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tottenhamtaipeinick · Joined: 05 Sep 2010 Location: Canada

Glenfiddich Malt Scotch Whisky Liqueur

So has anyone ever had this? or would anyone know the price in Korea, because I feel I may want to live of this stuff if the only options are soju or that Hite Cass beer crap!

Also anyone know the price for Green Label in Korea?

dumpring · Joined: 06 Apr 2010 Location: Auckland, NZ

I miss the goon!
I've stopped drinking whites all together here. Even the Aussie Reds were so dire for their prices that I've done the unthinkable and started drinking European swill.

Japan has it right. Bottom priced wine (Ureshii, Mon Frere) is actually cheap, and although it isn't great, for 300Yen (3,000won) you can get a drinkable bottle on par with cask/goon.
The mid-range imported bottles are between 10k-20kwon and although that works out to be a little darer than back home, it's payable for the travel.

Unfortunately, seems that all the wine in Homeplus/Lotte/etc are just 5000won or less in their respective countries but are hiked to the price that decent bottles should cost. Or are just plain bad. If anyone does find a cheaper, tasty Merlot, let me know!

As for Single Malts, try a Springbank if you can find it. I've never been unhappy with Talisker either.

red_devil · Joined: 30 Jun 2008 Location: Korea

DorkothyParker · Joined: 11 Apr 2009 Location: Jeju

Hey now, let's not turn our noses up at box wine. True, it can never be like a collector's wine you keep for years and years, but for a regular table wine, many are as good or even better than their bottled counterparts. There is no chance of cork rot and it prevents the wine from being needlessly exposed to light.
This link lists out a few fab ones. French Rabbit and Black Box are two of my faves for box wines.
http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/drinking/wine/top5_boxwines

PS. Yeah, I know this isn't good advice for Korea, but when you are home, I guarantee you can find delightful wine at $10/bottle or less.

My husband loves that expensive frou-frou scotch, but I still prefer the oaky taste of Jack Daniels.

red_devil · Joined: 30 Jun 2008 Location: Korea

DorkothyParker · Joined: 11 Apr 2009 Location: Jeju

Yeah, Black is good and I don't not enjoy it over ice. But I must admit, I never really got the oak flavor from it. It just tastes too smooth.

Blackthorne · Joined: 02 Oct 2010

Costco is good for wine (and beer, and most other kinds of alcohol as well). I don't drink wine myself, but last time I was there, a while back, you could get a box of Aussie cabsav for what I presume was a good price.

I had a friend a while back who enjoyed having a glass of wine with dinner during the week and this was how he did it, rather than shell out bucks on pricier bottles.

UknowsI · Joined: 16 Apr 2009

I'm not such a big fan of whisky myself, but I enjoy brow liquor when I just want to drink a glass or three. A glass of Laphroaig can be nice because I can sip it for a while without drinking too much, and I've seen it in Korea a few times although I can't remember exactly where. For personal consumption I don't really drink more than what I can bring into the country after each visit abroad, so I don't have much experience with shopping here. I usually bring a bottle of Cognac or Aquavit since I haven't seen many good cognac's or any aquavit in Korea. If you like brown liquor you would probably like Gilde Non Plus Ultra, my favourite aquavit. Other aquavits will often not taste like brown liquor at all. It is easy to find in Scandinavia but difficult elsewhere.

If someone could make a list of reasonably priced wines which are easily accessible I would be very grateful. I don't know much about wine, but I used to like it quite a bit back home. The problem is that here I've often been served wine which I can't even recognize as wine (and yes it was made from grapes and not berries). The names of a couple of wines which are not too sweet would be nice.