Emergency wine

[daveO]

You know, for wine emergencies

I noticed Coop are selling wine in single serving pouches today. Great for the rucksack and that kind of stuff. I mean who hasn't had a craving for a nice sachet of Malbec when you're camped miles from anywhere?

 

[mousey]

I must say I tend to take something a little stronger when camping as weight is always an important factor. A hip flask with a nice whisky does well for me.

 

[sunndog]

Emergency wine.....is that the definition of first world problems?

 

[daveO]

Emergency wine.....is that the definition of first world problems?

Dunno but it's probably the solution to a few.

 

[Robson Valley]

Excellent concept. Have they wrapped it up in just another plastic, throw-away container?

 

[daveO]

Excellent concept. Have they wrapped it up in just another plastic, throw-away container?

I think it's one of those ones where it is recyclable as long as you can get it to the one specialist recycling plant that seems to have been accidently built in Narnia. I'm expecting to see them left on the ground outside schools after the morning school run.

 

[Robson Valley]

Yeah, or there's going to be heaps of them in the teachers' parking lot.

 

[daveO]

Gotta wash down the antidepressants with something right?

 

[ocean1975]

I would say that they are ideal if you wanted to cook with red wine as I often do.

 

[daveO]

I would say that they are ideal if you wanted to cook with red wine as I often do.

You can freeze wine in portions for cooking. Much cheaper to do it that way too.

 

[oldtimer]

One glass! Like giving a donkey one oat.

I'm with Dr Johnson.

Hostess: Will you take a little wine, Dr Johnson?"
Johnson: " No thank you, Ma'am, either a lot or none at all!"

On a serious note, I keep a litre Platypus bottle for wine in the Rucksack. It is possible to squeeze out the air so as to minimize the risk of spoiling. Though personally, I've never kept a litre of wine long enough for it to spoil. I'm with Mousey on this, wine is for day trips, anything longer calls for a pilot's flask of scotch or brandy- or none at all..

 

[gonzo_the_great]

When we were kids, doing a sponsored walk. The school suggested that it is good to have something like boiled sweets, in case of emergency.
So a friend brought along one of the fire alarm 'in case of emergency, break glass' units, with a humbug glued inside.
Should we have something similar here?

Though I'm waiting for the St.Bernard with the barrel of brandy.

 

[Clanchief]

Th CooP sell something called Yulade concentrate up here, which when boiled up with sugar and water makes a superb Ginger Wine, gives quite a spicy kick when outdoors and no hangover.

 

[dwardo]

I think it's one of those ones where it is recyclable as long as you can get it to the one specialist recycling plant that seems to have been accidently built in Narnia.

Our recycling has gone the same way recently.

The last leaflet from the council was "no biscuit wrappings, no hard plastics no black plastic, no ....etc
It was complicated enough to decide what can and cant be recycled without adding "cake or Biscuit" into the mix.

I can think of lots of potential wine emergencies, will have to give them a a go.

 

[daveO]

Our recycling has gone the same way recently.

The last leaflet from the council was "no biscuit wrappings, no hard plastics no black plastic, no ....etc
It was complicated enough to decide what can and cant be recycled without adding "cake or Biscuit" into the mix.

I can think of lots of potential wine emergencies, will have to give them a a go.

The problem with black plastic apparently is that recycling plants are now using lasers to identify the type of plastic moving along a conveyor belt. They laser the plastic and a jet of air blows it into the correct pile for recycling. Only lasers dont work on black plastic so instead of sorting that by hand after thr lasers have done their job they just dont accept it all now.

This also happens with plastic bottles that are wrapped in polythene labels like lucozade. So if you want to help improve recycling rates then cut the labels off plastic before putting it into your bins. Or just chuck your bottle of lucozade in the woods like everyone around here seems to do.

 

[snappingturtle]

I'm not much for wine, but taking a hike and shoring yourself up with port/cider (both?), cheese and bread before turning for home is a fine way to round out a day if you throw in an apple or olive's and tom's its kind .....of ......healthy...??

 

[Janne]

Anybody tried it? Is it any good wine, or a crap wine in a fancy package?
I seem to notice that the cooler design of the label and the funnier name of the wine the crapper wine.

Petsonally I prefer to carry a couple of quality beers for quick consumtion and a bottle of malt for medical purposes.

 

[nicksteele1990]

Anybody tried it? Is it any good wine, or a crap wine in a fancy package?
I seem to notice that the cooler design of the label and the funnier name of the wine the crapper wine.

Petsonally I prefer to carry a couple of quality beers for quick consumtion and a bottle of malt for medical purposes.

I tried the malbec the other day. It's ok, but I couldn't honestly say it's good. It seemed a bit thin. £2.45 per pouch I think, in Morrisons.

The other thing is that they were loaded onto one of those vertical hanging strip things, through a hole In the tab at the top. Looks like people like to try and turn the pouches around to see the back. A lot of them were split, and were empty.

 

[Janne]

I did suspect that. Novelty value.