The format of this video is great. The information about how Lidl buys there wine was great. The tasting part was interesting as you give some nice tips for those who are interested in blind tasting and it is very amusing how you are constantly slightly nervous in case you get one wrong. It really adds entertainment value and shows more of your personality to the viewer, besides adding validity to your critique of the wines. I really hope this video gets picked up as this is my favourite type of content from and I want more! :)
Are you a mathematician, specialized in non linear sets of differential equasions in consumer behaviour analysis?! This is that. That is these. And that is a this. It is math! Do you do that on purple?
@@voornaam3191 I am pretty sure that non linear sets of differential equations are separate from consumer behavioural analysis. Data analysis and non linear algebra were both significant parts of my Bachelors degree ironically... so if you want to throw around big words at people you chose wrong here lmao
My opinion is that this was an another excellent video and quite helpful to understand what some options are available at Lidl. I think Lidi wine is that it is a good starting place for young college students that are looking for wine that they can ejoy on a budget but will encourage them to study harder..... to afford some nicer wines.
Really good helpful reviews, presented in an enjoyable and accessible way. I wish I had your expertise, but I am also feeling quietly reassured by the degree to which my own perception of Lidl wine seems to match well with your more informed opinions. More please.
Really nice to see, I definitely want to try that barolo and the bordeaux now. I love shopping at LIDL for wine cause it gives such a good value for quality feeling for the normal wines. Also it quite often changes what they stock so sometimes you get a nice surprise.
Great one! Vielen Dank. I think I bought a Grecian riesling once because I was intrigued. After 1-ish glass that one is transforming to wine vinegar as we speak (hope that experiment turns out well). The other one that I bought was a Canadian icewine, which I enjoyed a lot, it hit all the marks that you want from that style of wine for under EUR 15,- which is a steal. Hey Konstantin, you're doing amazing work here, keep it up. You should do Georgia in one of your videos, as far as we know it is the origin of wine.
As an young Latina Californian that just got into wine a few years ago, I’m obsessed with your videos. A dream would be a tasting of Costco and Trader Joe’s wines next time you visit. 🙏🏼🤞🏼🍷
Great that you do these kinds of videos for the students and other people on a tight budget! that being said, could you do a video on Bolgheri? In my opinion it is one of the very best wine regions in the world, even though it is a very young region.
I really enjoyed your Pfalz-Video but these cellar ones are also nice. Please do a tutorial on how to choose wine in the supermarket. I like your stance on supermarket wine. No taboos but no blind praises either. As always: Great job!
I work for Lidl and have been waiting for this video, I think the Barolo is a decent wine especially when discounted on a super weekend deal! An interesting video would be for you to score the wine tour that launches quarterly and compare your scores to the given scores! I always think they seem somewhat inflated
My experience is, I like a certain wine, for example the Rosemarie of Roman Josef Pfaffl, a SanktLaurent wine from Niederösterreich. And then after 5 to 10 bottles, the taste is changing. That great fruity sweetness is gone. It gets more tannents. Not exactly bad, but still, I prefer the first couple of bottles. Could the bottle in this test be the victim of taste fluctuations? Could you have tasted a top quality, and this kind man had a less lucky bottle? It would not surprise me.
Good to know the good Lidl wines. Thank you. I believe the fruit, vegetables, wine and so on should be affordable for everyday consumption. Of course I am not fan of discounter’s philosophy but I can accept too cheap wine rather than too expensive. Hundreds of dollars for one bottle is crazy. Don’t get me wrong, the quality is very very important. When the quality reaches its top so should the price. This is fair.
From my own experience of Lidl Wines you have pretty much nailed it in the summing up. Some good, some bad, some overpriced, some you get what you pay for and now and again something that is real value. In the UK they have a Master of Wine (Richard Bamfield) rating their seasonal wine tours. He seems to have a preference for white wines, particularly sweet ones such as Canadian Ice Wine and Tokaji which seems a favourite of Lidl UK. It would be interesting to see your ratings compared to his. I enjoy you describing taste and pre-guessing the grape varieties and origin based on that, my own taste buds are not as good as yours and sense of smell no where near particularly the more subtle grapes varieties like Pinot Noir. But i do pretty well based on your tasting notes. I did once blind taste and identify a a bottle of Beaujolais when challenged by a wine snob on my preference for bolder wines from new world back in the 90s which was a high point of my wine life, OK not the hardest but was satisfying. Have you ever thought of doing a live stream tasting of wines from local supermarkets so we can all taste together?
I try not go off of his scoring system as it does seem a bit off maybe it's because he is being paid by Lidl. Some of the best wines they sell don't even have a rating by him such as their montepullciano d'abruzzo which is easily one of the best they sell
I love your videos and the wine variation you bring to your channel and your explenations are enlightning, i learned from you from a friend of mine from Colorado who send me the video of the old wine from late 1800 you showed and was amazing to see that video i enjoyed a lot and subscribed right away. I'm from Puerto Rico, i love wines and have taste many wines but not that expensive im learning more about good wines, i'm not a pro of wines but at least i can tell the difference between good wines from bad wines, i need to get better in distiguishing the different ingredients of wines, and i have an interesting petition that i hope to see in one of your videos, it will be great to see a test of Kosher wines and what you think about them and rate them to the best of your knowledge. Salutes from Puerto Rico, hope to see that video soon. Blessings!
I was waiting for this video :) as I live in Frankfurt, wine shops are basically everywhere but i have to admit, while living in Dublin (and had not much spending capabilities) I bought from time to time in Aldi or Lidl... Curiosity about Aldi: it seems that for the swiss market the bottles are slightly heavier to trick the consumers is an "important" wine
Das war ein sehr interessantes Video, Konstantin. Vielen Dank dafür. Ich habe mir anschließend nochmal das Aldi Video angesehen, da meine Partnerin deren Sauvignon Blanc so angepriesen hat. Wir hatten die Tage ein kleines Tasting mit anderen SBs, bei dem der Aldi SB für meinen Geschmack deutlich abfiel. Mir hatte er extrem viel Säure für einen SB, und beim Abgang blieben die Aromen nur sehr kurz am Gaumen. Vielleicht hab ich da einfach eine schlechte Flasche erwischt 😉 Auch fand ich es spannend, dass du mal einen Barolo dabei hattest. Die Barolos vom Discounter können natürlich qualitativ nicht mit denen von Scavino etc. mithalten. Ich bin immer halbwegs entsetzt, wenn ich auf den Discounter-Seiten vernichtende Bewertungen dieser Weine lese. Wer da Qualität will, muss eben deutlich mehr Geld für eine gute Flasche auf den Tresen legen. Schön, dass du das - so habe ich es zumindest verstanden - in dem Video auch skizzierst. Ich fände mal ein Video spannende zu Themen wie „Weingüter produzieren unter Ihrem Namen Weine für den Einzelhandel“, denn meistens findet man die Weine aus dem Einzelhandel nicht im Sortiment der Weingüter selbst. Auch wäre ein Video zu „Zusätzen“ in Weinen mal interessant. Ich bin kürzlich über eine Doku gestolpert, in der davon berichtet wurde, dass es Winzer gibt, die nicht deklarierungspflichtige Zusätze ihren Weinen beimischen um über verschiedene Jahrgänge hinweg ein gleichbleibenden Niveau, wie auch eine einigermaßen konstante Aromatik zu gewährleisten. Da würde mich mal interessieren, ob man so etwas herausschmecken kann, wenn diese Zusätze genutzt werden? Oder wie ich mir das erschließen kann, dass da vielleicht nachgeholfen wurde. Gibt es für so etwas Indizien?
In the end it all depends on how much you're willing to spend on a wine and your expectations. Thank you for your review, will defo give it a go to the Bordeaux!
I buy Lidl wines in Spain anf find them very good. I was surprised you didnt mention alcohol degree. I find it makes a difference in taste. In Spain 13 degrees is very common. I like the local red wines from Catalunya . They have alot of body. Enjoyed your video.
Like Peter Koff said "there are no good wines from Airén", that's just cooking wine like much of the stuff from Lidl 😂 I would love to see a tasting of recommended Italian wines in future videos, stuff to really seek out, or a north to south tasting. Or maybe wines from less well known regions like Georgia, Armenia or Greece/Cyprus. Great content as always ☺️
@@pablobethencourt4550 Hi Pablo! ☺️Make sure to mention that wine under one of Wineking's videos! Jay and Peter might well try it in one of their blind tastings! Having lived most of my life in Spain i know airén to be mostly a grape for making brandy and cheap cooking wine, but i'm sure there are exceptions to every rule. I'll have a look for Alejairen myself next time i go back home
Good idea about the Eastern European wine tasting. My experience of Greek wines is very limited - though Lobenberg's Gute Weine actually sells a very good Retsina(surprise, surprise!). Of Armenian... none. My best find has been been Pheasant's Tears from Georgia (via Lobenberg again). They've been an eye opener and very good indeed.
true, but at least in the US you can get some good wines at under $15 a bottle hell some really epic wines can be bought at like $8 a bottle, a local producer has a $10 riesling thats amazing value.
One of the best wines I ever had was Alexana Riesling 2016 $16 a bottle and it has such a vibrant fresh taste, and I love the petrol character its basically textbook riesling and they nailed it and they dont make many bottles either.
Thx much for the video. It is very nice of you that YOU taste those wines, so I do not have, to do it.... I also appreciate your descriptions with the main things you perceive. It allows us to guess together with you what wine you drink (very often correctly). Those wines are not the kind of wines I would normally buy. Call me a wine snob but If a producer does not even disclose their name, what can you expect...? But I was already wondering if I should try them at some stage. Now I know, that I don't have to....
@@MarioPenalti I absolutely understand and agree to your point! I have been there, too... ;-) However, even at the danger of coming across as patronizing, my recommendation still would be to skip two or three of the cheap bottles from a no-name discounter/producer and instead go for a nice bottle of a small producer you know... There are many of those everywhere and it is fun to discover them. Plus remember, as Konstantin has mentioned in his video, only 20% of what you pay to the discounter ends up at the producer. Do the math at €2.99...
@@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine I did! It was a mild, pleasant Bordeaux for less money than a bottle of oversugared sawdust juice, which is what most supermarkets sell here.
Hey! My respect to your courage :) as a person who just tasted about 200 wines in 2 days of wine competition with a huge number of "boring" wines - I must say that this also helps to appreciate good wines!) The only correction - the grape variety of Lugana DOC is Turbiana, previously named Trebbiano di Lugana, but not Trebbiano di Soave! They all three are Verdicchio's biotype, but genetically Trebbino di Lugana is different from those other 2 grapes and to avoid confussion has new official name Turbiana. But simply speaking neither Turbiana nor Trebbiano di Soave taste not like Verdicchio.))
Thanks Andrey. I seem to have remembered that wrong and even the Oxford Companion says that Trebbiano di Soave is the same as Trebbiano di Lugana. The DOC leaflet is also a bit confusing on the name of their main variety...
Winemaker in Lugana here Yes, It's confusing Trebbiano di Lugana (now called Turbiana), Trebbiano di Soave an Verdicchio are genetically the same. But their phenotype is different, yes you have some similarity but It's not the same wine
Actually I have tasted the Feinherb and in my oppinion it is even better than the one he tasted. The Molitor is also very nice. From my point of view both are very niche white wines at the price point and there is nothing to complain about them.
I am actually glad they don't sell wine and spirits in grocery stores in my country, only in special wine shops. The quality is much better than super market wines, and although it is more expensive I prefer to buy wine that are better quality and it is also good to know that the farmers and wine makers are getting payed for their hard work.
The video is so great and convincing that I ran to nearest Lidl to try the wines and to establish some baseline with Konstantin's preference profile. Unfortunately, the wines mentioned in the video are not available in the store! I'll keep on searching....
I must admit to enjoying wine I have purchased from Lidl, I normally go for the higher point wine selection, but one or two of the others too, for the price you can’t go wrong. Interesting point made about the price being low therefore the winemaking is of a lower quality-is that true, why are the winemakers grumbling then if they are making wine at their most cost effective-or is Lidl still setting prices which do not offer the winemaker a decent profit-which is obviously not good. Great video and I will still purchase wine from Lidl. Hopefully they can start selling good quality NSA wine as sulphites don’t help my wine drinking experience. I would be happy to pay the same I would pay in a specialist wine store if the quality and taste were the same.
Great video! The Aldi video was great fun, and while we don't have Lidl in my area, it was still quite informative. I was wondering if you could do a video on Southern Italy sometime in the future? I always feel Aglianico doesn't get the love it deserves...
I go to Lidl rarely now but when I used to live in London, I used to go there every week and buy my wines from there. I used to buy a very good Bordeaux for around £13, but I don't buy the £5 bottles in any supermarket in the UK. Only in Italy I can buy €5 wine and get good decent wine for that price.
Thanks for this, was interested to see how they perform, Barolo we have as well, different label, some other Bdx, selection is quite different here, over all quality is same, you may find some good deals on some french or italian, use to get more spain and portugal, thanks
you should taste test your favorite moscato! my favorite is Red electra by Quady but everyone i've introduced to it is pretty divided and i can see why. but i would love to hear a professionals take on it.
Moin, tolles Video! Ich würde mir eine Verkostung von Roséweinen von Lidl, Aldi und co. wünschen, jetzt wo der Sommer hoffentlich bald da ist :) Danke und Gruß
Hey Konstantin, don't worry about the Karens and what they think or about their little hurt feelings. WIne is very subjective and I for one appreciate you keeping it real and for taking your time (and money) to taste, talk about and review what the average person drinks. Wine number 4 sounds like Aldis "Winking Owl" series of wines, it costs around $2 and is overpriced at that.
I agree, in the end you simply can't make everyone happy, if Konstantin didn't clearly state his opinion someone would probably complain that he is too wishy washy. I don't even think those reviews are super harsh, 75-80 points for a cheap wine is pretty much what you would expect.
Konstantin, awesome videos, thank you. In America we have Costco, which seems to offer great wine values. Any thoughts on shopping for wine at a retailer like Costco?
I love your videos and greatly appreciate all the knowledge you are sharing with us but am absolutely dying to see a tour of where you film and what you have on that wine rack in the background. It’s killing me.
I think it's hard to beat Lidl in terms of value. A lot of their standard offer is average to bad, but fine if you're an average drinker. I have found some really good values though, especially as here in Slovenia, I often find wines priced even cheaper than in other countries. New Zealand whites are a good choice.
Ah, Slovenia, you should read a bit of the history behind Zinfandel and Primitivo. The Balkan region plays an interesting part in this. Here those famous grape varieties were developed.
Thanks you for the video. I did enjoy it. As you probably know China has put debilitating tariffs on Australian wine. There are a lot of failed exports kicking around on the Australian discount and addiction sites. I know a lot of that might not make it to Deutschland so might not be of interest to your European and North American followers. So as well as giving a leg up to the struggling Aussie express that have had their best market taken away from them, I'm also interested in what a German sommelier thinks of Aussie wines that are not either Penfolds our Yellow Tail.
I'm not a wine drinker, but I hope to become one one day :) I always keep a bottle of cheap white wine for cooking in my fridge. Every time I see them in the shelves, I cant help but wonder how it is even possible to offer a bottle of wine for less than 3 euros. One would think growing the grapes and producing the glass bottle alone would cost more, never mind the entire fermenting process and the wages of all those involved.
They under pay the grape farmers. Why do you think France rural villages are being evacuated, for years now? It is a disaster! Buy only more expensive wines! You are guilty for buying not enough wine!
In Poland you can get even Penfolds, Bosconia and more at Lidl... If you know what you are looking for you have chance to get something quite good for the price.
I'm kinda happy - I could call 6 out of 8 wine varieties by your description, the price, and the color of the wine. I couldn't guess the airén/macabeo blend, but I was damn sure that it'd be some organic/bio/natural crap, and of course I was right! 🤣 On the other hand, I went last week to our local wine harvest fair and did a lot of blind tastings... in which I mostly failed 😭 My wife, who doesn't have any formal wine education, but has worked in the hospitality sector for decades, kicked my ass. Can I give a recommendation? I think it'd have been great to sneak one non-Lidl bottle in there, ideally something more expensive, and see whether you could fish it out.
Can you do a video on how to spit correctly, please? A small tutorial on how pros like you do it. I tried spitting in Napa recently and was terrible at it, kept getting it on my shirt and stuff.
The entirety of the wine world would benefit from people buying directly to producers (or, when they prefer not to sell directly, to their indicated whole-sellers). You pay exactly the same price or even lower and 100% of it goes to making more excellent vintages. And you end up developing a relationship with the producer and in the end you'll get perks like tastings, discounts for holidays at their wineries, lunches, etc, etc. A good example was my early relationship with Quinta do Popa. When I met Stéphane he was just the son of a rich Portuguese emigrant in France going through the motions of an Oenology degree at Universidade Católica. The actual winery wasn't even finished yet. But the wines were really amazing so I dolled up a very reasonable doll-up of cash on them. Now Their wines, although a secret in Europe, took over Japan by storm and are a huge success. And this because they refused to sell to large chains and focused in the long run: giving their wines to taste to a lot of people. I could recite 200 examples from dozens of countries: if you like the wine, get it from the producer.
I wonder if knowing it was from a discounter store affected your predisposition...by all means I rarely buy wine from Lidl and pleasant surprises are not that many....but that "not expecting much" might affect even the price-less blind tasting
Entertaining as always but as for lidl and aldi wines i honestly will probably never buy them as i am not an every day drinker so when i drink wine for me it has to be something special or interesting, the experience of opening a real cork and decanting is all part of it i want something i can sit and sip and think about the textures and flavours and smells. Those sad grapes they crushed and turned into wine for $2.50 were better of being composted and turned into fertiliser to feed good vineyards
Interesting video. I think you can find halfway decent wines (for the price) at big retailers like LIDL or ALDI, etc. The odds are against you, though. 🙂
Yay for me! When you were describing wine 5 I was thinking it sounds like a Pinotage. Being South African I was introduced to it early on and "grew up" with it so I'm used to the harsh tannins which is rather common with them. A good Pinotage is amazing, a cheap Pinotage is hit and miss.
i have a question Herr Baum. I like intense flavours. I enjoy really dry wines and really sweet wines made from berries. When I smoke I enjoy heavy tobacco taste. I like things that taste like they should. I like a nice Tiroler Speck because it has strong, deep taste and they aren't trying to cover low quality taste in smoke or overspicing it. Same goes for cheeses like Grana Padano from Italy. What's a really cleanly tasting wine, where an intense flavour is enhanced by a little bit of complexity? The best wines I ever drank were a Bulgarian Traminer and a 2016 Rothschild Bordeaux. I've never tasted wines above 30€ and I don't plan to. (except for one wine from Italy that you had recommended in one of your Vivino videos((I'm not 100% sure though)) , but I bought it for a special occasion, it was the Brunello di Montalcini 2016) What can you recommend of a similar experience for less price?
I’m surprised that some of the dry wines are labeled trocken on tne bottles. Here in the US, unless it’s a German wine or a sparkling wine, we don’t able the sweetness on most still wines. You will see labels that tell the still wine is sweet such as the Jam Jarm brand from South Africa but it is not so common.
Over the years I’ve had a few decent bottles from Lidl, but some pretty awful stuff too. Prices are generally modest and the quality is generally consistent with the price paid, but there have been occasional outliers in both directions. Generally speaking though I’d say anything I buy at Lidl is for pretty immediate consumption, a few bottles that have lurked in my cellar for more than a few weeks, at most a month or two, seem to be almost undrinkable too often.
lidl is generally good in quality in their products and they have good "standards proxies", so I'm hyped to see what these wines have to offer. sorry for commenting before the video even started 😂 edit: disappointed by lidl after the video haha God bless you!
I'm new to wine, after watching some videos on youtube i started to fall in love with it, but i think that first i need to taste a good wine so i would know what a good wine is like and then from there i could compare it to other wines (i think this is a good idea to start understanding wine), i'm from israel and it's hard to find wines from different countries, can you make a video about israeli wine and see which one is good and which is not? I would really appreciate it! ❤
I am in Israel due to a business trip right now and purchased a few wines here. I gotta say... prices for wines produced in Israel (kosher or not, doesn't really matter) are insane! Wines in a southern Rhône or Bordeaux style, which would retail for like 10€-15€ in Europe, easily go for 25€+ in ISR. And better qualities are even more pricy accordingly... when I was talking to an owner of a wineshop in Jerusalem, he told me that whenever he returns from a trip from EU, he is shedding a tear when he remembers the prices in Israel. However, if you're willing to pay the premium, definitely try the wines from Tulip (their Syrah is really well made, more Rhone style), Domaine du Castel (Bordeaux blends) or Matar! In general, just go to a dedicated, trustworthy wineshop (no general liquor stores or markets) and ask for their opinion :)
The format of this video is great. The information about how Lidl buys there wine was great. The tasting part was interesting as you give some nice tips for those who are interested in blind tasting and it is very amusing how you are constantly slightly nervous in case you get one wrong. It really adds entertainment value and shows more of your personality to the viewer, besides adding validity to your critique of the wines. I really hope this video gets picked up as this is my favourite type of content from and I want more! :)
Are you a mathematician, specialized in non linear sets of differential equasions in consumer behaviour analysis?! This is that. That is these. And that is a this. It is math! Do you do that on purple?
Yeah, it is good and you got three or four reasons for that. Now buy this bloody wine, or it is just bla bla bla bla blaaah.
@@voornaam3191 I am pretty sure that non linear sets of differential equations are separate from consumer behavioural analysis. Data analysis and non linear algebra were both significant parts of my Bachelors degree ironically... so if you want to throw around big words at people you chose wrong here lmao
@@voornaam3191 Incoherente debiel
Your tastings are always good! Thanks
Great content. I like the way you present your findings.
My opinion is that this was an another excellent video and quite helpful to understand what some options are available at Lidl. I think Lidi wine is that it is a good starting place for young
college students that are looking for wine that they can ejoy on a budget but will encourage them to study harder..... to afford some nicer wines.
Very helpful. Every time buying groceries at Lidl I feel tempted by the price to buy some wines. And it has been a gamble so far.
We asked. You delivered!! Thank you Kostantin!
Konstantin,your great and astonishing!
Love your stuff man :) thank you for posting videos
Glad you like them!
Really good helpful reviews, presented in an enjoyable and accessible way. I wish I had your expertise, but I am also feeling quietly reassured by the degree to which my own perception of Lidl wine seems to match well with your more informed opinions. More please.
Really nice to see, I definitely want to try that barolo and the bordeaux now. I love shopping at LIDL for wine cause it gives such a good value for quality feeling for the normal wines. Also it quite often changes what they stock so sometimes you get a nice surprise.
Great one! Vielen Dank. I think I bought a Grecian riesling once because I was intrigued. After 1-ish glass that one is transforming to wine vinegar as we speak (hope that experiment turns out well). The other one that I bought was a Canadian icewine, which I enjoyed a lot, it hit all the marks that you want from that style of wine for under EUR 15,- which is a steal.
Hey Konstantin, you're doing amazing work here, keep it up. You should do Georgia in one of your videos, as far as we know it is the origin of wine.
Great video, I was really missing channel like yours. Love to hear more about German wine culture, living in Berlin!
More to come!
More blind tasting please :) So informative and you can learn a lot from these videos
As an young Latina Californian that just got into wine a few years ago, I’m obsessed with your videos. A dream would be a tasting of Costco and Trader Joe’s wines next time you visit. 🙏🏼🤞🏼🍷
My fathers buy a lot from Lidl, now Im gonna recommend those wines and see their reactions, good content.
Great that you do these kinds of videos for the students and other people on a tight budget! that being said, could you do a video on Bolgheri? In my opinion it is one of the very best wine regions in the world, even though it is a very young region.
Love these discount wine tastings...
Oh, and I agree on doing Georgia. I was in a great Georgian restaurant once and they had great vines with fair prices.
I really enjoyed your Pfalz-Video but these cellar ones are also nice. Please do a tutorial on how to choose wine in the supermarket. I like your stance on supermarket wine. No taboos but no blind praises either. As always: Great job!
I work for Lidl and have been waiting for this video, I think the Barolo is a decent wine especially when discounted on a super weekend deal! An interesting video would be for you to score the wine tour that launches quarterly and compare your scores to the given scores! I always think they seem somewhat inflated
My experience is, I like a certain wine, for example the Rosemarie of Roman Josef Pfaffl, a SanktLaurent wine from Niederösterreich. And then after 5 to 10 bottles, the taste is changing. That great fruity sweetness is gone. It gets more tannents. Not exactly bad, but still, I prefer the first couple of bottles. Could the bottle in this test be the victim of taste fluctuations? Could you have tasted a top quality, and this kind man had a less lucky bottle? It would not surprise me.
@@voornaam3191 well after I drank a few bottles of wine the taste is definitely changing.... ;-)
After 5 bottles all I usually taste is the bouquet of my vomit.
Thanks Konstantin. I will go check wines from Lidl in Latvia as well - cheers!🍷
Good to know the good Lidl wines. Thank you. I believe the fruit, vegetables, wine and so on should be affordable for everyday consumption. Of course I am not fan of discounter’s philosophy but I can accept too cheap wine rather than too expensive. Hundreds of dollars for one bottle is crazy. Don’t get me wrong, the quality is very very important. When the quality reaches its top so should the price. This is fair.
This is a very informative video, Konstantin. Thank you. David Kraft, UK.
Supermarket offerings tasting are always fun to watch, even if I don't shop there.
Interesting thanks. I'm not a fan, but have tried the Barolo and was also surprised.
From my own experience of Lidl Wines you have pretty much nailed it in the summing up. Some good, some bad, some overpriced, some you get what you pay for and now and again something that is real value.
In the UK they have a Master of Wine (Richard Bamfield) rating their seasonal wine tours. He seems to have a preference for white wines, particularly sweet ones such as Canadian Ice Wine and Tokaji which seems a favourite of Lidl UK. It would be interesting to see your ratings compared to his.
I enjoy you describing taste and pre-guessing the grape varieties and origin based on that, my own taste buds are not as good as yours and sense of smell no where near particularly the more subtle grapes varieties like Pinot Noir. But i do pretty well based on your tasting notes. I did once blind taste and identify a a bottle of Beaujolais when challenged by a wine snob on my preference for bolder wines from new world back in the 90s which was a high point of my wine life, OK not the hardest but was satisfying.
Have you ever thought of doing a live stream tasting of wines from local supermarkets so we can all taste together?
I try not go off of his scoring system as it does seem a bit off maybe it's because he is being paid by Lidl. Some of the best wines they sell don't even have a rating by him such as their montepullciano d'abruzzo which is easily one of the best they sell
I love your videos and the wine variation you bring to your channel and your explenations are enlightning, i learned from you from a friend of mine from Colorado who send me the video of the old wine from late 1800 you showed and was amazing to see that video i enjoyed a lot and subscribed right away. I'm from Puerto Rico, i love wines and have taste many wines but not that expensive im learning more about good wines, i'm not a pro of wines but at least i can tell the difference between good wines from bad wines, i need to get better in distiguishing the different ingredients of wines, and i have an interesting petition that i hope to see in one of your videos, it will be great to see a test of Kosher wines and what you think about them and rate them to the best of your knowledge. Salutes from Puerto Rico, hope to see that video soon. Blessings!
I was waiting for this video :) as I live in Frankfurt, wine shops are basically everywhere but i have to admit, while living in Dublin (and had not much spending capabilities) I bought from time to time in Aldi or Lidl...
Curiosity about Aldi: it seems that for the swiss market the bottles are slightly heavier to trick the consumers is an "important" wine
Das war ein sehr interessantes Video, Konstantin. Vielen Dank dafür. Ich habe mir anschließend nochmal das Aldi Video angesehen, da meine Partnerin deren Sauvignon Blanc so angepriesen hat. Wir hatten die Tage ein kleines Tasting mit anderen SBs, bei dem der Aldi SB für meinen Geschmack deutlich abfiel. Mir hatte er extrem viel Säure für einen SB, und beim Abgang blieben die Aromen nur sehr kurz am Gaumen. Vielleicht hab ich da einfach eine schlechte Flasche erwischt 😉
Auch fand ich es spannend, dass du mal einen Barolo dabei hattest. Die Barolos vom Discounter können natürlich qualitativ nicht mit denen von Scavino etc. mithalten. Ich bin immer halbwegs entsetzt, wenn ich auf den Discounter-Seiten vernichtende Bewertungen dieser Weine lese. Wer da Qualität will, muss eben deutlich mehr Geld für eine gute Flasche auf den Tresen legen. Schön, dass du das - so habe ich es zumindest verstanden - in dem Video auch skizzierst.
Ich fände mal ein Video spannende zu Themen wie „Weingüter produzieren unter Ihrem Namen Weine für den Einzelhandel“, denn meistens findet man die Weine aus dem Einzelhandel nicht im Sortiment der Weingüter selbst.
Auch wäre ein Video zu „Zusätzen“ in Weinen mal interessant. Ich bin kürzlich über eine Doku gestolpert, in der davon berichtet wurde, dass es Winzer gibt, die nicht deklarierungspflichtige Zusätze ihren Weinen beimischen um über verschiedene Jahrgänge hinweg ein gleichbleibenden Niveau, wie auch eine einigermaßen konstante Aromatik zu gewährleisten. Da würde mich mal interessieren, ob man so etwas herausschmecken kann, wenn diese Zusätze genutzt werden? Oder wie ich mir das erschließen kann, dass da vielleicht nachgeholfen wurde. Gibt es für so etwas Indizien?
Tasting supermarket wines, last wine: "Let's get this over with". LOL
In the end it all depends on how much you're willing to spend on a wine and your expectations. Thank you for your review, will defo give it a go to the Bordeaux!
Love your videos Konstantin!
Please make a video about Rioja!
Great suggestion!
Nice Konstantin! Love the video, maybe if you put on a white sweater/shirt next time so you can see the wine even better
Great review. I think it is good to get cheaper wines, but make your choice carefully not to catch bad one.
As an American who doesn't drink wine often and mainly can only identify wine as red or white. I know a handful, but found your videos entertaining.
*is watching Mr Baum while holding my home brew fermenter like a baby * All hail the stylish sweaters! - salute -
What a funny coincidence. I went through Lidl yesterday and thought whether the wines could be any good
I buy Lidl wines in Spain anf find them very good. I was surprised you didnt mention alcohol degree. I find it makes a difference in taste. In Spain 13 degrees is very common. I like the local red wines from Catalunya . They have alot of body. Enjoyed your video.
Catalunya! Then you have "shed" and not "sed", that is thirst. Oh God, don't let me have the wrong Spanish region....
Like Peter Koff said "there are no good wines from Airén", that's just cooking wine like much of the stuff from Lidl 😂 I would love to see a tasting of recommended Italian wines in future videos, stuff to really seek out, or a north to south tasting. Or maybe wines from less well known regions like Georgia, Armenia or Greece/Cyprus. Great content as always ☺️
Hi carolina! tell Peter to taste "Alejairen" from Alejandro Fernandez. A really complex Airen! cheers!
@@pablobethencourt4550 Hi Pablo! ☺️Make sure to mention that wine under one of Wineking's videos! Jay and Peter might well try it in one of their blind tastings! Having lived most of my life in Spain i know airén to be mostly a grape for making brandy and cheap cooking wine, but i'm sure there are exceptions to every rule. I'll have a look for Alejairen myself next time i go back home
Good idea about the Eastern European wine tasting. My experience of Greek wines is very limited - though Lobenberg's Gute Weine actually sells a very good Retsina(surprise, surprise!). Of Armenian... none. My best find has been been Pheasant's Tears from Georgia (via Lobenberg again). They've been an eye opener and very good indeed.
true, but at least in the US you can get some good wines at under $15 a bottle hell some really epic wines can be bought at like $8 a bottle, a local producer has a $10 riesling thats amazing value.
One of the best wines I ever had was Alexana Riesling 2016 $16 a bottle and it has such a vibrant fresh taste, and I love the petrol character its basically textbook riesling and they nailed it and they dont make many bottles either.
Fantastic watching live from Japan 🇯🇵 🇺🇬🌏🌍🌎🇺🇬
I take Barolo and Marcus Molitor at Lidl. But Thank you for more tips&hint for next shopping 😉
Thx much for the video. It is very nice of you that YOU taste those wines, so I do not have, to do it....
I also appreciate your descriptions with the main things you perceive. It allows us to guess together with you what wine you drink (very often correctly).
Those wines are not the kind of wines I would normally buy. Call me a wine snob but If a producer does not even disclose their name, what can you expect...?
But I was already wondering if I should try them at some stage.
Now I know, that I don't have to....
Its nice when you can afford to be a Snob but as a student with a low budget it's really helpful.
@@MarioPenalti I absolutely understand and agree to your point! I have been there, too... ;-)
However, even at the danger of coming across as patronizing, my recommendation still would be to skip two or three of the cheap bottles from a no-name discounter/producer and instead go for a nice bottle of a small producer you know...
There are many of those everywhere and it is fun to discover them.
Plus remember, as Konstantin has mentioned in his video, only 20% of what you pay to the discounter ends up at the producer. Do the math at €2.99...
I actually picked up the Bordeaux yesterday, I could not resist, then this video popped up today. Looks like I made the right call.
Did you like the wine?
@@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine I did! It was a mild, pleasant Bordeaux for less money than a bottle of oversugared sawdust juice, which is what most supermarkets sell here.
Well done. I tried that Barolo and was hugely disappointed.
Hey! My respect to your courage :) as a person who just tasted about 200 wines in 2 days of wine competition with a huge number of "boring" wines - I must say that this also helps to appreciate good wines!)
The only correction - the grape variety of Lugana DOC is Turbiana, previously named Trebbiano di Lugana, but not Trebbiano di Soave! They all three are Verdicchio's biotype, but genetically Trebbino di Lugana is different from those other 2 grapes and to avoid confussion has new official name Turbiana.
But simply speaking neither Turbiana nor Trebbiano di Soave taste not like Verdicchio.))
Thanks Andrey. I seem to have remembered that wrong and even the Oxford Companion says that Trebbiano di Soave is the same as Trebbiano di Lugana. The DOC leaflet is also a bit confusing on the name of their main variety...
Winemaker in Lugana here
Yes, It's confusing
Trebbiano di Lugana (now called Turbiana), Trebbiano di Soave an Verdicchio are genetically the same.
But their phenotype is different, yes you have some similarity but It's not the same wine
Interesting video thanks! Van Voxlem do a Feinherb as well for Lidl and also Markus Molitor has a Riesling for
Actually I have tasted the Feinherb and in my oppinion it is even better than the one he tasted. The Molitor is also very nice. From my point of view both are very niche white wines at the price point and there is nothing to complain about them.
I am actually glad they don't sell wine and spirits in grocery stores in my country, only in special wine shops. The quality is much better than super market wines, and although it is more expensive I prefer to buy wine that are better quality and it is also good to know that the farmers and wine makers are getting payed for their hard work.
Where are you? Canada
The video is so great and convincing that I ran to nearest Lidl to try the wines and to establish some baseline with Konstantin's preference profile. Unfortunately, the wines mentioned in the video are not available in the store! I'll keep on searching....
Sorry to hear that!
@@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine There's no reason to be sorry. Cheers!
I must admit to enjoying wine I have purchased from Lidl, I normally go for the higher point wine selection, but one or two of the others too, for the price you can’t go wrong. Interesting point made about the price being low therefore the winemaking is of a lower quality-is that true, why are the winemakers grumbling then if they are making wine at their most cost effective-or is Lidl still setting prices which do not offer the winemaker a decent profit-which is obviously not good. Great video and I will still purchase wine from Lidl. Hopefully they can start selling good quality NSA wine as sulphites don’t help my wine drinking experience. I would be happy to pay the same I would pay in a specialist wine store if the quality and taste were the same.
Great video! The Aldi video was great fun, and while we don't have Lidl in my area, it was still quite informative. I was wondering if you could do a video on Southern Italy sometime in the future? I always feel Aglianico doesn't get the love it deserves...
I agree - I love Aglianico
Aglianico is not bad but overpriced, especially the DOP Tartufo and something.
I go to Lidl rarely now but when I used to live in London, I used to go there every week and buy my wines from there. I used to buy a very good Bordeaux for around £13, but I don't buy the £5 bottles in any supermarket in the UK. Only in Italy I can buy €5 wine and get good decent wine for that price.
Without tasting, buying these wines is a total crap shoot. Thank you for your sacrifice, now we know what to buy at Lidl.
Thanks for this, was interested to see how they perform, Barolo we have as well, different label, some other Bdx, selection is quite different here, over all quality is same, you may find some good deals on some french or italian, use to get more spain and portugal, thanks
you should taste test your favorite moscato! my favorite is Red electra by Quady but everyone i've introduced to it is pretty divided and i can see why. but i would love to hear a professionals take on it.
Moin, tolles Video! Ich würde mir eine Verkostung von Roséweinen von Lidl, Aldi und co. wünschen, jetzt wo der Sommer hoffentlich bald da ist :) Danke und Gruß
Great Video! Could you make similar tasting of wines from Rewe, please?
Hey Konstantin, don't worry about the Karens and what they think or about their little hurt feelings. WIne is very subjective and I for one appreciate you keeping it real and for taking your time (and money) to taste, talk about and review what the average person drinks. Wine number 4 sounds like Aldis "Winking Owl" series of wines, it costs around $2 and is overpriced at that.
I agree, in the end you simply can't make everyone happy, if Konstantin didn't clearly state his opinion someone would probably complain that he is too wishy washy. I don't even think those reviews are super harsh, 75-80 points for a cheap wine is pretty much what you would expect.
I like the the lidL wine. i need something that doesn’t break the bank or my heart.
Konstantin, awesome videos, thank you. In America we have Costco, which seems to offer great wine values. Any thoughts on shopping for wine at a retailer like Costco?
I love your videos and greatly appreciate all the knowledge you are sharing with us but am absolutely dying to see a tour of where you film and what you have on that wine rack in the background. It’s killing me.
One day...
I think it's hard to beat Lidl in terms of value. A lot of their standard offer is average to bad, but fine if you're an average drinker. I have found some really good values though, especially as here in Slovenia, I often find wines priced even cheaper than in other countries. New Zealand whites are a good choice.
Ah, Slovenia, you should read a bit of the history behind Zinfandel and Primitivo. The Balkan region plays an interesting part in this. Here those famous grape varieties were developed.
Hi Konstantin, are you using the Riedel Veritas Champagne for your general drinking at home, or just your tastings?
I have found a great independent wine merchant. A little more expensive but just far far better than any supermarket.
Hey, Konstantin, make a video about wines from Georgia 🇬🇪
Thanks you for the video. I did enjoy it.
As you probably know China has put debilitating tariffs on Australian wine.
There are a lot of failed exports kicking around on the Australian discount and addiction sites. I know a lot of that might not make it to Deutschland so might not be of interest to your European and North American followers.
So as well as giving a leg up to the struggling Aussie express that have had their best market taken away from them, I'm also interested in what a German sommelier thinks of Aussie wines that are not either Penfolds our Yellow Tail.
I'm not a wine drinker, but I hope to become one one day :)
I always keep a bottle of cheap white wine for cooking in my fridge. Every time I see them in the shelves, I cant help but wonder how it is even possible to offer a bottle of wine for less than 3 euros. One would think growing the grapes and producing the glass bottle alone would cost more, never mind the entire fermenting process and the wages of all those involved.
They under pay the grape farmers. Why do you think France rural villages are being evacuated, for years now? It is a disaster! Buy only more expensive wines! You are guilty for buying not enough wine!
easy answer, slave labor :)
In Poland you can get even Penfolds, Bosconia and more at Lidl... If you know what you are looking for you have chance to get something quite good for the price.
What?!? You mean Bosconia from Lopez de Heredia? At Lidl??? I'm moving to Poland!
I'm kinda happy - I could call 6 out of 8 wine varieties by your description, the price, and the color of the wine. I couldn't guess the airén/macabeo blend, but I was damn sure that it'd be some organic/bio/natural crap, and of course I was right! 🤣
On the other hand, I went last week to our local wine harvest fair and did a lot of blind tastings... in which I mostly failed 😭 My wife, who doesn't have any formal wine education, but has worked in the hospitality sector for decades, kicked my ass.
Can I give a recommendation? I think it'd have been great to sneak one non-Lidl bottle in there, ideally something more expensive, and see whether you could fish it out.
Good idea!
You are going to become super famous… I am hardly wrong about stuff… unless you ask my wife. Fantastic video
Thanks Dan!
Can you do a video on how to spit correctly, please? A small tutorial on how pros like you do it. I tried spitting in Napa recently and was terrible at it, kept getting it on my shirt and stuff.
ratings in a nutshell
2021 Giulio Pasotti Lugana Italy - 73
2021 Cimarosa Sauvignon Blanc New Zealand - 77
2021 Van Volxem & Friends Riesling Kabinett Mosel Germany - 85
2020 Torre de Rejas Organic Airén & Macabeo La Mancha Spain - approx. 69
2020 Cimarosa Pinotage South Africa - 75
2020 Junge Winzer Spätburgunder Baden Germany - 77
2018 Barolo Italy - 85
2020 Bordeaux Superieur France - 80
The entirety of the wine world would benefit from people buying directly to producers (or, when they prefer not to sell directly, to their indicated whole-sellers). You pay exactly the same price or even lower and 100% of it goes to making more excellent vintages. And you end up developing a relationship with the producer and in the end you'll get perks like tastings, discounts for holidays at their wineries, lunches, etc, etc.
A good example was my early relationship with Quinta do Popa. When I met Stéphane he was just the son of a rich Portuguese emigrant in France going through the motions of an Oenology degree at Universidade Católica. The actual winery wasn't even finished yet. But the wines were really amazing so I dolled up a very reasonable doll-up of cash on them. Now Their wines, although a secret in Europe, took over Japan by storm and are a huge success. And this because they refused to sell to large chains and focused in the long run: giving their wines to taste to a lot of people.
I could recite 200 examples from dozens of countries: if you like the wine, get it from the producer.
I'm hoping to get an Aldi Aszu tomorrow....it was awarded silver medal and 93pts in the IWC 2022 blind test competition...
I wonder if knowing it was from a discounter store affected your predisposition...by all means I rarely buy wine from Lidl and pleasant surprises are not that many....but that "not expecting much" might affect even the price-less blind tasting
THis is great! Super , like they say in Germany! Geil, thanks for the upload I have subbed.
Entertaining as always but as for lidl and aldi wines i honestly will probably never buy them as i am not an every day drinker so when i drink wine for me it has to be something special or interesting, the experience of opening a real cork and decanting is all part of it i want something i can sit and sip and think about the textures and flavours and smells. Those sad grapes they crushed and turned into wine for $2.50 were better of being composted and turned into fertiliser to feed good vineyards
Interesting video. I think you can find halfway decent wines (for the price) at big retailers like LIDL or ALDI, etc. The odds are against you, though. 🙂
"...you can also find better wines for higher prices..." Thanks, that was helpful!
Glad to be of service
Bin gespannt
Most interesting of course the Bordeaux. 3,19? I would never have touched this bottle. But now I will (if I still can get it). Just curious. 😀😀😀
Tried a Lidl Zibbibo, very interesting
I need to move to Deutschland. Decent Bordeaux starts at £10+ in the UK.
Yay for me! When you were describing wine 5 I was thinking it sounds like a Pinotage. Being South African I was introduced to it early on and "grew up" with it so I'm used to the harsh tannins which is rather common with them. A good Pinotage is amazing, a cheap Pinotage is hit and miss.
I use it to practice tasting technique, that's about it
i have a question Herr Baum.
I like intense flavours. I enjoy really dry wines and really sweet wines made from berries.
When I smoke I enjoy heavy tobacco taste.
I like things that taste like they should.
I like a nice Tiroler Speck because it has strong, deep taste and they aren't trying to cover low quality taste in smoke or overspicing it.
Same goes for cheeses like Grana Padano from Italy.
What's a really cleanly tasting wine, where an intense flavour is enhanced by a little bit of complexity?
The best wines I ever drank were a Bulgarian Traminer and a 2016 Rothschild Bordeaux. I've never tasted wines above 30€ and I don't plan to. (except for one wine from Italy that you had recommended in one of your Vivino videos((I'm not 100% sure though)) , but I bought it for a special occasion, it was the Brunello di Montalcini 2016)
What can you recommend of a similar experience for less price?
Wann geht es denn endlich los? Ich schlafe langsam ein! :-)
I think these blind tastings could be even better if there was a €30-40 bottle in the lineup that was bought elsewhere.
Not bad for entry level.
Hey Konstantin kannst du Mal Wein aus der Margaret River region probieren
In my part of Florida I can walk to an Aldi but I’m 800 km from the nearest Lidl. I don’t know how different U. S. Lidl is from German.
I’m surprised that some of the dry wines are labeled trocken on tne bottles. Here in the US, unless it’s a German wine or a sparkling wine, we don’t able the sweetness on most still wines. You will see labels that tell the still wine is sweet such as the Jam Jarm brand from South Africa but it is not so common.
Over the years I’ve had a few decent bottles from Lidl, but some pretty awful stuff too. Prices are generally modest and the quality is generally consistent with the price paid, but there have been occasional outliers in both directions. Generally speaking though I’d say anything I buy at Lidl is for pretty immediate consumption, a few bottles that have lurked in my cellar for more than a few weeks, at most a month or two, seem to be almost undrinkable too often.
lidl is generally good in quality in their products and they have good "standards proxies", so I'm hyped to see what these wines have to offer. sorry for commenting before the video even started 😂
edit: disappointed by lidl after the video haha
God bless you!
I'd like you to trya wine called Wohngraven. It has notes of earth and potato and that is a s far as my nose takes me. It is very nice in my opinion
thank you for this ,but i don't care if it is boring wine when I feel frequently chemicals
I'm new to wine, after watching some videos on youtube i started to fall in love with it, but i think that first i need to taste a good wine so i would know what a good wine is like and then from there i could compare it to other wines (i think this is a good idea to start understanding wine), i'm from israel and it's hard to find wines from different countries, can you make a video about israeli wine and see which one is good and which is not? I would really appreciate it! ❤
I am in Israel due to a business trip right now and purchased a few wines here. I gotta say... prices for wines produced in Israel (kosher or not, doesn't really matter) are insane! Wines in a southern Rhône or Bordeaux style, which would retail for like 10€-15€ in Europe, easily go for 25€+ in ISR. And better qualities are even more pricy accordingly... when I was talking to an owner of a wineshop in Jerusalem, he told me that whenever he returns from a trip from EU, he is shedding a tear when he remembers the prices in Israel.
However, if you're willing to pay the premium, definitely try the wines from Tulip (their Syrah is really well made, more Rhone style), Domaine du Castel (Bordeaux blends) or Matar! In general, just go to a dedicated, trustworthy wineshop (no general liquor stores or markets) and ask for their opinion :)
Can you find Chateau Musar from the Lebanon? Not cheap but they are all excellent wines that should give you perspective on a 'good' wine. Good luck!
Pleasantly surprised. I was expecting lower scores.
I drink the Cepa Lebrel Crianza 2019 Rioja, i would be interested in your review of the wine.
Please review some wines from Romania and from Moldova.
do you think the bottle shapes influenced you in any way (perhaps subconsciously) when making your identification of the wines?