepared 😟[/quote]
@Spritztime

Every day's a schoolday in this brave new world. 😊🍷

[cstaff]

I had friends over a few years ago and had bought a few bottles of wine on special but they were having little effect on us. I passed comment on this and one of the girls pipes up "You do know this is only 5%". Nooooo it was not on special, just cheap low alcohol shite!

[SurreyHillsGirl]

@bluefoxmug

really? REALLY?
you are upset about getting a nice wine?

Firstly, it's a funny thread, lighten up

Secondly, that ain't no nice bottle of wine

[SurreyHillsGirl]

may as well shit in your bag for life and be done with it